2000 Caymanian general election

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.[1]

Results

John McLean, Agriculture Minister, lost his seat to his cousin, Arden McLean.[1]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Alliance
National Team			3	–6
Independents
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	8,862	100	15	0
Registered voters/turnout	11,604	76.37	–	–
Source: ESO

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.[2]

References

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