The move was made in order to avoid a no-confidence motion against Speaker McKeeva Bush, who had received a two-month suspended jail sentence in December 2020 for assaulting a woman in February 2020.

For other opposition groups, longtime MP and leader of the newly formed Cayman Islands People's Party Ezzard Miller lost in North Side, former Democratic Party leader McKeeva Bush was re-elected as an independent by only 27 votes, while his longtime partner Eugene Ebanks lost decisively.

[5][6] On election night, Progressive leader Roy McTaggart said he was "overjoyed" with the result and hopeful that a Progressive-led coalition of twelve to fourteen MPs could be formed, based on the close affiliation of independent MP Dwayne Seymour along with a perceived agreement with two other independent MPs – Isaac Rankine and Jay Ebanks.

In the afternoon of 15 April, Panton announced that ten independents had come together to form a government referred to as PACT for "People-driven, Accountable, Competent and Transparent."

The alliance planned to back Chris Saunders as Deputy Premier along with Alric Lindsay as Speaker, despite the fact that he failed to win a seat.

The Progressives also claimed that they "had arrangements with Isaac Rankine and Jay Ebanks for them to help to form the government when they won," calling the PACT coalition into question.

[11] However, in another turn of events, during the day of 16 April, a PACT meeting was held with Panton, Turner, Jay Ebanks, and five other independents along with McKeeva Bush, the former Democratic Party leader and Speaker of the House whose assault conviction led to the early elections.

Panton's statement thanked "Premier McLaughlin and his team for their service" and announced the other members of his proposed cabinet: Saunders as Deputy Premier and Bodden as a parliamentary secretary along with Bryan, Turner, West Bay North MP-elect Bernie A. Bush, West Bay Central MP-elect Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, Jay Ebanks (who returned to the PACT), and André Ebanks as ministers.

In his public speech, Panton touched on "the environment, climate change resiliency, affordable healthcare, good governance and cost of living" along with imploring the nation to move on from the divisiveness of the election.