1996 Manx general election

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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.

1996 Manx general election

← 1991 21 November 1996 2001 →

All 24 seats in the House of Keys
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edgar Quine
Party Independents Alliance for Progressive Government Manx Labour
Leader's seat Ayre (won)
Seats won 16 6 2
Seat change Decrease5 Increase6 Decrease1
Popular vote 39,052 7,613 5,392
Percentage 75.02% 14.62% 10.36%
Swing Decrease15.06 pp New party Increase0.44 pp


Elected Chief Minister

Donald Gelling
Independent

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Independents (Alliance for Progressive Government)7,61314.626
Manx Labour Party5,39210.362
Independents39,05275.0216
Total52,057100.0024
Source: Manx Radio,[1] Kermode[2]

By constituency

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Constituency Candidate Votes
Ayre; 1 seat Edgar Quine 1,247
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
Toni Collister 312
Malew and Santon; 1 seat Donald Gelling Unopposed
Michael; 1 seat David Cannan 973
Jennifer Kewley-Draskau 495
Middle; 1 seat David North 842
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

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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.