2006 Manx general election

General elections were held on the Isle of Man on Thursday, 23 November 2006. The voting age was lowered to 16 at this election. As usual, the election was dominated by independents, who took 21 of the 24 seats.

2006 Manx general election

23 November 2006
All 24 seats in the House of Keys
First party Second party Third party   Party Independents Liberal Vannin Manx Labour Seats won 21 2 1 Seat change 1 New 1 Popular vote 41,613 7,323 2,561 Percentage 80.81% 14.22% 4.97 Swing 1.49pp New 4.10pp
Chief Minister before election Donald Gelling Independent Elected Chief Minister Tony Brown Independent

Background

In the previous elections in 2001, independents won 22 out of the 24 seats and the Manx Labour Party won two seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Vannin Party	7,323	14.22	2
	Manx Labour Party	2,561	4.97	1
	Independents	41,613	80.81	21
Total		51,497	100.00	24
Valid votes		30,386	99.62
Invalid/blank votes		116	0.38
Total votes		30,502	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,855	61.18
Source: Isle of Man Government, Manx Radio

By constituency

The winners in bold. Several constituencies have more than one member elected. Independent Eddie Teare was elected unopposed in Ayre.

Castletown

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tony Brown	Independent	915	73.20
	Roy Redmayne	Liberal Vannin Party	335	26.80
Total			1,250	100.00
Valid votes			1,250	99.44
Invalid/blank votes			7	0.56
Total votes			1,257	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,022	62.17

Douglas East

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Phil Braidwood	Independent	777	28.63
	Brenda Cannell	Independent / (APG)	728	26.82
	Chris Robertshaw	Independent	574	21.15
	William Edward Platt	Liberal Vannin Party	252	9.29
	Stephen Alan Osborne	Independent	194	7.15
	Carol Ann Jempson	Independent	189	6.96
Total			2,714	100.00
Valid votes			1,540	99.48
Invalid/blank votes			8	0.52
Total votes			1,548	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,035	51.00

Douglas North

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bill Henderson	Independent	1,627	38.55
	John Houghton	Independent	1,615	38.27
	Michael Ronald Coleman	Manx Labour Party	688	16.30
	Mark Atherton	Independent	290	6.87
Total			4,220	100.00
Valid votes			2,248	99.60
Invalid/blank votes			9	0.40
Total votes			2,257	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,149	54.40

Douglas South

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	David Cretney	Manx Labour Party	1,873	41.13
	Bill Malarkey	Liberal Vannin Party	873	19.17
	David Buttery	Independent	829	18.20
	Philip William Kermode	Independent	399	8.76
	Rodney Clarke	Independent	361	7.93
	Frank Schuengel	Independent	219	4.81
Total			4,554	100.00
Valid votes			2,504	99.52
Invalid/blank votes			12	0.48
Total votes			2,516	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,372	57.55

Douglas West

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Geoff Corkish	Independent	1,248	36.00
	John Shimmin	Independent	1,009	29.10
	Geoff Cannell	Independent	692	19.96
	Roland Stanley Arden-Corris	Liberal Vannin Party	518	14.94
Total			3,467	100.00
Valid votes			1,945	99.54
Invalid/blank votes			9	0.46
Total votes			1,954	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,440	56.80

Garff

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Steve Rodan	Independent	1,400	72.77
	Nigel Anthony Dobson	Liberal Vannin Party	524	27.23
Total			1,924	100.00
Valid votes			1,924	99.59
Invalid/blank votes			8	0.41
Total votes			1,932	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,010	64.19

Glenfaba

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	David Anderson	Independent	760	58.96
	Geoffrey Boot	Independent	529	41.04
Total			1,289	100.00
Valid votes			1,289	99.00
Invalid/blank votes			13	1.00
Total votes			1,302	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,733	75.13

Malew and Santon

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Graham Cregeen	Independent	573	45.12
	Andrew Cowin Douglas	Independent	439	34.57
	Carol Kermode	Independent	258	20.31
Total			1,270	100.00
Valid votes			1,270	99.37
Invalid/blank votes			8	0.63
Total votes			1,278	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,103	60.77

Michael

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	David Cannan	Independent	1,062	76.35
	Ronald Paul Berry	Independent	329	23.65
Total			1,391	100.00
Valid votes			1,391	99.29
Invalid/blank votes			10	0.71
Total votes			1,401	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,180	64.27

Middle

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Martyn Quayle	Independent	963	50.05
	Kathleen Joan Beecroft	Liberal Vannin Party	548	28.48
	Andrew Charles Richard Jessop	Independent	413	21.47
Total			1,924	100.00
Valid votes			1,924	99.64
Invalid/blank votes			7	0.36
Total votes			1,931	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,345	57.73

Onchan

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Peter Karran	Liberal Vannin Party	2,600	28.07
	Adrian Earnshaw	Independent	2,078	22.43
	David Quirk	Independent	1,565	16.89
	Brian Stowell	Independent	1,373	14.82
	Stephen Richard James Babb	Independent	1,047	11.30
	Andrew James Dossor	Independent	601	6.49
Total			9,264	100.00
Valid votes			3,789	99.95
Invalid/blank votes			2	0.05
Total votes			3,791	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,143	61.71

Peel

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tim Crookall	Independent	839	44.82
	Hazel Hannan	Independent	712	38.03
	Rodger Mark Gimbert	Independent	321	17.15
Total			1,872	100.00
Valid votes			1,872	99.36
Invalid/blank votes			12	0.64
Total votes			1,884	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,970	63.43

Ramsey

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Annie Craine	Independent	1,969	32.65
	Allan Bell	Independent	1,768	29.32
	Leonard Singer	Independent / (APG)	1,621	26.88
	Nigel Howard Malpass	Liberal Vannin Party	673	11.16
Total			6,031	100.00
Valid votes			3,427	99.80
Invalid/blank votes			7	0.20
Total votes			3,434	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,154	66.63

Rushen

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Juan Watterson	Independent	2,430	23.53
	Phil Gawne	Independent	1,794	17.37
	Quintin Gill	Independent	1,689	16.36
	Philip Henry Crellin	Independent	1,432	13.87
	John Rimington	Independent	1,048	10.15
	Anthony Stuart Wright	Liberal Vannin Party	1,000	9.68
	Adrian Tinkler	Independent	934	9.04
Total			10,327	100.00
Valid votes			4,013	99.90
Invalid/blank votes			4	0.10
Total votes			4,017	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,199	64.80