Manx general election, 2011

29 September 2011

All 24 seats to the House of Keys 13 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Independent	Liberal Vannin
Seats won	21	3
Seat change		1
Popular vote	44,292	11,679
Percentage	79.1	20.9
Swing	1.7	6.7

Chief Minister before election

Tony Brown
Independent

Elected Chief Minister

Allan Bell
Independent

Isle of Man

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A general election was held on the Isle of Man on 29 September 2011 to elect 24 members to the island's lower house, the House of Keys. 60,000 residents were eligible to vote, including 16- and 17-year-olds. Successful candidates were sworn in on 4 October 2011.^[1] A total of about 34,000 people voted in the election, but some of these were in multi-member constituencies and therefore cast more than one vote. The figures in the tables below under "Turnout" show the total numbers of votes cast.

Results

Party		Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Liberal Vannin	11,679	20.9	6.7	3	1
	Independent	44,292	79.1	1.7	21
Totals		55,971	100%		24

By constituency

Ayre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Eddie Teare	1,060	65.3
	Independent	Andrew Newington-Bridges	429	26.4
	Liberal Vannin	Patrick Ayres	134	8.3
Turnout			1,623

Castletown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Ronan	520	35.5
	Independent	Jason Moorhouse	479	32.7
	Independent	Mahendra Patel	280	19.1
	Independent	Colin Leather	108	7.4
	Independent	Carol Quine	43	2.9
	Independent	David Pownall	33	2.3
Turnout			1,463

Douglas East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Chris Robertshaw	915	30.9
	Independent	Brenda Cannell	757	25.5
	Independent	Paul Moulton	490	16.5
	Independent	Geraldine O'Neill	441	14.9
	Independent	Richard Kissack	238	8.0
	Independent	John Karran	123	4.1
Turnout			2,964

Douglas North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Houghton	1,376	32.6
	Independent	Bill Henderson	1,257	29.8
	Independent	Theo Fleurbaay	869	20.6
	Liberal Vannin	Peter Hill	722	17.1
Turnout			4,224

Douglas South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Cretney	1,749	44.2
	Liberal Vannin	Kate Beecroft	1,191	30.1
	Independent	Bill Malarky	1,019	25.7
Turnout			3,959

Douglas West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Shimmin	1,316	33.1
	Independent	Geoff Corkish	1,017	25.6
	Liberal Vannin	Chris Thomas	913	23.0
	Independent	John Skinner	732	18.4
Turnout			3,978

Garff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Steve Rodan	1,725	92.7
	Liberal Vannin	Nigel Dobson	136	7.3
Turnout			1,861

Glenfaba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Anderson	649	46.5
	Independent	Geoffrey Boot	557	39.9
	Independent	Matthew Wadsworth	189	13.5
Turnout			1,395

Malew & Santon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Graham Cregeen	877	71.5
	Independent	Gareth Kelly	262	21.4
	Independent	John Hanson	87	7.1
Turnout			1,226

Michael
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alfred Cannan	1,014	64.1
	Independent	David Talbot	325	20.5
	Independent	Paul Heavey	244	15.4
Turnout			1,583

Middle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Howard Quayle	922	41.9
	Independent	Paul Craine	560	25.5
	Independent	Martyn Quayle	466	21.2
	Liberal Vannin	Juan Cottier	250	11.4
Turnout			2,198

Onchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Vannin	Peter Karran	2,704	26.8
	Liberal Vannin	Zac Hall	1,812	18.0
	Independent	David Quirk	1,594	15.8
	Independent	Adrian Earnshaw	1,543	15.3
	Independent	June Kelly	1,339	13.3
	Independent	Brian Stowell	1,093	10.8
Turnout			10,085

Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tim Crookall	646	28.1
	Independent	Leslie Hanson	615	26.7
	Independent	Raymond Harmer	522	22.7
	Independent	Arran Kaighin	265	11.5
	Independent	Rodger Gimbert	252	11.0
Turnout			2,300

Ramsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Allan Bell	1,988	29.7
	Independent	Leonard Singer	1,911	28.5
	Independent	Anne Craine	1,817	27.1
	Liberal Vannin	Linda Bowers-Kasch	427	6.4
	Independent	Lawrie Hooper	310	4.6
	Independent	John McDonough	243	3.6
Turnout			6,696

Rushen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Juan Watterson	3,080	29.6
	Independent	Laurence Skelly	2,021	19.4
	Independent	Phil Gawne	1,941	18.6
	Independent	Quintin Gill	1,722	16.5
	Independent	John Orme	1,195	11.5
	Liberal Vannin	David Jones	457	4.4
Turnout			10,416

References

↑ "Record voter numbers for Isle of Man General Election". BBC News. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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