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2017 Caymanian general election
	19 of the 21 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 10 seats needed for a majority
	Results by constituency
Alden McLaughlin; PPM	Alden McLaughlin; PPM

General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 24 May 2017.^[1] They were the first elections held after electoral reforms approved in a 2012 referendum, which introduced single member constituencies.

The People's Progressive Movement remained the largest party, winning seven of the 19 seats. However, independents emerged as the largest group in the Legislative Assembly with nine seats.^[2]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Progressive Movement	4,909	31.23	7	–2
	Cayman Democratic Party	3,786	24.08	3	0
	Independents	7,026	44.69	9	+7
Total		15,721	100.00	19	+1

Registered voters/turnout		21,228	–
Source: Elections Office

By constituency

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
West Bay North	Bernie Bush	Cayman Democratic Party	436
	Mervin Smith	Independent	269
	Sarah Orrett-ebanks	Independent	99
West Bay West	William McKeeva Bush	Cayman Democratic Party	605
	Paul Desmond Rivers	Independent	176
	Daphne Louise Orrett	People's Progressive Movement	68
West Bay Central	Eugene Ebanks, Capt.	Cayman Democratic Party	435
West Bay Central	Katherine Ebanks-Wilks	Independent	342
West Bay South	Tara Rivers	Independent	534
	John Jefferson, Jr.	Cayman Democratic Party	350
	Burns Rankin	Independent	56
	Laura Young	Independent	52
George Town North	Joseph Hew	People's Progressive Movement	402
	Pearlina McGaw-Lumsden	Cayman Democratic Party	268
	Karin M. Thompson	Independent	117
George Town West	David Charles Wight	People's Progressive Movement	350
	Jonathan Bardowell Piercy	Cayman Democratic Party	334
	Ellio Anthony Solomon	Independent	93
	Dennie Warren, Jr.	Independent	80
George Town Central	Kenneth Vernon Bryan	Independent	495
George Town Central	Marco Archer	People's Progressive Movement	460
George Town South	Barbara Elizabeth Conolly	People's Progressive Movement	375
	Michael Thomas Adam	Cayman Democratic Party	307
	Alric Jeremy Lindsay	Independent	90
	Catherine Rosita Tyson	Independent	78
	Paul Wendell Hurlston	Independent	72
George Town East	Roy Michael McTaggart	People's Progressive Movement	410
	Theresa Elizabeth Bodden	Cayman Democratic Party	193
	Sharon Elaine Roulstone	Independent	192
	Kenrick Herbert Webster, Dr.	Independent	106
Red Bay	Alden McLaughlin	People's Progressive Movement	478
	Denniston Leitch Tibbetts	Cayman Democratic Party	274
	Frank McField	Independent	92
Prospect	Austin Harris, Jr.	Independent	466
	Lucille Seymour	People's Progressive Movement	329
	Matthew Leslie	Independent	58
Savannah	Anthony Eden	Independent	446
	Heather Bodden	People's Progressive Movement	357
	Kent McTaggart	Independent	164
Newlands	Alva Horatio Suckoo, Jr.	Independent	433
	Gurney Wayne Panton	People's Progressive Movement	418
	Raul Gonzalez, Jr.	Independent	156
	~~Mario Rankin~~	~~Independent~~	–
Bodden Town West	Christopher Selvin Saunders	Independent	380
	Maxine Bodden-Robinson	People's Progressive Movement	306
	Stafford Berry	Cayman Democratic Party	217
	Gilbert Allan McLean	Independent	187
Bodden Town East	Dwayne Stanley Seymour	Independent	427
	Robert Anthony Bodden	Cayman Democratic Party	367
	Osbourne Vendryes Bodden	People's Progressive Movement	290
	Arnold Thomas Berry	Independent	41
North Side	Ezzard Miller	Cayman Islands People's Alliance	201
	Johany Ebanks	Independent	179
	Edward Owen Chisholm	People's Progressive Movement	139
	Justin Ebanks	Independent	75
East End	V. Arden McLean	Independent	272
	Issac Rankine	Independent	246
	John B. McLean, Jr.	Independent	74
Cayman Brac West & Little Cayman	Moses Kirkconnell, III	People's Progressive Movement	302
	Maxine Avon Moore	Independent	95
	~~Nickolas Dacosta~~	~~Independent~~	–
Cayman Brac East	Juliana O'connor-Connolly	People's Progressive Movement	225
Cayman Brac East	Rudolph Lenbergh Dixon	Independent	183

Government formation

Initially, a coalition government between the Progressives, Cayman Democratic Party members and independents was announced. Under the arrangement, Alden McLaughlin would have remained as premier and McKeeva Bush would have become speaker.^[3] However, an agreement was later reached between the Cayman Democratic Party and all independent members apart from one to form a “government of national unity” in which McKeeva Bush will take office as Premier. In response, Alden McLaughlin suggested the incoming government would be a "train wreck" and that he did not "expect this government to last very long".^[4]

It was then revealed that the deal between the CDP and independent members had failed, and that discussions on government formation were ongoing by all parties.^[5]

Eventually, the coalition government originally proposed between the Progressives, Cayman Democratic Party members and independent members was agreed upon, and took office with Alden McLaughlin as Premier on 31 May.^[6]