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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held on the Isle of Man on the 21 November 1991 to elect members to the island's lower house: the House of Keys. Independents dominated and won 21 of the 24 seats, whilst the Manx Labour Party once again won three seats.
The electoral system was changed in 1982 to single transferable vote with the Representation of the People (Preferential Voting) Act. [1]
A total of 73 candidates contested the elections, of which 68 ran as independents and five as party candidates. [2] The Manx Labour Party nominated three candidates, David Cretney, Peter Karran and Bernie May, all of whom were incumbents. [2] The Green Party nominated two, John Rimington and Graham Joughin. [3]
Five of the elected members were newcomers to the House of Keys. [2]
In Douglas West, Basil Cowin and Jim Mitchell were tied in last place at the second count, resulting in them having to draw lots to determine who progressed to the third count, with Callow progressing. [4] Two independent candidates (Edgar Quine in Ayre and Tony Brown in Castletown) were elected unopposed. [2]
| Party | FP votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manx Labour Party | 3,419 | 11.23 | 3 | |
| Green Party | 180 | 0.59 | 0 | |
| Independents | 26,851 | 88.18 | 21 | |
| Total | 30,450 | 100.00 | 24 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 46,007 | – | ||
| Source: Manx Radio, [5] Kermode [2] | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Independent | Dominic Delaney | 41.50 | 796 | |||
| Independent | Philip Kermode | 27.22 | 522 | 610.25 | 667.25 | |
| Independent | Brenda Cannell | 15.95 | 306 | 332.25 | 400.25 | |
| Independent | Patrick Bell | 12.51 | 240 | 274.25 | ||
| Independent | Alan Shea | 2.82 | 54 | 56.25 | ||
| Electorate: 3,678 Valid: 1,918 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 640 Turnout: 52.96% | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Manx Labour | Bernie May | 35.55 | 802 | ||||||||||
| Independent | David Corlett | 16.40 | 370 | 337.2 | 380.2 | 383.2 | 392.68 | 401.68 | 414.04 | 422.34 | 443.8 | 474.8 | |
| Independent | Alan Crowe | 12.81 | 289 | 284.16 | 294.16 | 301.28 | 306.52 | 310.58 | 329.64 | 351.7 | 365.18 | 381.18 | |
| Independent | David Martin | 9.31 | 210 | 215.52 | 215.58 | 218.64 | 228.7 | 232.86 | 238 | 244.12 | 270.24 | ||
| Independent | Inkerman Faragher | 7.09 | 160 | 116.12 | 168.24 | 175.3 | 190.36 | 208.66 | 218.72 | ||||
| Independent | Raina Chatel | 5.01 | 113 | 116.36 | 116.36 | 119.48 | 124.54 | 125.54 | 130.66 | ||||
| Independent | John Bell | 4.70 | 106 | 108.52 | 109.52 | 111.52 | 116.64 | 124.7 | |||||
| Independent | Michael Hooper | 3.59 | 81 | 82.26 | 83.26 | 87.26 | 89.32 | ||||||
| Independent | Michael Shimmin | 2.53 | 57 | 59.27 | 61.27 | 63.27 | |||||||
| Green Party | Graham Joughin | 2.08 | 47 | 48.5 | 49.56 | ||||||||
| Independent | Martin Nuttall | 0.93 | 21 | 21.42 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 3,455 Valid: 2,256 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 753 Turnout: 66.45% | |||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Manx Labour | David Cretney | 56.99 | 1,422 | |||||
| Independent | Adrian Duggan | 19.20 | 479 | 780.2 | 792.2 | 799.4 | 860.4 | |
| Independent | Alan Connor | 12.42 | 310 | 377.8 | 384.8 | 390.8 | 422.8 | |
| Independent | Fred Kennish | 8.02 | 200 | 345.2 | 353.2 | 361 | ||
| Independent | Graham Bayliss | 3.37 | 84 | 154.2 | ||||
| Electorate: 4,257 Valid: 2,495 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 832 Turnout: 60.00% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Independent | Jim Cain | 41.15 | 770 | 788 | 809 | 885 | |
| Independent | Alex Downie | 32.92 | 616 | 632 | 655 | 737 | |
| Independent | Andrew Douglas | 25.76 | 482 | 514 | 533 | 622 | |
| Independent | Charles Flynn | 14.91 | 279 | 295 | 320 | ||
| Independent | Jim Mitchell | 8.77 | 164 | 178 | 196 | ||
| Independent | Basil Cowin | 8.77 | 164 | 178 | |||
| Independent | Richard Kennett | 5.24 | 98 | ||||
| Independent | Godfrey Kenyon | 3.63 | 68 | ||||
| Electorate: 3,994 Valid: 2,639 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 880 Turnout: 66.70% | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Edgar Mann | 52.30 | 899 | |
| Independent | Stuart McKenzie | 25.83 | 444 | |
| Independent | Harry Wade | 21.87 | 376 | |
| Electorate: 2,710 Valid: 1,719 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 860 Turnout: 63.99% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Walter Gilbey | 51.19 | 625 | |
| Independent | Robert Quayle | 39.72 | 485 | |
| Independent | Greg Jougin | 9.09 | 111 | |
| Electorate: 1,628 Valid: 1,221 Spoilt: 2 Quota: 611 Turnout: 75.12% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Donald Gelling | 84.13 | 1,087 | |
| Independent | Ted Williams | 10.84 | 140 | |
| Independent | Frank Williams | 5.03 | 65 | |
| Electorate: 1,961 Valid: 1,292 Spoilt: 8 Quota: 647 Turnout: 66.29% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | David Cannan | 71.25 | 1,068 | |
| Independent | James Curphey | 16.21 | 243 | |
| Independent | Lionel Morrey | 12.54 | 188 | |
| Electorate: 2,005 Valid: 1,499 Spoilt: 11 Quota: 750 Turnout: 75.31% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | David North | 55.70 | 924 | |
| Independent | John Wood | 31.22 | 518 | |
| Independent | Peter Want | 9.58 | 159 | |
| Independent | Brian Walker | 3.50 | 58 | |
| Electorate: 2,476 Valid: 1,659 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 830.5 Turnout: 67.65% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Manx Labour | Peter Karran | 29.15 | 1,195 | ||||
| Independent | Richard Corkill | 24.37 | 999 | 1,052 | |||
| Independent | George Waft | 17.24 | 707 | 751 | 794 | 914 | |
| Independent | Richard Leventhorpe | 13.37 | 548 | 572 | 589 | 795 | |
| Independent | Roger Payne | 5.88 | 241 | 256 | 278 | ||
| Independent | Fred Griffin | 5.22 | 214 | 220 | 227 | ||
| Independent | Ken Ewart | 2.63 | 108 | 117 | |||
| Independent | David Quirk | 2.15 | 88 | 97 | |||
| Electorate: 6,209 Valid: 4,100 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 66.95% | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Hazel Hannan | 45.16 | 942 | 1,066 | |
| Independent | Malcolm Kelly | 30.06 | 627 | 799 | |
| Independent | Fred Crowe | 24.78 | 517 | ||
| Electorate: 2,814 Valid: 2,086 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 76.47% | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Allan Bell | 31.16 | 1,023 | 1,040 | 1,072 | 1,095 | ||
| Independent | Terry Groves | 27.69 | 909 | 925 | 951 | 987 | 1,032 | |
| Independent | Beryl Quine | 22.66 | 744 | 757 | 768 | 805 | 872 | |
| Independent | Bill Irving | 5.64 | 185 | 200 | 203 | 221 | ||
| Independent | John Quigley | 5.42 | 178 | 182 | 194 | |||
| Independent | Francie Hughes | 4.42 | 145 | 148 | ||||
| Independent | Oliver Hibbert | 3.02 | 99 | |||||
| Electorate: 4,786 Valid: 3,283 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 70.58% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Miles Walker | 34.76 | 1,488 | ||||||
| Independent | John Corrin | 23.20 | 993 | 1,114.92 | |||||
| Independent | Noel Cringle | 12.15 | 520 | 616.64 | 633.54 | 659.35 | 717.28 | 815.38 | |
| Independent | John Orme | 11.17 | 478 | 598 | 610.22 | 659.98 | 708.16 | 768.52 | |
| Independent | Cecil Price | 7.52 | 322 | 355.92 | 361.77 | 397.29 | 458.34 | ||
| Independent | Illiam Costain | 5.86 | 251 | 265.4 | 267.09 | 310.72 | |||
| Green Party | John Rimington | 3.11 | 133 | 147.08 | 151.37 | ||||
| Independent | Peter Ray | 2.24 | 96 | 107.52 | 110.38 | ||||
| Electorate: 6,034 Valid: 4,281 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,071 Turnout: 72.31% | |||||||||
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