1996 Manx general election

1996 Manx general election
All 24 seats in the House of Keys
	Elected Chief Minister ; Donald Gelling; Independent

General elections were held on the Isle of Man on the 21 November 1996 to elect members to the island's lower house: the House of Keys. Independents won 16 of the 24 seats, whilst the Manx Labour Party had its worst result since 1971, winning just 2 seats. The Alliance for Progressive Government contested its first general election after its formation following the 1991 Manx general election, returning its 4 MHK's (who had previously ran as independents) and winning 2 new seats.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents (Alliance for Progressive Government)	7,613	14.62	6
	Manx Labour Party	5,392	10.36	2
	Independents	39,052	75.02	16
Total		52,057	100.00	24

Source: Manx Radio,^[1] Kermode^[2]

By constituency

Constituency	Candidate	Votes
Ayre; 1 seat	Edgar Quine	1,247
Ayre; 1 seat	Hazel Bradley	167
Castletown; 1 seat	Tony Brown	876
	Elsie Pickard	467
	Carol Edge	102
Douglas East; 2 seats	Phil Braidwood	1,289
	Brenda Cannell	836
	Philip Kermode	593
	Alan Burrows	381
Douglas North; 2 seats	John Houghton	1,493
	Alan Crowe	1,241
	Bernie May	827
	Brian Crookall	612
Douglas South; 2 seats	David Cretney	2,061
	Adrian Duggan	796
	John Tobin	755
	Patrick Bell	530
	Allan Connor	282
	John Cowley	247
Douglas West; 2 seats	John Shimmin	1,637
	Alex Downie	1,515
	Jim Cain	911
Garff; 1 seat	Steve Rodan	1,257
	Stuart McKenzie	473
	Kenneth Markillie	52
Glenfaba; 1 seat	Walter Gilbey	743
Glenfaba; 1 seat	Toni Collister	312
Malew and Santon; 1 seat	Donald Gelling	Unopposed
Michael; 1 seat	David Cannan	973
Michael; 1 seat	Jennifer Kewley-Draskau	495
Middle; 1 seat	David North	842
Middle; 1 seat	Bruce Corfield	519
Onchan; 3 seats	Peter Karran	2,257
	Richard Corkill	1,713
	Ray Kniveton	1,702
	Richard Leventhorpe	1,372
	David Quirk	1,143
	Ellis Killey	775
	Mark Kermode	559
Peel; 1 seat	Hazel Hannan	1042
	Christine Moughton	477
	Timothy Crookall	469
Ramsey; 2 seats	Leonard Singer	2,059
	Allan Bell	2,056
	Terry Groves	1,763
Rushen; 3 seats	Miles Walker	2,499
	Noel Cringle	1,903
	Pamela Crowe	1,609
	Illiam Costain	1,568
	John Rimington	1,342
	David Bennett	774
	Terry Jackson	444

References

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

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[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.

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