1996 Manx general election

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

21 November 1996

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 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


Elected Chief Minister

Donald Gelling
Independent

Results

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

ConstituencyCandidateVotes
Ayre; 1 seatEdgar Quine1,247
Hazel Bradley167
Castletown; 1 seatTony Brown876
Elsie Pickard467
Carol Edge102
Douglas East; 2 seatsPhil Braidwood1,289
Brenda Cannell836
Philip Kermode593
Alan Burrows381
Douglas North; 2 seatsJohn Houghton1,493
Alan Crowe1,241
Bernie May827
Brian Crookall612
Douglas South; 2 seatsDavid Cretney2,061
Adrian Duggan796
John Tobin755
Patrick Bell530
Allan Connor282
John Cowley247
Douglas West; 2 seatsJohn Shimmin1,637
Alex Downie1,515
Jim Cain911
Garff; 1 seatSteve Rodan1,257
Stuart McKenzie473
Kenneth Markillie52
Glenfaba; 1 seatWalter Gilbey743
Toni Collister312
Malew and Santon; 1 seatDonald GellingUnopposed
Michael; 1 seatDavid Cannan973
Jennifer Kewley-Draskau495
Middle; 1 seatDavid North842
Bruce Corfield519
Onchan; 3 seatsPeter Karran2,257
Richard Corkill1,713
Ray Kniveton1,702
Richard Leventhorpe1,372
David Quirk1,143
Ellis Killey775
Mark Kermode559
Peel; 1 seatHazel Hannan1042
Christine Moughton477
Timothy Crookall469
Ramsey; 2 seatsLeonard Singer2,059
Allan Bell2,056
Terry Groves1,763
Rushen; 3 seatsMiles Walker2,499
Noel Cringle1,903
Pamela Crowe1,609
Illiam Costain1,568
John Rimington1,342
David Bennett774
Terry Jackson444

References


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