2011 Manx general election

A general election was held on the Isle of Man on 29 September 2011 to elect 24 members to the island's lower house, the House of Keys. 60,000 residents were eligible to vote, including 16- and 17-year-olds. Successful candidates were sworn in on 4 October 2011.[1] A total of about 34,000 people voted in the election, but some of these were in multi-member constituencies and therefore cast more than one vote.

2011 Manx general election

29 September 2011
All 24 seats to the House of Keys
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent Liberal Vannin Manx Labour Seats won 20 3 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 42,543 11,679 1,749 Percentage 76.0 20.9 3.1 Swing 1.7 6.7 1.9
Chief Minister before election Tony Brown Independent Elected Chief Minister Allan Bell Independent

Results

Party		Vote	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Vannin Party	11,679	20.87	3	+1
	Manx Labour Party	1,749	3.12	1	0
	Independents	42,543	76.01	20	–1
Total		55,971	100	24	0
Valid votes		34,369	99.65
Invalid/blank votes		120	0.35
Total		34,489	100
Registered voters/turnout		60,382	57.12
Source: Government of the Isle of Man

By constituency

Ayre; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Eddie Teare	1,060	65.3
	Independent	Andrew Newington-Bridges	429	26.4
	Liberal Vannin	Patrick Ayres	134	8.3
Total votes			1,623
Total ballots			1,623
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			1,632	67.4
Registered electors			2,423

Castletown; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Richard Ronan	520	35.5
	Independent	Jason Moorhouse	479	32.7
	Independent	Mahendra Patel	280	19.1
	Independent	Colin Leather	108	7.4
	Independent	Carol Quine	43	2.9
	Independent	David Pownall	33	2.3
Total votes			1,463
Total ballots			1,463
Rejected ballots			3
Turnout			1,470	65.7
Registered electors			2,237

Douglas East; 2 returns

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Chris Robertshaw	915	30.9
	Independent	Brenda Cannell	757	25.5
	Independent	Paul Moulton	490	16.5
	Independent	Geraldine O'Neill	441	14.9
	Independent	Richard Kissack	238	8.0
	Independent	John Karran	123	4.1
Total votes			2,964
Total ballots			1,688
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			1,700	41.1
Registered electors			4,136

Douglas North; 2 returns

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	John Houghton	1,376	32.6
	Independent	Bill Henderson	1,257	29.8
	Independent	Theo Fleurbaay	869	20.6
	Liberal Vannin	Peter Hill	722	17.1
Total votes			4,224
Total ballots			2,392
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			2,401	50.4
Registered electors			4,761

Douglas South; 2 returns

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Manx Labour	David Cretney[2]	1,749	44.2
	Liberal Vannin	Kate Beecroft	1,191	30.1
	Independent	Bill Malarkey	1,019	25.7
Total votes			3,959
Total ballots			2,402
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			2,406	46.6
Registered electors			5,165

Douglas West; 2 returns

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	John Shimmin	1,316	33.1
	Independent	Geoff Corkish	1,017	25.6
	Liberal Vannin	Chris Thomas	913	23.0
	Independent	John Skinner	732	18.4
Total votes			3,978
Total ballots			2,252
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			2,256	55.8
Registered electors			4,044

Garff; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Steve Rodan	1,725	92.7
	Liberal Vannin	Nigel Dobson	136	7.3
Total votes			1,861
Total ballots			1,861
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			1,871	55.1
Registered electors			3,397

Glenfaba; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	David Anderson	649	46.5
	Independent	Geoffrey Boot	557	39.9
	Independent	Matthew Wadsworth	189	13.5
Total votes			1,395
Total ballots			1,395
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout			1,406	69.7
Registered electors			2,016

Malew & Santon; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Graham Cregeen	877	71.5
	Independent	Gareth Kelly	262	21.4
	Independent	John Hanson	87	7.1
Total votes			1,226
Total ballots			1,226
Rejected ballots			21
Turnout			1,247	54
Registered electors			2,309

Michael; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Alfred Cannan	1,014	64.1
	Independent	David Talbot	325	20.5
	Independent	Paul Heavey	244	15.4
Total votes			1,583
Total ballots			1,583
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			1,590	62.6
Registered electors			2,540

Middle; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Howard Quayle	922	41.9
	Independent	Paul Craine	560	25.5
	Independent	Martyn Quayle	466	21.2
	Liberal Vannin	Juan Cottier	250	11.4
Total votes			2,198
Total ballots			2,198
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			2,206	56.1
Registered electors			3,930

Onchan; 3 returns

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Liberal Vannin	Peter Karran	2,704	26.8
	Liberal Vannin	Zac Hall	1,812	18.0
	Independent	David Quirk	1,594	15.8
	Independent	Adrian Earnshaw	1,543	15.3
	Independent	June Kelly	1,339	13.3
	Independent	Brian Stowell	1,093	10.8
Total votes			10,085
Total ballots			4,016
Rejected ballots			1
Turnout			4,017	57.5
Registered electors			6,982

Peel; 1 return

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Tim Crookall	646	28.1
	Independent	Leslie Hanson	615	26.7
	Independent	Raymond Harmer	522	22.7
	Independent	Arran Kaighin	265	11.5
	Independent	Rodger Gimbert	252	11.0
Total votes			2,300
Total ballots			2,300
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			2,321	58.6
Registered electors			3,693

Ramsey; 2 returns

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Allan Bell	1,988	29.7
	Independent	Leonard Singer	1,911	28.5
	Independent	Anne Craine	1,817	27.1
	Liberal Vannin	Linda Bowers-Kasch	427	6.4
	Independent	Lawrie Hooper	310	4.6
	Independent	John McDonough	243	3.6
Total votes			6,696
Total ballots			3,737
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			3,749	64.8
Registered electors			5,789

Rushen; 3 returns

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Juan Watterson	3,080	29.6
	Independent	Laurence Skelly	2,021	19.4
	Independent	Phil Gawne	1,941	18.6
	Independent	Quintin Gill	1,722	16.5
	Independent	John Orme	1,195	11.5
	Liberal Vannin	David Jones	457	4.4
Total votes			10,416
Total ballots			4,214
Rejected ballots			3
Turnout			4,217	60.6
Registered electors			6,960

References

1. "Record voter numbers for Isle of Man General Election". BBC News. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjok8hSwqw