Lawrie Hooper
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Lawrie Hooper MHK | |
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Member of the House of Keys for Ramsey | |
Assumed office 22 September 2016 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor | Richard Gozney |
Member of Ramsey Town Commissioners | |
In office 26 April 2012 – 22 September 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cardiff |
Nationality | Manx |
Political party | Liberal Vannin Party |
Spouse(s) | Rachel Hooper |
Education | Ramsey Grammar School |
Alma mater | University of Keele |
Lawrie Lee Hooper is a Welsh-born Manx politician who is the leader of Liberal Vannin Party. He represented Ramsey in the House of Keys from 2016.[1]
Early life[]
Hooper was born in Cardiff, Wales. He studied at Ramsey Grammar School and Keele University.
He trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers on the Isle of Man with a focus on Audit. He then spent four years working as a Manager at Crowe Morgan.
Political career[]
Hooper stood unsuccessfully for the House of Keys as an independent candidate in 2011. He served as a Ramsey Town Commissioner between April 2012 and September 2016, including as chairman for the 2016/17 term until his election to the House of Keys in 2016 as a Liberal Vannin candidate.
Hooper became leader of the Liberal Vannin Party in August 2020.[2]
Election results[]
2011[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Allan Bell | 1988 | 29.68% | |
Independent | Leonard Singer | 1911 | 28.54% | |
Independent | Anne Craine | 1818 | 27.15% | |
Liberal Vannin Party | Linda Bowers-Kasch | 427 | 6.38% | |
Independent | Lawrie Hooper | 310 | 4.63% | |
Independent | John McDonough | 243 | 3.63% | |
Total valid votes | 6697 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.32% | ||
Registered electors | 5,789 | |||
Turnout | 3737 | 64.55% |
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alex Allinson | 2946 | 47.1% | |
Liberal Vannin Party | Lawrie Hooper | 1471 | 23.52% | |
Independent | Leonard Singer | 886 | 14.16% | |
Independent | Nicholas Crowe | 716 | 11.45% | |
Independent | John McDonough | 236 | 3.77% | |
Total valid votes | 6255 | |||
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.43% | ||
Registered electors | 5,726 | |||
Turnout | 3500 | 61.12% |
References[]
- ^ "Tynwald - Parliament of the Isle of Man - HOOPER Lawrie Lee MHK". www.tynwald.org.im. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=57272&headline=Hooper:%20I%20will%20focus%20on%20holding%20the%20government%20to%20its%20promises§ionIs=news&searchyear=2020
- ^ https://www.gov.im/media/626429/2011electionresults.pdf
- ^ https://www.gov.im/media/1353347/2016-general-election-results-and-turnout.pdf
- Living people
- Liberal Vannin Party politicians
- Members of the House of Keys 2016–2021