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General elections will be held in the Cayman Islands on 30 April 2025.[1]
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.[2]
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 (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]
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.[4]
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 is a new party formed by Dan Scott, a former regional managing partner at Ernst & Young.
References
- ^ "General election set for 30 April". Cayman Compass. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ The Nineteen Single Member Electoral Districts Boundaries Order, 2015
- ^ "O'Connor-Connolly returns to fold as PPM confirms Kenneth Bryan as deputy leader". Cayman Compass. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ Whittaker, James. "After latest government collapse, what happens now?". Cayman Compass. Cayman Compass. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
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