The House of Keys is the directly elected lower house of Tynwald,the parliament of the Isle of Man,the other branch being the Legislative Council.
The Manx Labour Party is a political party on the Isle of Man that was founded in 1918.
The Council of Ministers is the principal executive organ of the Isle of Man Government. Its role is similar to,though not identical with,that of the Cabinet in the United Kingdom. Until 1990,its title was the Executive Council.
The Isle of Man Government is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor,the personal representative of the Lord of Mann. The executive head is the Chief Minister.
Stephen Charles Rodan MLC is a Manx politician who served as the President of Tynwald from 2016 to 2021 and is a former Minister of the Isle of Man Government and former MHK for the constituency of Garff. He was first elected to the seat in a by-election in 1995.
Middle is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man.
Peter Karran is a Manx politician,who is a former leader of the Liberal Vannin Party and former Minister of Education and Children. He was a Member of the House of Keys for Middle,and then for Onchan,from 1985 to 2016.
George Martyn Quayle,MHK was a Manx politician who previously held the position of Minister of Tourism and Leisure in the Isle of Man Government and represented Middle in the House of Keys. He served as minister of the Department of Social Care.
Juan Paul Watterson FCA CMgr FCMI FRSA SHK is a Manx politician,who is Speaker of the House of Keys,and a member for Rushen,in the Isle of Man.
William Mackay Malarkey was a Manx politician,who was elected Liberal Vannin MHK for Douglas South but later defected from the party and sat as an independent. In the 2011 general election he lost his seat to Liberal Vannin candidate Kate Beecroft. He was re-elected at a by-election in May 2015 as an independent candidate,and retained his seat for Douglas South in September 2016.
Geoffrey Boot is an English-born politician who until 2021 served as a Member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba and Peel. Before moving to the Isle of Man,Boot also served as a Conservative Councillor and Mayor for Sandgate in Kent.
Kathleen Joan "Kate" Costain is a Manx politician who is a former Leader of the Liberal Vannin Party and was a Member of the House of Keys for Douglas South from 2011 to 2020. She changed her surname from Beecroft to Costain in 2019.
Laurence David Skelly MLC is a Manx politician,who has served as President of Tynwald since July 2021.
Graham Cregeen is a Manx politician who served as Member of the House of Keys for Arbory,Castletown &Malew in the Isle of Man until 2021. He was Minister for Justice and Home Affairs from 2020 to 2021.
Alfred Louis Cannan MHK is an independent Member of the House of Keys for Ayre &Michael and is the current Chief Minister of the Isle of Man. He was previously the Minister for the Treasury.
Raymond Karl Harmer is a former Member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba &Peel in the Isle of Man,and the current Minister for Policy and Reform.
Jane Pearl Poole-Wilson,MHK is a Manx politician and solicitor. She was elected to the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man in 2017 to fill a casual vacancy and was re-elected for a full five-year term in 2018. However she was elected to the House of Keys for the constituency of Middle in the 2021 Manx general election and thus forfeited her seat on the Legislative Council. She was immediately appointed by new Chief Minister Alfred Cannan as Minister for Justice and Home Affairs. She was also appointed as Deputy Chief Minister.
General elections were held in the Isle of Man on 23 September 2021. 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. Four government ministers failed to be re-elected.
William 'Bill' Shimmins is a Scottish-born Manx politician. He represented the constituency of Middle in the House of Keys until 2021,having been first elected in 2016.
Alexander John Allinson is an English-born Manx physician and politician who serves as an independent member of the House of Keys,representing Ramsey since 2016. Allinson serves on the Council of Ministers as the current Minister for the Treasury,having been appointed to the role in May 2022 by Alfred Cannan,the chief minister of the Isle of Man.
