2006 Manx general election

2006 Manx general election
All 24 seats to the House of Keys
Chief Minister before election; Donald Gelling; Independent	Elected Chief Minister ; Tony Brown; Independent

A general election was held on Thursday, 23 November 2006 on the Isle of Man. 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.

Background[]

The previous Manx general election was held in 2001: independents won 22 out of the 24 seats and the Manx Labour Party polled 17.3% and won 2 seats.

Results[]

Summary of the 23 November 2006 Isle of Man House of Keys election results^[1]
Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents	41,608	80.81	21
	Liberal Vannin	7,323	14.22	2
	Manx Labour Party	2,561	4,97	1
Total		51,492		24

By constituency[]

The winners in bold. Several constituencies have more than one member elected.^[2]^[3]

Constituency	Name	Party	Votes
Ayre	Eddie Teare MHK	None	Unopposed
Castletown	Tony Brown MHK	None	915
Castletown	Roy Redmayne	Liberal Vannin	335
Douglas East	Phil Braidwood MHK	None	777
	Brenda Cannell MHK	None / (APG)	728
	Chris Robertshaw	None	574
	Bill Platt	Liberal Vannin	252
	Steve Osborne	None	194
	Carol Jempson	None	189
Douglas North	Bill Henderson MHK	None	1,627
	John Houghton MHK	None	1,615
	Mike Coleman	Manx Labour Party	688
	Mark Atherton	None	290
Douglas South	David Cretney MHK	Manx Labour Party	1,873
	Bill Malarkey MHK	Liberal Vannin	873
	David Buttery	None	829
	Phil Kermode	None	399
	Rodney Clarke	None	361
	Frank Schuengel	None	219
Douglas West	Geoff Corkish	None	1,248
	John Shimmin MHK	None	1,009
	Geoff Cannell MHK	None	692
	Roland Ardern-Corris	Liberal Vannin	518
Garff	Steve Rodan SHK	None	1,400
Garff	Nigel Dobson	Liberal Vannin	524
Glenfaba	David Anderson MHK	None	760
Glenfaba	Geoffrey Boot	None	524
Malew and Santon	Graham Cregeen	None	573
	MHK	None	439
	Carol Kermode	None	258
Michael	David Cannan MHK	None	1,062
Michael	Ron Berry	None	329
Middle	Martyn Quayle MHK	None	963
	Kate Beecroft	Liberal Vannin	548
	Andrew Jessopp	None	413
Onchan	Peter Karran MHK	Liberal Vannin	2,600
	Adrian Earnshaw MHK	None	2,078
	David Quirk	None	1,565
	Brian Stowell	None	1,373
	Steve Babb	None	1,047
	Andrew Dossor	None	601
Peel	Tim Crookall MHK	None	839
	Hazel Hannan	None	712
	Rodger Gimbert	None	321
Ramsey	Annie Craine MHK	None	1,969
	Allan Bell MHK	None	1,768
	Leonard Singer MLC	None / (APG)	1,621
	Captain Nigel Malpass	Liberal Vannin	673
Rushen	Juan Watterson MHK	None	2,430
	Phil Gawne MHK	None	1,794
	Quintin Gill MHK	None	1,689
	Phil Crellin	None	1,432
	John Rimmington	None	1,048
	Tony Wright	Liberal Vannin	1,000
	Adrian Tinkler	None	934

References[]

^ https://www.gov.im/media/622793/electionresults2006v11.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Election 06 Information Portal". Retrieved 2006-10-16.
^ "Party politics casts long shadow over campaign". Retrieved 2006-10-21.

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[1] ttps://www.gov.im/media/622793/electionresults2006v11.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[candidates-2] "Election 06 Information Portal". Retrieved 2006-10-16.

[candidates2-3] "Party politics casts long shadow over campaign". Retrieved 2006-10-21.

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