1991 Manx general election

1991 Manx general election
	21 November 1991
	All 24 seats in the House of Keys
	Results by constituency
Miles Walker; Independent	Miles Walker; Independent

General elections were held on the Isle of Man on the 21 November 1991 to elect members to the island's lower house: the House of Keys. Independents dominated and won 21 of the 24 seats, whilst the Manx Labour Party once again won three seats.

Electoral system

The electoral system was changed in 1982 to single transferable vote with the Representation of the People (Preferential Voting) Act.[1]

Campaign

A total of 73 candidates contested the elections, of which 68 ran as independents and five as party candidates.[2] The Manx Labour Party nominated three candidates, David Cretney, Peter Karran and Bernie May, all of whom were incumbents.[2] The Green Party nominated two, John Rimington and Graham Joughin.[3]

Results

Five of the elected members were newcomers to the House of Keys.[2]

In Douglas West, Basil Cowin and Jim Mitchell were tied in last place at the second count, resulting in them having to draw lots to determine who progressed to the third count, with Callow progressing.[4] Two independent candidates (Edgar Quine in Ayre and Tony Brown in Castletown) were elected unopposed.[2]


Party		FP votes	%	Seats
	Manx Labour Party	3,419	11.23	3
	Green Party	180	0.59	0
	Independents	26,851	88.18	21
Total		30,450	100.00	24

Registered voters/turnout		46,007	–
Source: Manx Radio,[5] Kermode[2]

By constituency

Douglas East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Independent	Dominic Delaney	41.50	796
	Independent	Philip Kermode	27.22	522	610.25	667.25
	Independent	Brenda Cannell	15.95	306	332.25	400.25
	Independent	Patrick Bell	12.51	240	274.25
	Independent	Alan Shea	2.82	54	56.25
Electorate: 3,678 Valid: 1,918 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 640 Turnout: 52.96%

Douglas North
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Manx Labour	Bernie May	35.55	802
	Independent	David Corlett	16.40	370	337.2	380.2	383.2	392.68	401.68	414.04	422.34	443.8	474.8
	Independent	Alan Crowe	12.81	289	284.16	294.16	301.28	306.52	310.58	329.64	351.7	365.18	381.18
	Independent	David Martin	9.31	210	215.52	215.58	218.64	228.7	232.86	238	244.12	270.24
	Independent	Inkerman Faragher	7.09	160	116.12	168.24	175.3	190.36	208.66	218.72
	Independent	Raina Chatel	5.01	113	116.36	116.36	119.48	124.54	125.54	130.66
	Independent	John Bell	4.70	106	108.52	109.52	111.52	116.64	124.7
	Independent	Michael Hooper	3.59	81	82.26	83.26	87.26	89.32
	Independent	Michael Shimmin	2.53	57	59.27	61.27	63.27
	Green Party	Graham Joughin	2.08	47	48.5	49.56
	Independent	Martin Nuttall	0.93	21	21.42
Electorate: 3,455 Valid: 2,256 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 753 Turnout: 66.45%

Douglas South
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Manx Labour	David Cretney	56.99	1,422
	Independent	Adrian Duggan	19.20	479	780.2	792.2	799.4	860.4
	Independent	Alan Connor	12.42	310	377.8	384.8	390.8	422.8
	Independent	Fred Kennish	8.02	200	345.2	353.2	361
	Independent	Graham Bayliss	3.37	84	154.2
Electorate: 4,257 Valid: 2,495 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 832 Turnout: 60.00%

Douglas West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Jim Cain	41.15	770	788	809	885
	Independent	Alex Downie	32.92	616	632	655	737
	Independent	Andrew Douglas	25.76	482	514	533	622
	Independent	Charles Flynn	14.91	279	295	320
	Independent	Jim Mitchell	8.77	164	178	196
	Independent	Basil Cowin	8.77	164	178
	Independent	Richard Kennett	5.24	98
	Independent	Godfrey Kenyon	3.63	68
Electorate: 3,994 Valid: 2,639 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 880 Turnout: 66.70%

Garff
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	Edgar Mann	52.30	899
	Independent	Stuart McKenzie	25.83	444
	Independent	Harry Wade	21.87	376
Electorate: 2,710 Valid: 1,719 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 860 Turnout: 63.99%

Glenfaba
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	Walter Gilbey	51.19	625
	Independent	Robert Quayle	39.72	485
	Independent	Greg Jougin	9.09	111
Electorate: 1,628 Valid: 1,221 Spoilt: 2 Quota: 611 Turnout: 75.12%

Malew and Santon
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	Donald Gelling	84.13	1,087
	Independent	Ted Williams	10.84	140
	Independent	Frank Williams	5.03	65
Electorate: 1,961 Valid: 1,292 Spoilt: 8 Quota: 647 Turnout: 66.29%

Michael
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	David Cannan	71.25	1,068
	Independent	James Curphey	16.21	243
	Independent	Lionel Morrey	12.54	188
Electorate: 2,005 Valid: 1,499 Spoilt: 11 Quota: 750 Turnout: 75.31%

Middle
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	David North	55.70	924
	Independent	John Wood	31.22	518
	Independent	Peter Want	9.58	159
	Independent	Brian Walker	3.50	58
Electorate: 2,476 Valid: 1,659 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 830.5 Turnout: 67.65%

Onchan
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Manx Labour	Peter Karran	29.15	1,195
	Independent	Richard Corkill	24.37	999	1,052
	Independent	George Waft	17.24	707	751	794	914
	Independent	Richard Leventhorpe	13.37	548	572	589	795
	Independent	Roger Payne	5.88	241	256	278
	Independent	Fred Griffin	5.22	214	220	227
	Independent	Ken Ewart	2.63	108	117
	Independent	David Quirk	2.15	88	97
Electorate: 6,209 Valid: 4,100 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 66.95%

Peel
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Independent	Hazel Hannan	45.16	942	1,066
	Independent	Malcolm Kelly	30.06	627	799
	Independent	Fred Crowe	24.78	517
Electorate: 2,814 Valid: 2,086 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 76.47%

Ramsey
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Allan Bell	31.16	1,023	1,040	1,072	1,095
	Independent	Terry Groves	27.69	909	925	951	987	1,032
	Independent	Beryl Quine	22.66	744	757	768	805	872
	Independent	Bill Irving	5.64	185	200	203	221
	Independent	John Quigley	5.42	178	182	194
	Independent	Francie Hughes	4.42	145	148
	Independent	Oliver Hibbert	3.02	99
Electorate: 4,786 Valid: 3,283 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 70.58%

Rushen
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Miles Walker	34.76	1,488
	Independent	John Corrin	23.20	993	1,114.92
	Independent	Noel Cringle	12.15	520	616.64	633.54	659.35	717.28	815.38
	Independent	John Orme	11.17	478	598	610.22	659.98	708.16	768.52
	Independent	Cecil Price	7.52	322	355.92	361.77	397.29	458.34
	Independent	Illiam Costain	5.86	251	265.4	267.09	310.72
	Green Party	John Rimington	3.11	133	147.08	151.37
	Independent	Peter Ray	2.24	96	107.52	110.38
Electorate: 6,034 Valid: 4,281 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,071 Turnout: 72.31%

Afternath

Following the general election a vote was held in Tynwald to elect the Chief Minister, with 23 members voting for the continuation of Miles Walker's government, and 10 voting for Edgar Mann. Five of those opposed to the Walker administration agreed to form the Alternative Policy Group with Mann as their leader, this was intended to function as an official opposition to the government, promoting greater autonomy for the island and more government accountability.

References

Richards, Jeff (July 1987). "Electoral change in a small community: the Isle of Man revisited". Parliamentary Affairs. 40 (3): 388–408. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052107.
D.G. Kermode (2001). "Offshore island politics : the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century". p. 321.
"'Greens' call for more interventionist controls". Isle of Man Examiner. 1 October 1991. p. 3.
"Democracy STV-style reduced to a lottery". Isle of Man Examiner. 26 November 1991. p. 15.
"Results 1991".

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