2006 Manx general election

General elections were held on the Isle of Man on Thursday, 23 November 2006. The voting age was lowered to 16 at this election. As usual, the election was dominated by independents, who took 21 of the 24 seats.

2006 Manx general election

23 November 2006

All 24 seats in the House of Keys
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Independents Liberal Vannin Manx Labour
Seats won 21 2 1
Seat change Decrease1 New Decrease1
Popular vote 41,608 7,323 2,561
Percentage 80.80% 14.22% 4.97
Swing Decrease1.49pp New Decrease4.10pp


Chief Minister before election

Donald Gelling
Independent

Elected Chief Minister

Tony Brown
Independent

Background

In the previous elections in 2001, independents won 22 out of the 24 seats and the Manx Labour Party won two seats.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Vannin Party7,32314.222
Manx Labour Party2,5614.971
Independents41,60880.8021
Total51,492100.0024
Valid votes30,38699.62
Invalid/blank votes1160.38
Total votes30,502100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,85561.18
Source: Isle of Man Government

By constituency

The winners in bold. Several constituencies have more than one member elected.[1][2]

ConstituencyNamePartyVotes
AyreEddie Teare MHKNoneUnopposed
CastletownTony Brown MHKNone915
Roy RedmayneLiberal Vannin335
Douglas East Phil Braidwood MHKNone777
Brenda Cannell MHKNone / (APG)728
Chris RobertshawNone574
Bill PlattLiberal Vannin252
Steve OsborneNone194
Carol JempsonNone189
Douglas North Bill Henderson MHKNone1,627
John Houghton MHKNone1,615
Mike ColemanManx Labour Party688
Mark AthertonNone290
Douglas South David Cretney MHKManx Labour Party1,873
Bill Malarkey MHKLiberal Vannin873
David ButteryNone829
Phil KermodeNone399
Rodney ClarkeNone361
Frank SchuengelNone219
Douglas West Geoff CorkishNone1,248
John Shimmin MHKNone1,009
Geoff Cannell MHKNone692
Roland Ardern-CorrisLiberal Vannin518
GarffSteve Rodan SHKNone1,400
Nigel DobsonLiberal Vannin524
Glenfaba David Anderson MHKNone760
Geoffrey BootNone524
Malew and SantonGraham CregeenNone573
Captain Andrew Douglas MHKNone439
Carol KermodeNone258
MichaelDavid Cannan MHKNone1,062
Ron BerryNone329
Middle Martyn Quayle MHKNone963
Kate BeecroftLiberal Vannin548
Andrew JessoppNone413
Onchan Peter Karran MHKLiberal Vannin2,600
Adrian Earnshaw MHKNone2,078
David QuirkNone1,565
Brian StowellNone1,373
Steve BabbNone1,047
Andrew DossorNone601
Peel Tim Crookall MHKNone839
Hazel HannanNone712
Rodger GimbertNone321
Ramsey Annie Craine MHKNone1,969
Allan Bell MHKNone1,768
Leonard Singer MLCNone / (APG)1,621
Captain Nigel MalpassLiberal Vannin673
Rushen Juan Watterson MHKNone2,430
Phil Gawne MHKNone1,794
Quintin Gill MHKNone1,689
Phil CrellinNone1,432
John RimingtonNone1,048
Tony WrightLiberal Vannin1,000
Adrian TinklerNone934

References

  1. "Election 06 Information Portal". Retrieved 16 October 2006.
  2. "Party politics casts long shadow over campaign". Retrieved 21 October 2006.
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