Rushen (constituency)

Rushen (House of Keys)

Rushen (Manx: Rosien) is a House of Keys constituency in the south of the Isle of Man which incorporates most of the parish of Rushen together with the village districts of Port Erin and Port St Mary.

Until 2016 the constituency covered the whole of the sheading of Rushen except for the parish of Malew and the town of Castletown, and elected three MHKs. (Malew was removed from the constituency in 1986.)

In 2016 the constituency boundaries were redrawn. This constituency lost the parish of Arbory and a small part of the parish of Rushen and now consists of most of the parish of Rushen, plus the village districts of Port Erin and Port St Mary. It now elects two MHKs.

MHKs & Elections

This information is incomplete.

Year	Election	Turnout	Candidates
1897	?		Joseph Qualtrough (elected)
1903	General Election		Edward Brian Gawne, 633 votes, elected William Quine, 598 votes, elected Joseph Qualtrough, 578 votes, elected John Donald Clucas, 561 votes
1908	General Election		Ambrose Qualtrough, 575 votes, elected Joseph Qualtrough, 534 votes, elected John Donald Clucas, 775 votes, elected
1913	General Election		Ambrose Qualtrough, elected Joseph Qualtrough, elected ?
1919	General Election		James Robinson Corrin, elected Joseph Qualtrough, elected Ambrose Qualtrough, elected ?
1919	By-Election		William Moore, elected ?
Called following the election of Joseph Qualtrough to the LegCo
1924	General Election		James Robinson Corrin, elected William Moore, elected Ambrose Qualtrough, elected
1928	By-Election		Richard Kneen William Arthur Kelly, elected ?
1929	General Election		Ambrose Qualtrough, elected (?) William Arthur Kelly, elected (?) Richard Kneen, elected (?)
1931	By-Election		William Arthur Kelly, elected ?
1934	General Election		William Arthur Kelly, elected Richard Kneen, elected
1936	By-Election		John Joseph McArd, elected ?
1962	General Election		Cyril Harcourt Matthews (elected)
1975	By-Election		Edmund Lowey, elected
1976	By-Election		Noel Cringle, elected
1976	General Election		Noel Cringle, elected Edmund Lowey, elected Sir Miles Walker, elected
1981	General Election		Noel Cringle, elected Edmund Lowey, elected Sir Miles Walker, elected
1982	By-Election		Charles Faragher, elected
Called following the election to the LegCo of Edmund Lowey.
1986	General Election	72.7%	Sir Miles Walker (1089 votes), elected John Orme (701 votes), elected John Corrin (485 votes), elected C Price (436 votes) Noel Cringle (398 votes) RC Corrin (290 votes) JN Hall (179 votes) R StC Skinner (173 votes) AJ Gunn (141 votes) JP Gill (63 votes) PHJ Ray (54 votes)
1991	General Election	72.3%	Sir Miles Walker (1488 votes), elected John Corrin (993 votes), elected Noel Cringle (520 votes), elected John Orme (478 votes) C Price (322 votes) Illiam Costain (251 votes) John Rimmington (133 votes) PHJ Ray (96 votes)
1996	General Election	65.4%	Sir Miles Walker (2499 votes), elected Noel Cringle (1903 votes), elected Pamela Crowe (1609 votes), elected Illiam Costain (1568 votes) John Rimmington (1342 votes) David Bennett (774 votes) Terence Jackson (444 votes)
1997	By-Election		Pamela Crowe, elected
2000	By-Election		John Rimmington, elected
Called following the election of Noel Cringle as President of Tynwald and his elevation to the LegCo.
2001	General Election		John Rimmington, 1919 votes, elected Quintin Gill, 1856 votes, elected Pamela Crowe, 1644 votes, elected Andrew Roy, 1633 votes Philip Crellin, 1564 votes John Gill, 826 votes
2003	By-Election		Phil Gawne, 1177 votes, elected Philip Crellin, 1060 votes Shirley Skeans, 505 votes Brian Goldie, 261 votes
Called following the elevation to the LegCo of Pamela Crowe.
2006	General Election	64.73%	Phil Crellin, 1432 votes Phil Gawne, 1794 votes, elected Quintin Gill, 1689 votes, elected John Rimmington, 1048 votes Adrian Tinkler, 934 votes Juan Watterson, 2430 votes, elected Tony Wright, 1000 votes
Challenger Juan Watterson topped the poll, unseating John Rimmington and becoming the Island's youngest MHK.
2011	General Election		Juan Watterson, 3080 votes, elected Laurence Skelly, 2021 votes, elected Phil Gawne, 1942 votes, elected Quintin Gill, 1722 votes John Orme, 1195 votes David Jones (Lib Van), 457 votes
Major constituency boundary change

Election results since 2016

In 2014, Tynwald approved recommendations from the Boundary Review Commission which saw the reform of the Island's electoral boundaries.

General election 2021: Rushen^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Juan Paul Watterson	2,384	39.5
	Independent	Dr Michelle Elena Kay Haywood	1,386	22.9
	Independent	Mark Ian Kemp	1,163	19.2
	Green	Andrew Thomas Langan-Newton	1,109	18.4
Total votes			6,042
Total ballots			3,429
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			3,437	58.4
Registered electors			5,884

General election 2016: Rushen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Juan Paul Watterson	2,087	36.2
	Independent	Laurence David Skelly	1,212	21.0
	Independent	Mark Ian Kemp	1,104	19.1
	Independent	James William Hampton	1,033	17.9
	Independent	Leo Simon Cussons	331	5.7
Total votes			5,767
Total ballots			3,160
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			3,173	58.3
Registered electors			5,446

References

^ "Notice of Results for the General Election to the House of Keys 2021 (Rushen)" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
^ "Isle of Man Election Results 2016" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

External links

Constituency maps and general election results

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[1] "Notice of Results for the General Election to the House of Keys 2021 (Rushen)" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

[2] "Isle of Man Election Results 2016" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

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v t e House of Keys constituencies
Current	Arbory, Castletown & Malew Ayre & Michael Douglas Central Douglas East Douglas North Douglas South Garff Glenfaba & Peel Middle Onchan Ramsey Rushen
Defunct	Ayre Castletown Douglas West Glenfaba Malew and Santon Michael Peel