House of Keys constituencies

Constituencies from 2016

Constituency	Sheading	Local government areas	MHKs returned
Arbory, Castletown & Malew	Rushen	Arbory, Castletown, Malew and parts of east Rushen	2
Ayre & Michael	Ayre, Michael	Andreas, Ballaugh, Bride, Jurby, Lezayre and Michael	2
Douglas Central	Middle	Douglas	2
Douglas East	Middle	Douglas	2
Douglas North	Middle	Douglas	2
Douglas South	Middle	Douglas	2
Garff	Garff excluding parts of Onchan	Garff parish (comprising the former Laxey, Lonan, Maughold) and parts of north Onchan	2
Glenfaba & Peel	Glenfaba	German, Patrick and Peel	2
Middle	Middle excluding Douglas	Braddan, Marown and Santon	2
Onchan	Garff	Onchan excluding parts of north Onchan	2
Ramsey	Ayre	Ramsey	2
Rushen	Rushen	Port St Mary, Port Erin and most of Rushen	2
Total			24

Constituencies from 1986–2011

The constituencies used for the 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 General Elections for the House of Keys were:

Keys constituencies

Constituency	Sheading	Local Government Areas	MHKs returned
Ayre	Ayre	Andreas, Bride, Lezayre	1
Glenfaba	Glenfaba	German, Patrick	1
Garff	Garff without Onchan	Lonan, Maughold, Laxey	1
Michael	Michael	Ballaugh, Jurby, Michael	1
Rushen	Rushen	Rushen, Port St Mary, Port Erin	3
Middle	Middle without Santon Parish or Douglas	Braddan, Marown	1
Malew and Santon	Parts of Middle and Rushen	Malew, Santon	1
Douglas East	Middle	Douglas	2
Douglas West	Middle	Douglas	2
Douglas North	Middle	Douglas	2
Douglas South	Middle	Douglas	2
Castletown	Rushen	Castletown	1
Onchan	Garff	Onchan	3
Peel	Glenfaba	Peel	1
Ramsey	Ayre	Ramsey	2
Total			24

1986 changes

• Garff and Ayre became one seat constituencies, having previously each had two seats.
• Onchan constituency was created, having been previously part of Middle constituency.
• Middle constituency was created from the parishes of Marown (formerly part of Glenfaba constituency) and Braddan.
• Malew and Santon constituency was created from the parishes of Malew (formerly part of Rushen constituency), and Santon (formerly part of Middle constituency).

1956 changes

Ramsey gained an extra seat to become a two seat constituency.

Unknown changes

The constituencies are not currently known that were used for the 1924, 1929, 1934, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981 General Elections.

1892 changes

These were used for the 1903, 1908, 1913 and 1919 General Elections. The original constituencies were altered by the Redistribution Act 1893 to the following:

Constituency	MHKs returned
Ayre sheading	3
Glenfaba sheading	3
Garff sheading	2
Michael sheading	2
Rushen sheading	3
Middle sheading	3
Douglas South	2
Douglas North	3
Castletown	1
Peel	1
Ramsey	1

Original constituencies

These were used for the 1867, 1875, and 1881 General Elections. The original constituencies under the House of Keys Election Act 1866, providing for the House to be elected for the first time, were:

Constituency	MHKs returned
Ayre sheading	3
Glenfaba sheading	3
Garff sheading	3
Michael sheading	3
Rushen sheading	3
Middle sheading	3
Douglas	3
Castletown	1
Peel	1
Ramsey	1

External links

• Constituency maps and general election results
• http://mhkstheyworkforyou.org/default.aspx Access to work & info of members of Tynwald