2021 Manx general election

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2021 Manx general election
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All 24 seats in the House of Keys
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Joney Faragher [1] Lawrie Hooper [1]
Party Independents Manx Labour Liberal Vannin
Leader's seat Douglas East (won) Ramsey
Seats won2121
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote51,0153,0063,138
Percentage86.29%5.08%5.31%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.70pp Increase2.svg3.71pp Decrease2.svg1.05pp
2021 Manx general election - Results.svg
Most voted candidate represented by the colour of the constituency. Second most voted candidate represented by the additional circle.
Chief Minister before election

Howard Quayle
Independent

Elected Chief Minister

Alfred Cannan
Independent

General elections were held in the Isle of Man on 23 September 2021. [2] A record ten women were elected, twice as many as the five elected at the previous election. For the first time, in two constituencies, both elected MHKs were women. [1] Four government ministers failed to be re-elected. [1] [3]

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Electoral system

The 24 members of the House of Keys are elected from 12 constituencies, each of which returns 2 members. [4] Election is by multiple non-transferable vote in each constituency, with voters having two votes (although voters are not required to use both) for the two seats.

The Chief Minister is appointed after a general election on nomination by the House of Keys.

Candidates

A total of 65 candidates ran. [5] The incumbent Chief Minister, Howard Quayle (MHK for Middle) did not stand for re-election. [6]

Results

Over 85% of candidates ran without party affiliation, and the largest elected party contingent, the Manx Labour Party, consisted of two MHKs. The Manx Labour Party ran three candidates, [5] Liberal Vannin ran four, [5] and the Isle of Man Green Party ran two. [5] The 2021 election was the first election in which the Green Party fielded candidates, having previously only stood in local elections. [7]

Isle of Man House of Keys 2021.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Vannin Party 3,1385.331–2
Manx Labour Party 3,0065.102+2
Isle of Man Green Party 1,9643.330New
Independents50,80686.24210
Total58,914100.00240
Valid votes32,81299.75
Invalid/blank votes810.25
Total votes32,893100.00
Registered voters/turnout64,74450.80
Source: gov.im

By constituency

Sources: [8] [9] [10]

Arbory, Castletown & Malew [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Jason Moorhouse 1,988 33.0
Independent Tim Glover 1,818 30.2
Independent Steve Crowther1,48824.7
Independent Graham Cregeen 73012.1
Total votes6,024 178.3
Total ballots3,379
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 3,38756.5
Registered electors 5,990
Ayre & Michael [13]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Alfred Cannan 2,117 36.4
Independent Tim Johnston 1,203 20.7
Independent Tim Baker 70912.2
Liberal Vannin Paul Weatherall5409.3
Independent Duncan Livingstone5178.9
Independent Phil Corkill3786.5
Independent Dr Sos Boussougou1893.2
Independent Madeleine Westall1682.9
Total votes5,821
Total ballots3,204
Rejected ballots6
Turnout 3,21062.61
Registered electors 5,127
Douglas Central [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Ann Corlett 1,400 34.7
Independent Chris Thomas 1,319 32.7
Independent Damien Ciappelli95123.5
Independent Sara Hackman3699.1
Total votes4,039 177
Total ballots2,282
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 2,28943
Registered electors 5,327
Douglas East [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Manx Labour Joney Faragher 741 24.1
Independent Clare Barber 692 22.5
Liberal Vannin Michael Josem50816.5
Independent Jon Joughin47714.6
Independent Peter Gilmour31310.2
Independent Amanda Walker2177.1
Independent Christine Urquhart1525.0
Total votes3,100 174.9
Total ballots1,772
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 1,77636.3
Registered electors 4,891
Douglas North [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent David Ashford 1,567 44.8
Independent John Wannenburgh 753 21.6
Independent Ralph Peake 68219.5
Independent Kevin Oliphant-Smith49214.1
Total votes3,494 176.3
Total ballots1,982
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 1,99142.2
Registered electors 4,713
Douglas South [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Manx Labour Sarah Maltby 1,244 30.1
Independent Claire Christian 1,242 30.0
Independent Paul Quine1,09426.4
Independent Gerard Higgins55213.4
Total votes4,132 180
Total ballots2,295
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 2,29946.9
Registered electors 4,897
Garff [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Daphne Caine 1,122 23.4
Independent Andrew Smith 1,112 23.2
Manx Labour Gareth Young1,02121.3
Independent Martyn Perkins 97120.2
Independent Jamie Smith57612.0
Total votes4,802 176.7
Total ballots2,718
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 2,72551.5
Registered electors 5,292
Glenfaba & Peel [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Kate Lord-Brennan 2,150 30.9
Independent Tim Crookall 1,134 19.3
Independent Ray Harmer 1,07315.4
Independent Trevor Cowin1,07015.4
Green Leo Cussons85512.3
Independent Geoffrey Boot 2733.9
Independent Mikey Lee2012.9
Total votes6,756 191.4
Total ballots3,639
Rejected ballots6
Turnout 3,64557.1
Registered electors 6,380
Middle [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Jane Poole-Wilson 1,788 42.0
Independent Stu Peters 965 22.6
Independent Alison Lynch79218.6
Independent Keiran Hannifin55313.0
Independent David Fowler1632.8
Total votes4,261 176.8
Total ballots2,410
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 2,41750.8
Registered electors 4,755
Onchan [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Rob Callister 1,600 38.6
Independent Julie Edge 1,363 32.9
Independent James Cherry57013.8
Liberal Vannin Peter Willers43310.5
Independent Michael Leather1774.3
Total votes4,143 177.4
Total ballots2,335
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 2,34645.1
Registered electors 5,200
Ramsey [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Liberal Vannin Lawrie Hooper 1,657 26.3
Independent Alex Allinson 1,557 24.7
Independent Robert Cowell67910.8
Independent Luke Parker66410.5
Independent Simon Mann5558.8
Independent Erica Spencer4387.0
Independent Leonard Singer4056.4
Independent Jonathan Kinrade3455.5
Total votes6,300 187.1
Total ballots3,367
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 3,37153.6
Registered electors 6,288
Rushen [32] [33]
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Juan Watterson 2,384 39.5
Independent Dr Michelle Haywood 1,386 22.9
Independent Mark Kemp1,16319.2
Green Andrew Langan-Newton1,10918.4
Total votes6,042 176.2
Total ballots3,429
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 3,43758.4
Registered electors 5,884

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