# 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.

## Results

John McLean, Agriculture Minister, lost his seat to his cousin, Arden McLean.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Democratic Alliance and independents | | | 12 | – |
| | National Team | | | 3 | –6 |
| Total | Total | | | 15 | 0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 9,344 | – | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 11,604 | 80.52 | | |
| Source: Elections Office ||||||

### By district

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