1996 Manx general election

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1996 Manx general election
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  1991 21 November 1996 2001  

All 24 seats in the House of Keys
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
APG Edgar Quine 14.626New
Manx Labour 10.362−1
Independents 75.0216−5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results by constituency
Chief Minister beforeChief Minister after
Miles Walker
Independent
Donald Gelling
Independent

General elections were held on the Isle of Man on the 21 November 1996 to elect members to the House of Keys. Independents won 16 of the 24 seats, whilst the Manx Labour Party had its worst result since 1971, winning just two seats. The Alliance for Progressive Government contested its first general election after its formation following the 1991 general elections, winning six seats, including four incumbent MHKs who had previously been independents.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents (Alliance for Progressive Government)7,61314.626
Manx Labour Party 5,39210.362
Independents39,05275.0216
Total52,057100.0024
Source: Manx Radio, [1] Kermode [2]

By constituency

Constituency CandidateVotes
Ayre; 1 seat Edgar Quine 1,247
Hazel Bradley167
Castletown; 1 seat Tony Brown 876
Elsie Pickard467
Carol Edge102
Douglas East; 2 seats Phil Braidwood 1,289
Brenda Cannell 836
Philip Kermode593
Alan Burrows381
Douglas North; 2 seats John Houghton 1,493
Alan Crowe 1,241
Bernie May827
Brian Crookall612
Douglas South; 2 seats David Cretney 2,061
Adrian Duggan796
John Tobin755
Patrick Bell530
Allan Connor282
John Cowley247
Douglas West; 2 seats John Shimmin 1,637
Alex Downie 1,515
Jim Cain911
Garff; 1 seat Steve Rodan 1,257
Stuart McKenzie473
Kenneth Markillie52
Glenfaba; 1 seat Walter Gilbey 743
Toni Collister312
Malew and Santon; 1 seat Donald Gelling Unopposed
Michael; 1 seat David Cannan 973
Jennifer Kewley Draskau 495
Middle; 1 seat David North 842
Bruce Corfield519
Onchan; 3 seats Peter Karran 2,257
Richard Corkill 1,713
Ray Kniveton1,702
Richard Leventhorpe1,372
David Quirk1,143
Ellis Killey775
Mark Kermode559
Peel; 1 seat Hazel Hannan 1042
Christine Moughton477
Timothy Crookall469
Ramsey; 2 seats Leonard Singer 2,059
Allan Bell 2,056
Terry Groves1,763
Rushen; 3 seats Miles Walker 2,499
Noel Cringle 1,903
Pamela Crowe 1,609
Illiam Costain1,568
John Rimington 1,342
David Bennett774
Terry Jackson444

References

  1. "Results 1996". Manx Radio.
  2. D.G. Kermode (2001). Offshore island politics : the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century.