A general election was held in the Cayman Islands on 30 April 2025. It was held the same day as the referendum.
Background 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 (UPM), 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.
Electoral system 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.The Nineteen Single Member Electoral Districts Boundaries Order, 2015
Contesting parties 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.
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 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.
By constituency ConstituencyElectorateCandidatePartyVotes%Bodden Town East 1,760 Dwayne Seymour 680 56.20 Robert Anthony Bodden Caymanian Community Party 504 41.65Spoiled 26 2.15Bodden Town West 1,742 Christopher Saunders 565 43.83 Osbourne Bodden Caymanian Community Party 409 31.73 Haymond Rankin Cayman Islands National Party 298 23.12Spoiled 17 1.32Cayman Brac East 520 Julianna O'Connor-Connolly 236 55.27 Layman Daniel Scott Cayman Islands National Party 160 37.47 Ruth Ann Bodden 11 2.58 James Albert Christian 10 2.34 Maxine Avon McCoy Moore 9 2.11Spoiled 1 0.23Cayman Brac West & Little Cayman 605 Nickolas DaCosta Cayman Islands National Party 262 55.27 Lonny Lee Tibbetts 207 43.67Spoiled 5 1.05East End 896 Isaac D. Rankine 390 52.77 Gueva M. Richards Cayman Islands National Party 138 18.67 John B. McLean Jr 103 13.94 Delmira Bodden 86 11.64 Roydell Carter 16 2.17Spoiled 6 0.81George Town Central 1,467 Kenneth Vernon Bryan 750 67.81 Anthony Ramoon Caymanian Community Party 210 18.99 Carmen Tessa McField Cayman Islands National Party 136 12.30Spoiled 10 0.90George Town East 1,581 Roy McTaggart 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 23 2.05Spoiled 8 0.71George Town North 1,363 Joseph Hew 601 69.08 Romellia Welcome 243 27.93Spoiled 26 2.99George Town South 1,420 Gary Rutty Cayman Islands National Party 516 50.64 Alric Lindsay 278 27.28 Craig Frederick 212 20.80Spoiled 13 1.28George Town West 1,285 Pearlina L. McGaw-Lumsden 438 51.35 Craig T. Merren Cayman Islands National Party 369 43.26 Hunter J. Walton 22 2.58 Tyree Malcolm Hernandez 15 1.76Spoiled 9 1.06Newlands 1,659 Wayne Panton Caymanian Community Party 620 48.48 Alva Suckoo 337 26.35 Raul Gonzalez Jr. 312 24.39Spoiled 10 0.78North Side 1,007 Johany Ebanks 624 74.02 Justin Craig Ebanks 197 23.37Spoiled 22 2.61Prospect 1,413 Michael Myles Cayman Islands National Party 367 35.87 Sabrina Turner Caymanian Community Party 351 34.31 Crystal Gomez Wilson 288 28.15Spoiled 17 1.66Red Bay 1,430 Roy Tatum 334 31.90 Melrose Natasha Whitelocke Caymanian Community Party 301 28.75 Dawn Thomas Cayman Islands National Party 267 25.50 Phillip Ebanks 120 11.46 Leon Gould 21 2.01Spoiled 4 0.38Savannah 1,601 Heather Dianne Bodden Caymanian Community Party 690 59.59 Donna Bush 456 39.38Spoiled 12 1.04West Bay Central 1,284 Katherine Ebanks-Wilks Caymanian Community Party 644 66.87 Jewel Hydes 308 31.98Spoiled 11 1.14West Bay North 1,421 Rolston Anglin 509 50.35 Jordan D. Rivers Cayman Islands National Party 192 18.99 Shakeina S. Bush 160 15.83 Jermaine Ebanks-Hurlston 140 13.85Spoiled 10 0.99West Bay South 1,772 André Ebanks Caymanian Community Party 979 76.13 Sterling Dwayne Ebanks 293 22.78Spoiled 14 1.09West Bay West 1,380 Julie Joy Theresa Hunter Cayman Islands National Party 474 50.21 McKeeva Bush 455 48.20Spoiled 15 1.59
Aftermath 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 premier-elect. Ebanks and the rest of the government were sworn in on 6 May 2025.
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