2009 Caymanian general election

General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 20 May 2009 alongside a referendum on a draft constitution. The opposition United Democratic Party defeated the incumbent People's Progressive Movement.

2009 Caymanian general election

20 May 2009

15 seats in the Legislative Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– UDP McKeeva Bush 44.47 9 +4 PPM Kurt Tibbetts 29.38 5 −4 Independent 26.15 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Leader of Government Business before Leader of Government Business after Kurt Tibbetts PPM McKeeva Bush UDP

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	United Democratic Party	17,629	44.47	9	+4
	People's Progressive Movement	11,645	29.38	5	–4
	Independents	10,366	26.15	1	0
Total		39,640	100.00	15	0
Total votes		12,204	–
Registered voters/turnout		15,338	79.57
Source: Elections Office

By district

District	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Bodden Town	Mark Scotland		United Democratic Party	1,453	51.62
	Anthony Eden		People's Progressive Movement	1,394	49.52
	Dwayne Seymour		United Democratic Party	1,030	36.59
	Osbourne Bodden		People's Progressive Movement	992	35.24
	Charles Clifford		People's Progressive Movement	932	33.11
	Theresa Lewis-Pitcairn		Independent	896	31.83
	Gilbert McLean		Independent	546	19.40
	Justin Woods		Independent	486	17.26
	Sandra Catron		Independent	144	5.12
	Vincent R. Frederick		Independent	113	4.01
Cayman Brac and Little Cayman	Moses Ian Kirkconnell		People's Progressive Movement	473	59.05
	Julianna O'Connor-Connolly		United Democratic Party	467	58.30
	Lyndon Leathon Martin		Independent	300	37.45
	Maxine Avon Moore-Mccoy		Independent	80	9.99
East End	Arden McLean		People's Progressive Movement	304	59.61
	John Bonwell McLean Jr.		Independent	206	40.39
George Town	Kurt Tibbetts		People's Progressive Movement	2,181	47.68
	Mike Adam		United Democratic Party	2,110	46.13
	Alden McLaughlin		People's Progressive Movement	2,081	45.50
	Ellio Solomon		United Democratic Party	1,845	40.34
	Jonathan Piercy		United Democratic Party	1,658	36.25
	Lucille Dell Seymour		People's Progressive Movement	1,631	35.66
	Alfonso Wright		People's Progressive Movement	1,472	32.18
	Pearlina McGaw-Lumsden		United Democratic Party	1,413	30.89
	C. Walling Whittaker		Independent	981	21.45
	Derrington Bo Miller		Independent	808	17.67
	W. Burns Conolly		Independent	784	17.14
	Eddie Kendall Thompson		Independent	510	11.15
	Frank Swarres McField		Independent	216	4.72
North Side	Denison Ezzard Miller		Independent	253	50.80
	Joseph Ebanks		People's Progressive Movement	185	37.15
	Oswell M. Rankine		Independent	60	12.05
West Bay	McKeeva Bush		United Democratic Party	2,152	71.59
	Rolston Anglin		United Democratic Party	2,049	68.16
	Cline Glidden		United Democratic Party	1,818	60.48
	A. Eugene Ebanks		United Democratic Party	1,634	54.36
	Bernie A. Bush		Independent	1,193	39.69
	Woodward Jerome Dacosta		Independent	875	29.11
	Paul Desmond Rivers		Independent	741	24.65
	Reginald Delapenha		Independent	627	20.86
	Lana Mae Smith		Independent	411	13.67
	Henry Ormon Morgan		Independent	107	3.56
	Dora Elizabeth Ebanks		Independent	29	0.96