Graham Cregeen

Graham Cregeen is a Manx politician who served as Member of the House of Keys for Arbory, Castletown & Malew in the Isle of Man until 2021. He was Minister for Justice and Home Affairs from 2020 to 2021.[1]

The Honourable
Graham Cregeen
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
Assumed office
3 March 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorRichard Gozney
Preceded byDavid Ashford
Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
In office
4 October 2016 – 3 March 2020
Succeeded byAlex Allinson
Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure
In office
12 July 2012 – 3 April 2014
Preceded byTim Crookall
Succeeded byChris Robertshaw
Member of the House of Keys
for Arbory, Castletown and Malew
In office
22 September 2016 – 12 August 2021
Member of the House of Keys for Malew and Santon
In office
29 September 2011 – 21 September 2016
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
Personal details
NationalityManx
Political partyIndependent

Political career

In 2006 he was elected MHK for the former Malew and Santon constituency, and was re-elected for that constituency in 2011.

From 2006 to 2016 he was a political member of a variety of government departments in turn, and for a few weeks in 2012 he was Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure (a position that was abolished in 2014).

In 2016 he was elected MHK for the new Arbory, Castletown & Malew constituency, and appointed Minister for Education and Children. In 2017 the department was renamed as the Department of Education, Sport and Culture.

In 2020 he was appointed Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

Election results

2011
2011 Manx General Election: Malew and Santon[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Graham Cregeen 877 71.53%
Independent Gareth Kelly 262 21.37%
Independent John Hanson 87 7.1%
Total valid votes 1226
Rejected ballots 21 1.68%
Registered electors 2,309
Turnout 1247 54.01%

2016

In 2014, Tynwald approved recommendations from the Boundary Review Commission which saw the reform of the Island's electoral boundaries.

Under the new system, the Island was divided into 12 constituencies based on population, with each area represented by two members of the House of Keys.

As a result Cregeen's former constituency of Malew and Santon was abolished, with Santon becoming part of the constituency of Middle and Malew becoming part of the newly formed Arbory, Castletown and Malew.[3]

2016 Manx General Election: Arbory, Castletown and Malew[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Jason Moorhouse 1066 18.21%
Independent Graham Cregeen 991 16.93%
Independent Phil Gawne 972 16.6%
Independent Stephen Crowther 950 16.23%
Independent Carl Parker 890 15.2%
Independent Richard McAleer 718 12.27%
Manx Labour Party Carol Quine 267 4.56%
Total valid votes 5854
Rejected ballots 11 0.14%
Registered electors 5,487
Turnout 3268 59.56%

References
  1. "Graham Derek Cregeen". Tynwald.
  2. "House of Keys 2011 General Election Results" (PDF). Government of the Isle of Man.
  3. "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014" (PDF). legislation.gov.im.
  4. "2016 General Election - Constituency Results" (PDF). Government of the Isle of Man.


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