Antigua & Barbuda
Key Facts
Head of State: HM King Charles III
Joined the Commonwealth: 1981
Capital City (location of Parliament): St John's
Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - House of Representatives (18) and Senate (17)
Further Information:
- Antigua and Barbuda Parliament
- IPU - House of Representatives and Senate
- CPA Country Directory
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- UN Data
- BBC Country Profile
- British High Commission
- Antigua & Barbuda High Commission London
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CPA UK and Antigua & Barbuda
Parliamentarians from Antigua & Barbuda have attended CPA UK's multilateral events such as the Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure, which supports the professional development of newly elected parliamentarians.
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Our Recent Programmes
Election Assessment Mission (EAM) - UK General Election - June 2017
The EAM was composed of 32 parliamentarians and election officials from across the Commonwealth. The EAM observed the election day procedures and met with candidates, returning officers, electoral officials and staff, civil society groups and other relevant stakeholders across eight constituencies during the period 3-8 June 2017. A key objective of the EAM was to increase the knowledge, skills and importance of election observation methodology amongst Commonwealth parliamentarians.