What is 2020 United Democratic Party (Belize) leadership election and convention?
{{no sources|date=January 2024}} {{update|date=July 2021}} The '''2020 United Democratic Party leadership election and convention''' elected the leader of the [[United Democratic Party]] (UDP). It was triggered on 18 November 2018, when [[Prime Minister of Belize]], [[Dean Barrow|Dean Barrow‘s]] [[cabinet]] urged him to remain as [[Prime Minister of Belize]] until 2 November 2020, a day after the [[Next Belizean general election]] on 1 November 2020. Barrow’s [[Cabinet]] also urged him to remain as Leader of the UDP until February 2020. He said he would take that move and eventually scheduled the United Democratic Party leadership election and convention to February 2020. . Nominations would be opened in January 2020. There will be three ballots. The first ballot will be endorsement and voting by [[Dean Barrow]].The second ballot will be from the former [[members]] and [[Candidate]]s of the UDP who will be voting and the third ballot is from the [[:Category:Belizean people|people of Belize]]. There will also be a [[exhaustive ballots|exhaustive ballot]] of MPs also talking place in mid-February 2020. The ultimate decision will be made by the general membership of the [[party]] who will elect the leader by [[postal ballot]]. The results will be announced by the end of February 2020. Speculation about a leadership election started in 2006. Barrow told [[LOVE FM]] that he would resign as Leader of the UDP If his [[party]] loses the [[Municipal Elections]]. The UDP had not defeated the than rulling [[People’s United Party]] in any election until the 2006 municipal elections and the UDP was not doing very well after Barrow called for [[Civil Unrest]] In 2005. However, that all changed after the UDP won a [[landslide]] victory in the 2006 Municipal elections and eventually took control of the government in the [[2008 Belizean general election]]. '''Background''' After being in power for seven years the [[People’s United Party]] was desperate to win the [[2006 Belizean municipal elections]] and govern the [[country