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General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 8 November 2000. The elections saw the ruling National Team under Truman Bodden suffer a heavy defeat, with Bodden losing his seat. Following the elections, Kurt Tibbetts of the Democratic Alliance was elected as the Leader of Government Business.

Campaign

Caymananian elections were traditionally contested on a non-partisan basis, with candidates running as independents and or in groupings known as teams. In the August 1991 a grouping known as the Progressive Democratic Party emerged, and constituted the first substantive Cayman political organisation since the 1960s. The party renamed itself as the National Team, and won power in the 1992 elections.

Major issues in the election campaign included the Islands' constitutional status, immigration, housing, and environmental protection.

Results

John McLean, Agriculture Minister, lost his seat to his cousin, Arden McLean.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Alliance and independents12–
National Team3–6
Total150
Total votes9,344–
Registered voters/turnout11,60480.52
Source: Elections Office

By district

District Candidate Votes %
Bodden Town Roy Bodden 1,008 62.96
Gilbert Allan McLean 788 49.22
Anthony Eden 759 47.41
Mary J. Lawrence 658 41.10
Joseph Ebanks 450 28.11
Osbourne Bodden 440 27.48
Heather Dianne Bodden 279 17.43
Arnold Thomas Berry 232 14.49
Anthony Scott 185 11.56
Charles Wesley Watler 135 8.43
Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Julianna O'Connor-Connolly 590 76.62
Lyndon Leathan Martin 324 42.08
Audley U. Scott 226 29.35
George Eldemire 204 26.49
Maxine Avon Moore-Mccoy 35 4.55
Rupert Kelvin Thompson 30 3.90
East End Arden McLean 200 37.11
John Bonwell McLean Sr. 175 32.47
Kenross Diaz Conolly 164 30.43
George Town Kurt Tibbetts 2,753 80.97
Alden McLaughlin 2,057 60.50
Frank Swarres McField 1,690 49.71
Linford Ainsworth Pierson 1,506 44.29
Lucille Dell Seymour 1,450 42.65
Truman Murray Bodden 917 26.97
Berna Thompson Cummins 788 23.18
Bridget McPartland 554 16.29
Melba M. Nixon 314 9.24
A. Steve McField 297 8.74
Jefford Robert Bodden 114 3.35
Craig Anthony Brown 78 2.29
Florence Goring-Nozza 52 1.53
Rodney Robert Ebanks 36 1.06
North Side Edna Moyle 249 53.32
Denison Ezzard Miller 218 46.68
West Bay McKeeva Bush 1,462 56.95
Rolston Anglin 1,030 40.12
Eugene Ebanks 929 36.19
Cline Glidden 789 30.74
Bernie Bush 742 28.91
Tara Rivers 671 26.14
Thomas Jefferson 539 21.00
Leonard Ebanks 533 20.76
Sterling Dwayn Ebanks 449 17.49
Mario E. Ebanks 354 13.79
Mitchell Ebanks 304 11.84
Arden B. Parsons 303 11.80
Billy Ebanks 300 11.69
John Dwight Jefferson 286 11.14
Frank Banks 277 10.79
James Cyril Parsons Jr. 204 7.95
Ina Claire Orr 195 7.60
Clarence Bothwell 154 6.00
Alice Mae Coe 138 5.38
Daphne Ackermon-Orrett 129 5.03
Waldo Hilton Parchment 124 4.83
Cadian Ebanks 16 0.62

Aftermath

The United Democratic Party (UDP) was formed in November 2001, and would oust Tibbetts as Leader of Government Business that month in a vote of 9 to 5. Tibbett's would be replaced as Leader of Government Business by McKeeva Bush of the UDP. Tibbett's was elected as leader of the new opposition party, the People's Progressive Movement, in May 2002. The party would go on to win the 2005 general election.

References

  1. ^ South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Psychology Press. 2002. p. 217. ISBN 9781857431216.
  2. A Political and Economic Dictionary of Latin America. Psychology Press. 2004. p. 70. ISBN 9781135355692.
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