1996 Manx General Election
1996 Manx general election
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All 24 seats in the House of Keys |
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| 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 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Popular vote | 39,052 | 7,613 | 5,392 | Percentage | 75.02% | 14.62% | 10.36% | Swing | 15.06 pp | New party | 0.44 pp | |
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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.
Results
By constituency
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
- ^ "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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