2011 Manx general election
29 September 2011
All 24 seats in the House of Keys
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Independents Liberal Vannin Manx Labour
Seats won 20 3 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 42,543 11,679 1,749
Percentage 76.01% 20.87% 3.12%
Swing Decrease4.79pp Increase6.65pp Decrease1.85pp
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.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Vannin Party11,67920.873+1
Manx Labour Party1,7493.1210
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

By constituency

Ayre; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Eddie Teare 1,060 65.3
Independent Andrew Newington-Bridges 429 26.4
Liberal Vannin Patrick Ayres 134 8.3
Total votes 1,623
Total ballots 1,623
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 1,632 67.4
Registered electors 2,423
Castletown; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Richard Ronan 520 35.5
Independent Jason Moorhouse 479 32.7
Independent Mahendra Patel 280 19.1
Independent Colin Leather 108 7.4
Independent Carol Quine 43 2.9
Independent David Pownall 33 2.3
Total votes 1,463
Total ballots 1,463
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 1,470 65.7
Registered electors 2,237
Douglas East; 2 returns
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Chris Robertshaw 915 30.9
Independent Brenda Cannell 757 25.5
Independent Paul Moulton 490 16.5
Independent Geraldine O'Neill 441 14.9
Independent Richard Kissack 238 8.0
Independent John Karran 123 4.1
Total votes 2,964
Total ballots 1,688
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 1,700 41.1
Registered electors 4,136
Douglas North; 2 returns
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent John Houghton 1,376 32.6
Independent Bill Henderson 1,257 29.8
Independent Theo Fleurbaay 869 20.6
Liberal Vannin Peter Hill 722 17.1
Total votes 4,224
Total ballots 2,392
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 2,401 50.4
Registered electors 4,761
Douglas South; 2 returns
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Manx Labour David Cretney 1,749 44.2
Liberal Vannin Kate Beecroft 1,191 30.1
Independent Bill Malarkey 1,019 25.7
Total votes 3,959
Total ballots 2,402
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 2,406 46.6
Registered electors 5,165
Douglas West; 2 returns
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent John Shimmin 1,316 33.1
Independent Geoff Corkish 1,017 25.6
Liberal Vannin Chris Thomas 913 23.0
Independent John Skinner 732 18.4
Total votes 3,978
Total ballots 2,252
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 2,256 55.8
Registered electors 4,044
Garff; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Steve Rodan 1,725 92.7
Liberal Vannin Nigel Dobson 136 7.3
Total votes 1,861
Total ballots 1,861
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 1,871 55.1
Registered electors 3,397
Glenfaba; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent David Anderson 649 46.5
Independent Geoffrey Boot 557 39.9
Independent Matthew Wadsworth 189 13.5
Total votes 1,395
Total ballots 1,395
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 1,406 69.7
Registered electors 2,016
Malew & Santon; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Graham Cregeen 877 71.5
Independent Gareth Kelly 262 21.4
Independent John Hanson 87 7.1
Total votes 1,226
Total ballots 1,226
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 1,247 54
Registered electors 2,309
Michael; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Alfred Cannan 1,014 64.1
Independent David Talbot 325 20.5
Independent Paul Heavey 244 15.4
Total votes 1,583
Total ballots 1,583
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 1,590 62.6
Registered electors 2,540
Middle; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Howard Quayle 922 41.9
Independent Paul Craine 560 25.5
Independent Martyn Quayle 466 21.2
Liberal Vannin Juan Cottier 250 11.4
Total votes 2,198
Total ballots 2,198
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 2,206 56.1
Registered electors 3,930
Onchan; 3 returns
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of 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 1,543 15.3
Independent June Kelly 1,339 13.3
Independent Brian Stowell 1,093 10.8
Total votes 10,085
Total ballots 4,016
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 4,017 57.5
Registered electors 6,982
Peel; 1 return
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Tim Crookall 646 28.1
Independent Leslie Hanson 615 26.7
Independent Raymond Harmer 522 22.7
Independent Arran Kaighin 265 11.5
Independent Rodger Gimbert 252 11.0
Total votes 2,300
Total ballots 2,300
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 2,321 58.6
Registered electors 3,693
Ramsey; 2 returns
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of total (%)
Independent Allan Bell 1,988 29.7
Independent Leonard Singer 1,911 28.5
Independent Anne Craine 1,817 27.1
Liberal Vannin Linda Bowers-Kasch 427 6.4
Independent Lawrie Hooper 310 4.6
Independent John McDonough 243 3.6
Total votes 6,696
Total ballots 3,737
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 3,749 64.8
Registered electors 5,789
Rushen; 3 returns
Party Candidate Votes
Count Of 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 1,722 16.5
Independent John Orme 1,195 11.5
Liberal Vannin David Jones 457 4.4
Total votes 10,416
Total ballots 4,214
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 4,217 60.6
Registered electors 6,960

References

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