2025 Caymanian general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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A general election was held in the Cayman Islands on 30 April 2025.[1] It was held the same day as the referendum.[2]
Background
[edit]The 2021 elections saw independent candidates win 12 seats and the People's Progressive Movement (PPM) win seven. A government was formed by independent Wayne Panton, who became Premier. In November 2023, twelve MPs joined the new United People's Movement (UMP), with its leader Julianna O'Connor-Connolly becoming Premier. On 31 October 2024, four UPM MPs resigned from government, resulting in it losing its majority in parliament. In February and March 2025, three of seven members of the minority UPM government including O'Connor-Connolly joined PPM to seek re-election.[3]
Electoral system
[edit]The Parliament has 21 members. Nineteen members are directly elected by first-past-the-post voting from single-member constituencies, for a four-year term. Two ex officio (appointed) members are the Deputy Governor and the Attorney-General, who are appointed by the Governor.[4]
Contesting parties
[edit]The UPM has stated that it will not contest the 2025 elections and will dissolve. The four former members of the UPM formed a new political party, the Caymanian Community Party (TCCP), headed by André Ebanks.[5]
The opposition PPM will contest the elections with Joey Hew as its leader following resignations of Speaker and former Premier Alden McLaughlin and former Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell.
The Cayman Islands National Party (CINP) is a new party formed by Dan Scott, a former regional managing partner at Ernst & Young.
Results
[edit]Preliminary results showed the PPM winning the most with seven seats but failing to gain a majority. TCCP, CINP, and Independents won four seats each. Independent Chris Saunders, who was elected in Bodden Town West, stated that he will only work with the PPM.[6]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| People's Progressive Movement | 5,044 | 27.37 | 7 | 0 | |
| Caymanian Community Party | 4,953 | 26.88 | 4 | New | |
| Cayman Islands National Party | 3,596 | 19.51 | 4 | New | |
| Independent | 4,834 | 26.23 | 4 | –8 | |
| Total | 18,427 | 100.00 | 19 | – | |
| Valid votes | 18,427 | 98.74 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 236 | 1.26 | |||
| Total votes | 18,663 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 25,606 | 72.89 | |||
| Source: Elections Office | |||||
By constituency
[edit]| Constituency | Electorate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Bodden Town East | 1,760 | Dwayne Seymour | People's Progressive Movement | 680 | 56.20 | |
| Robert Anthony Bodden | Caymanian Community Party | 504 | 41.65 | |||
| Spoiled | 26 | 2.15 | ||||
| Bodden Town West | 1,742 | Christopher Saunders | Independent | 565 | 43.83 | |
| Osbourne Bodden | Caymanian Community Party | 409 | 31.73 | |||
| Haymond Rankin | Cayman Islands National Party | 298 | 23.12 | |||
| Spoiled | 17 | 1.32 | ||||
| Cayman Brac East | 520 | Julianna O'Connor-Connolly | People's Progressive Movement | 236 | 55.27 | |
| Layman Daniel Scott | Cayman Islands National Party | 160 | 37.47 | |||
| Ruth Ann Bodden | Independent | 11 | 2.58 | |||
| James Albert Christian | Independent | 10 | 2.34 | |||
| Maxine Avon McCoy Moore | Independent | 9 | 2.11 | |||
| Spoiled | 1 | 0.23 | ||||
| Cayman Brac West & Little Cayman | 605 | Nickolas DaCosta | Cayman Islands National Party | 262 | 55.27 | |
| Lonny Lee Tibbetts | Independent | 207 | 43.67 | |||
| Spoiled | 5 | 1.05 | ||||
| East End | 896 | Isaac D. Rankine | Independent | 390 | 52.77 | |
| Gueva M. Richards | Cayman Islands National Party | 138 | 18.67 | |||
| John B. McLean Jr | Independent | 103 | 13.94 | |||
| Delmira Bodden | People's Progressive Movement | 86 | 11.64 | |||
| Roydell Carter | Independent | 16 | 2.17 | |||
| Spoiled | 6 | 0.81 | ||||
| George Town Central | 1,467 | Kenneth Vernon Bryan | People's Progressive Movement | 750 | 67.81 | |
| Anthony Ramoon | Caymanian Community Party | 210 | 18.99 | |||
| Carmen Tessa McField | Cayman Islands National Party | 136 | 12.30 | |||
| Spoiled | 10 | 0.90 | ||||
| George Town East | 1,581 | Roy McTaggart | People's Progressive Movement | 429 | 38.24 | |
| Vassel Johnson Jr. | Cayman Islands National Party | 417 | 37.17 | |||
| Emily Cecelia Ann DeCou | Caymanian Community Party | 245 | 21.84 | |||
| Oscar Rojelio Bodden | Independent | 23 | 2.05 | |||
| Spoiled | 8 | 0.71 | ||||
| George Town North | 1,363 | Joseph Hew | People's Progressive Movement | 601 | 69.08 | |
| Romellia Welcome | Independent | 243 | 27.93 | |||
| Spoiled | 26 | 2.99 | ||||
| George Town South | 1,420 | Gary Rutty | Cayman Islands National Party | 516 | 50.64 | |
| Alric Lindsay | Independent | 278 | 27.28 | |||
| Craig Frederick | People's Progressive Movement | 212 | 20.80 | |||
| Spoiled | 13 | 1.28 | ||||
| George Town West | 1,285 | Pearlina L. McGaw-Lumsden | People's Progressive Movement | 438 | 51.35 | |
| Craig T. Merren | Cayman Islands National Party | 369 | 43.26 | |||
| Hunter J. Walton | Independent | 22 | 2.58 | |||
| Tyree Malcolm Hernandez | Independent | 15 | 1.76 | |||
| Spoiled | 9 | 1.06 | ||||
| Newlands | 1,659 | Wayne Panton | Caymanian Community Party | 620 | 48.48 | |
| Alva Suckoo | People's Progressive Movement | 337 | 26.35 | |||
| Raul Gonzalez Jr. | Independent | 312 | 24.39 | |||
| Spoiled | 10 | 0.78 | ||||
| North Side | 1,007 | Johany Ebanks | Independent | 624 | 74.02 | |
| Justin Craig Ebanks | People's Progressive Movement | 197 | 23.37 | |||
| Spoiled | 22 | 2.61 | ||||
| Prospect | 1,413 | Michael Myles | Cayman Islands National Party | 367 | 35.87 | |
| Sabrina Turner | Caymanian Community Party | 351 | 34.31 | |||
| Crystal Gomez Wilson | People's Progressive Movement | 288 | 28.15 | |||
| Spoiled | 17 | 1.66 | ||||
| Red Bay | 1,430 | Roy Tatum | People's Progressive Movement | 334 | 31.90 | |
| Melrose Natasha Whitelocke | Caymanian Community Party | 301 | 28.75 | |||
| Dawn Thomas | Cayman Islands National Party | 267 | 25.50 | |||
| Phillip Ebanks | Independent | 120 | 11.46 | |||
| Leon Gould | Independent | 21 | 2.01 | |||
| Spoiled | 4 | 0.38 | ||||
| Savannah | 1,601 | Heather Dianne Bodden | Caymanian Community Party | 690 | 59.59 | |
| Donna Bush | People's Progressive Movement | 456 | 39.38 | |||
| Spoiled | 12 | 1.04 | ||||
| West Bay Central | 1,284 | Katherine Ebanks-Wilks | Caymanian Community Party | 644 | 66.87 | |
| Jewel Hydes | Independent | 308 | 31.98 | |||
| Spoiled | 11 | 1.14 | ||||
| West Bay North | 1,421 | Rolston Anglin | Independent | 509 | 50.35 | |
| Jordan D. Rivers | Cayman Islands National Party | 192 | 18.99 | |||
| Shakeina S. Bush | Independent | 160 | 15.83 | |||
| Jermaine Ebanks-Hurlston | Independent | 140 | 13.85 | |||
| Spoiled | 10 | 0.99 | ||||
| West Bay South | 1,772 | André Ebanks | Caymanian Community Party | 979 | 76.13 | |
| Sterling Dwayne Ebanks | Independent | 293 | 22.78 | |||
| Spoiled | 14 | 1.09 | ||||
| West Bay West | 1,380 | Julie Joy Theresa Hunter | Cayman Islands National Party | 474 | 50.21 | |
| McKeeva Bush | Independent | 455 | 48.20 | |||
| Spoiled | 15 | 1.59 | ||||
Aftermath
[edit]Following the election, the Caymanian Community Party and the Cayman Islands National Party were joined by three independents to form a governing coalition. The group named itself the National Coalition For Caymanians, with TCCP leader André Ebanks as preimer-elect. Ebanks and the rest of the government were sworn in on 6 May 2025.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "General election set for 30 April". Cayman Compass. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Referendum and elections will be on same ballot paper". CNS Election Section 2025. 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "O'Connor-Connolly returns to fold as PPM confirms Kenneth Bryan as deputy leader". Cayman Compass. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ The Nineteen Single Member Electoral Districts Boundaries Order, 2015
- ^ Whittaker, James. "After latest government collapse, what happens now?". Cayman Compass. Cayman Compass. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ Whittaker, James. "Independents will be kingmakers after inconclusive election result". Cayman Compass. Cayman Compass. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ Connolly, Norma (6 May 2025). "Government to be sworn in today, with Miller nominated as speaker". Cayman Compass. Compass Media. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
