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 Legislative Council is the upper chamber of Tynwald,the legislature of the Isle of Man. The abbreviation "LegCo" is often used.
The Chief Minister is the executive head of the Isle of Man Government.
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 Charles III. The executive head is the Chief Minister.
Sir Henry Charles Kerruish OBE LLD CP MLC was a Manx politician who was the first President of Tynwald and,as Speaker of the House of Keys from 1962 to 1990,was the longest-serving Speaker in any Parliament in the Commonwealth. He was also the first Chairman of the Executive Council,the forerunner of the present Chief Minister of the Isle of Man,from 1961 to 1967. This made him the first Manx person to fulfil an executive role on the Isle of Man. Previously the Lieutenant Governor had exercised all executive power. He was a keen supporter of Scouting on the Isle of Man,often offering his own lands for camping.
John Shimmin is a former Member of the House of Keys for Douglas West.
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.
John David Qualtrough Cannan was the Member of the House of Keys for Michael and Chairman of the Isle of Man Water Authority. He was the son of former Chaplain of the House of Keys,Rev Canon Charles Cannan. He was educated at King William's College and was a businessman in the tea and rubber industry before going into politics. In the 1970s he was a Conservative Party councillor before becoming the Michael MHK in 1982. He was elected Speaker of the House of Keys in 2000,and remained as such until the 2001 General Election. He retired from the House of Keys at the 2011 General Election.
Leonard Ian Singer MHK MR Pharm S is a British politician and pharmacist based in Ramsey,Isle of Man.
Sir Joseph Davidson Qualtrough JP SHK was one of the most renowned Manx politicians ever. He was Speaker of the House of Keys from 1937 to 1960.
Richard Alexander Ronan is a former Manx politician,who was a Member of the House of Keys for Castletown from 2011 to 2016. He was minister for Environment,Food and Agriculture from 2014 until 2016.
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.
Robert Howard Quayle is the former chief minister for the Isle of Man,between 4 October 2016. and 12 October 2021. He previously served as the minister for Health and Social Care,until the elections in September 2016.
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.
Castletown,Isle of Man 
