Manx general election, 2016

22 September 2016

All 24 seats to the House of Keys


Party	Independent	Liberal Vannin	Manx Labour

Incumbent Chief Minister

Allan Bell
Independent

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General elections were held in the Isle of Man on 22 September 2016.^[1] Independents won 21 of the 24 seats in the House of Keys. A record number of women were elected (5 or 21%).^[2]

Electoral system

Following changes to the electoral system ahead of the 2016 general elections, the 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 12 constituencies, all of which elected two members. Previously constituencies had varied in size from one to three seats.^[3] Election is by multiple non-transferable vote in each constituency, with voters having two votes for the two seats.

Results

By constituency^[4]^[5]

Arbory, Castletown & Malew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jason Moorhouse	1,066	18.2
	Independent	Graham Cregeen	991	16.9
	Independent	Phil Gawne	972	16.6
	Independent	Stephen Crowther	950	16.2
	Independent	Carl Parker	890	15.2
	Independent	Richard McAleer	718	12.3
	Manx Labour	Carol Quine	267	4.6
Total votes			5,854	'
Turnout			3268	59.6

Ayre & Michael
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alfred Louis Cannan	1,839	31.2
	Independent	Timothy Simon Baker	1,572	26.7
	Independent	Carlos Phillips	1,358	23.1
	Independent	Louise Elizabeth Whitelegg	638	10.8
	Independent	Alan Kermode	440	7.5
	Liberal Vannin	Patrick Stephen Ayres	39	0.7
Total votes			5,886	'
Turnout			3192	65.4

Douglas Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Christopher Charles Thomas	1,571	37.3
	Independent	Catherine Anne Corlett	1,031	24.5
	Independent	Kurt Buchholz	632	15.0
	Independent	John Richard George Falk	540	12.8
	Independent	Sarah Dawn Andrea Hackman	342	8.1
	Independent	Michelle Kim Inglis	95	2.3
Total votes			4,211	'
Turnout			2377	48.6

Douglas East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Claire Louise Bettison	561	18.1
	Independent	Christopher Roy Robertshaw	487	15.7
	Independent	Jonathan Joughin	480	15.5
	Independent	Quintin Bennett Gill	415	13.4
	Independent	Amanda Jane Walker	373	12.0
	Independent	Catherine Rose Turner	324	10.4
	Independent	John Caley McBride	303	9.8
	Manx Labour	Richard Frederick Halsall	163	5.2
Total votes			3,106	'
Turnout			1705	40.1

Douglas North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David John Ashford	1,219	32.1
	Independent	George Ralph Peake	1,177	31.0
	Independent	John Ramsey Houghton	775	20.4
	Manx Labour	Lynn Sirdefield	343	9.0
	Independent	Karen Angela	287	7.6
Total votes			3,801	'
Turnout			2172	49.5

Douglas South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Vannin	Kathleen Joan Beecroft	1,134	36.0
	Independent	William Mackay Malarkey	952	30.2
	Independent	Keith Daryl Fitton	767	24.4
	Independent	David Anthony Fowler	296	9.4
Total votes			3,149	'
Turnout			1808	40.2

Garff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Martyn John Perkins	1,767	36.4
	Independent	Daphne Hilary Penelope Caine	1,270	26.1
	Independent	Andrew Joseph Smith	1,247	25.7
	Independent	Andrew Barton	346	7.1
	Independent	Nigel Anthony Dobson	231	4.8
Total votes			4,861	'
Turnout			2523	49.8

Glenfaba & Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Raymond Karl Harmer	2,195	41.9
	Independent	Geoffrey Boot	1,805	34.5
	Independent	Leslie Hanson	1,238	23.6
Total votes			5,237	'
Turnout			3285	55.8

Middle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Cato Shimmins	1,357	33.5
	Independent	Robert Howard Quayle	1,205	29.8
	Independent	Paul Herbert Craine	1,090	26.9
	Independent	William Edward Bowers	394	9.7
Total votes			4,046	'
Turnout			2307	51.9

Onchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Rob Edward Callister	1,272	28.9
	Liberal Vannin	Julie Marie Edge	953	21.7
	Independent	Timothy Roy Craig	841	19.1
	Independent	David John Quirk	822	18.7
	Independent	Anthony Allen	510	11.6
Total votes			4,398	'
Turnout			2447	49

Ramsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alexander John Allinson	2,946	47.1
	Liberal Vannin	Lawrie Lee Hooper	1,471	23.5
	Independent	Leonard Ian Singer	886	14.2
	Independent	Nicholas Lyndon Crowe	716	11.4
	Independent	John David McDonough	236	3.8
Total votes			6,255	'
Turnout			3500	61.1

Rushen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Juan Paul Watterson	2,087	36.2
	Independent	Laurence David Skelly	1,212	21.0
	Independent	Mark Ian Kemp	1,104	19.1
	Independent	James William Hampton	1,033	17.9
	Independent	Leo Simon Cussons	331	5.7
Total votes			5,767	'
Turnout			3173	58.3

By party

Party		Votes			Seats
Party		Count	Of total (%)	From previous (%)	Count	From previous
	Independent	51,672	91.7	12.6	21
	Liberal Vannin	3,597	6.4	14.5	3
	Manx Labour	773	1.4	1.4	0
Totals		56,366			24

References

↑ New Keys election legislation coming into force Government of the Isle of Man
↑ Isle of Man Election 2016: History made as five women elected to House of Keys BBC News, 23 June 2016
↑ Isle of Man General Election: nomination deadline set BBC News, 1 June 2016
↑ https://www.gov.im/media/1353347/2016-general-election-results-and-turnout.pdf
↑ https://www.gov.im/media/1353348/2016-general-election-turn-out-figures.pdf

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