2011 Manx general election

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2011 Manx general election
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg
  2006 29 September 2011 2016  

All 24 seats in the House of Keys
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Independents Liberal Vannin Manx Labour
Seats won2031
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote42,54311,6791,749
Percentage76.01%20.87%3.12%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.79ppIncrease2.svg6.65ppDecrease2.svg1.85pp

Map of the Manx general election, 2011.svg

Chief Minister before election

Tony Brown
Independent

Elected Chief Minister

Allan Bell
Independent

General elections were 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 elections, some of whom were in multi-member constituencies and cast more than one vote.

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Results

Ile de Man Chambre des Clefs 2011.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Vannin Party 11,67920.873+1
Manx Labour Party 1,7493.1210
Independents42,54376.0120–1
Total55,971100.00240
Valid votes34,36999.65
Invalid/blank votes1200.35
Total votes34,489100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,38257.12
Source: Isle of Man Government, Manx Radio

By constituency

Ayre; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Eddie Teare 1,060 65.3
Independent Andrew Newington-Bridges42926.4
Liberal Vannin Patrick Ayres1348.3
Total votes1,623
Total ballots1,623
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 1,63267.4
Registered electors 2,423
Castletown; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Richard Ronan 520 35.5
Independent Jason Moorhouse47932.7
Independent Mahendra Patel28019.1
Independent Colin Leather1087.4
Independent Carol Quine432.9
Independent David Pownall332.3
Total votes1,463
Total ballots1,463
Rejected ballots3
Turnout 1,47065.7
Registered electors 2,237
Douglas East; 2 returns
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Chris Robertshaw 915 30.9
Independent Brenda Cannell 757 25.5
Independent Paul Moulton49016.5
Independent Geraldine O'Neill44114.9
Independent Richard Kissack2388.0
Independent John Karran1234.1
Total votes2,964
Total ballots1,688
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 1,70041.1
Registered electors 4,136
Douglas North; 2 returns
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent John Houghton 1,376 32.6
Independent Bill Henderson 1,257 29.8
Independent Theo Fleurbaay86920.6
Liberal Vannin Peter Hill72217.1
Total votes4,224
Total ballots2,392
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 2,40150.4
Registered electors 4,761
Douglas South; 2 returns
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Manx Labour David Cretney 1,749 44.2
Liberal Vannin Kate Beecroft 1,191 30.1
Independent Bill Malarkey 1,01925.7
Total votes3,959
Total ballots2,402
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 2,40646.6
Registered electors 5,165
Douglas West; 2 returns
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent John Shimmin 1,316 33.1
Independent Geoff Corkish 1,017 25.6
Liberal Vannin Chris Thomas91323.0
Independent John Skinner73218.4
Total votes3,978
Total ballots2,252
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 2,25655.8
Registered electors 4,044
Garff; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Steve Rodan 1,725 92.7
Liberal Vannin Nigel Dobson1367.3
Total votes1,861
Total ballots1,861
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 1,87155.1
Registered electors 3,397
Glenfaba; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent David Anderson 649 46.5
Independent Geoffrey Boot 55739.9
Independent Matthew Wadsworth18913.5
Total votes1,395
Total ballots1,395
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 1,40669.7
Registered electors 2,016
Malew & Santon; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Graham Cregeen 877 71.5
Independent Gareth Kelly26221.4
Independent John Hanson877.1
Total votes1,226
Total ballots1,226
Rejected ballots21
Turnout 1,24754
Registered electors 2,309
Michael; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Alfred Cannan 1,014 64.1
Independent David Talbot32520.5
Independent Paul Heavey24415.4
Total votes1,583
Total ballots1,583
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 1,59062.6
Registered electors 2,540
Middle; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Howard Quayle 922 41.9
Independent Paul Craine56025.5
Independent Martyn Quayle 46621.2
Liberal Vannin Juan Cottier25011.4
Total votes2,198
Total ballots2,198
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 2,20656.1
Registered electors 3,930
Onchan; 3 returns
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf 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 1,54315.3
Independent June Kelly1,33913.3
Independent Brian Stowell1,09310.8
Total votes10,085
Total ballots4,016
Rejected ballots1
Turnout 4,01757.5
Registered electors 6,982
Peel; 1 return
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Tim Crookall 646 28.1
Independent Leslie Hanson61526.7
Independent Raymond Harmer52222.7
Independent Arran Kaighin26511.5
Independent Rodger Gimbert25211.0
Total votes2,300
Total ballots2,300
Rejected ballots6
Turnout 2,32158.6
Registered electors 3,693
Ramsey; 2 returns
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf total (%)
Independent Allan Bell 1,988 29.7
Independent Leonard Singer 1,911 28.5
Independent Anne Craine1,81727.1
Liberal Vannin Linda Bowers-Kasch4276.4
Independent Lawrie Hooper3104.6
Independent John McDonough2433.6
Total votes6,696
Total ballots3,737
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 3,74964.8
Registered electors 5,789
Rushen; 3 returns
PartyCandidateVotes
CountOf 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 1,72216.5
Independent John Orme1,19511.5
Liberal Vannin David Jones4574.4
Total votes10,416
Total ballots4,214
Rejected ballots3
Turnout 4,21760.6
Registered electors 6,960

References

  1. "Record voter numbers for Isle of Man General Election". BBC News. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.