Geoffrey Boot

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The Honourable
Geoffrey Boot
MHK
Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture
Assumed office
4 October 2016
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorRichard Gozney
Member of the House of Keys
for Glenfaba and Peel
In office
22 September 2016 – 12 August 2021
Member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba
In office
11 September 2015 – 21 September 2016
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
Personal details
Born1953
NationalityBritish
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Conservative
Spouse(s)Suzie Boot
Children4

Geoffrey Boot (born 1953) is an English-born politician who currently serves as Member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba and Peel. Prior to moving to the Isle of Man, Boot also served as a Conservative Councillor and Mayor for Sandgate in Kent.

Early life[]

Geoffrey George Boot[1] was born in Nottingham in 1953 and was educated in Sussex Coast College Hastings.[2] Boot's time at college was cut short by a serious motorsport accident which left him hospitalised and forced him to leave further education.

After the accident, Boot began his working career at Midland Bank before moving into surveying and estate agency work. Boot also operated a large soft fruit farm as well as holiday, golf and leisure facilities.

UK political career[]

Prior to his election into the House of Keys, Boot was a Conservative Party councillor in the parish of Sandgate, Kent, where he served four years as chairman and for three months was their only mayor.[3] He and his wife Suzie unsuccessfully stood in the 2007 Shepway District Council election for the Folkestone Cheriton ward.[4]

Manx political career[]

He contested the House of Keys seat of Glenfaba in both the 2006 and 2011 Manx general elections, but the seat was retained by his opponent David Anderson in both elections.[5][1] From 2012 to 2015 Boot served as a Commissioner for the parish of German.[3]

He stood in a 2015 by-election triggered by Anderson's promotion to the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.[6] and won the election with 424 votes.[7] His victory by three votes was described by the Mansfield and Ashfield Chad as "the closest Manx election result since 1929".[3] In Tynwald, Boot sat on the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee, Select Committee of Tynwald on the Registration of Property and served as political member of the Department of Economic Development and the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture.

In the 2016 Manx General Election, the constituency of Glenfaba was merged with the neighbouring constituency of Peel. Boot was returned with an increased vote count along with former Peel MHK Ray Harmer, who topped the poll.[2] In October 2016 he was chosen by Howard Quayle to serve as Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture.[2]

From 2017 to 2018, Boot sat on the Select Committee on the Functioning of Tynwald.

As Minister, Boot has held responsibility for legislation and regulation relating to the Island's farming and fishing industries as well as environmental and biodiversity policy and the protection and management of the Island's national glens, territorial seas and reserves.[8] In 2020 Boot was responsible for taking the Climate Change Act through Tynwald, which set out the Isle of Man Government's approach to mitigating the effects of climate change and its commitment to reducing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050.[9]

In May 2021, Boot stated that he intended to stand as a candidate in the 2021 Manx General Election.[10]

But in June 2021, Boot shouted at women (will campaigning for election) from Ireland telling her to go back to Ireland which spark out rage in the community.

United Kingdom electoral results[]

Local elections in the United Kingdom[]

Date of election Constituency Party Votes % of votes Result Ref
Folkestone Cheriton Conservative 216 15.5 Not elected [11]
2007 Shepway District Council election Folkestone Cheriton Conservative 433 28.8 Not elected [4]

Electoral results[]

2006[]

2006 Manx General Election: Glenfaba[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent David Anderson 760 58.96%
Independent Geoffrey Boot 529 41.04%
Total valid votes 1289
Rejected ballots 13 1%
Registered electors 1,733
Turnout 1302 75.13%

2011[]

2011 Manx General Election: Glenfaba[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent David Anderson 649 46.52%
Independent Geoffrey Boot 557 39.93%
Independent Matthew Wadsworth 189 13.55%
Total valid votes 1395
Rejected ballots 11 0.78%
Registered electors 2,016
Turnout 1406 69.74%

2015[]

2015 By-Election: Glenfaba[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Geoffrey Boot 424 50.18%
Independent David Talbot 421 49.82%
Total valid votes 845
Rejected ballots 7 0.71%
Turnout 845 33.27%

2016[]

2016 Manx General Election: Glenfaba and Peel[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Raymond Harmer 2195 41.91%
Independent Geoffrey Boot 1805 34.46%
Independent Leslie Hanson 1238 23.63%
Total valid votes 5238
Rejected ballots 24 0.73%
Registered electors 5,886
Turnout 3309 56.22%

Personal life[]

Boot has four children with his wife Suzie,.[2] Mr and Mrs Boot own a number of properties including Sandgate Castle, a Device Fort in Sandgate, Kent.[16] which is now used by his property investment company, AMT South Eastern Ltd.[3]

He is a commercial pilot and a chief flying instructor.[2] He won the King's Cup Race three times and was a co-founder of FLYER magazine.[2] In 2016, Boot announced that he would be downsizing his commitments.[3]

On the 18 March 1999 he was enrolled as minor Scottish baron, —known as Baron Boot of Waughton.[17][a] Boot is related to the family associated with the Boots pharmaceutical chain.[3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ In Scotland feudal minor baronies may be transferred by purchase: The Scotsman 22 November 2006 "Buy yourself a title and swap the Mr for Baron"

References[]

  1. ^ a b House of Keys 2011 General Election Results, Isle of Man Government
  2. ^ a b c d e f Profile at Tynwald website
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Colourful Past of new MKH Baron Boot", Chad, archived from the original on 19 November 2015, retrieved 19 November 2015
  4. ^ a b Local Election Results 2007 - Shepway, Local Elections Archive Project
  5. ^ 2006 election results
  6. ^ "Isle of Man by-elections: Six to stand in Peel and Glenfaba - BBC News". BBC News. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  7. ^ "Glenfaba Results (2015)". Manx Radio. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  8. ^ "Isle of Man Government - Environment, Food and Agriculture". www.gov.im. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  9. ^ "Isle of Man Government - Climate Change Isle of Man". www.gov.im. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  10. ^ "Declaration of Candidacy 2021 - Geoffrey Boot MHK". Geoffrey Boot. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  11. ^ Local Election Results 2003 - Shepway, Local Elections Archive Project
  12. ^ https://www.gov.im/media/622793/electionresults2006v11.pdf[bare URL]
  13. ^ https://www.gov.im/media/626429/2011electionresults.pdf[bare URL]
  14. ^ https://www.gov.im/media/1349225/notice-of-result-glenfaba-by-election-2015.pdf[bare URL]
  15. ^ https://www.gov.im/media/1353347/2016-general-election-results-and-turnout.pdf[bare URL]
  16. ^ "Burglar Fails to Break into Geoffrey Boot's Sandgate Castle Home", Dover Express, archived from the original on 19 November 2015, retrieved 19 November 2015
  17. ^ "Court of the Lord Lyon". Edinburgh Gazette (24861): 1734. 15 August 2000.
  • Airprox in UK airspace involving General Aviation accidents Book No 15 (editor and member of Airprox Board).
  • Royal Aero Club Newsletter winter 2005/06.

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