- Manx general election, 2006
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A general election was held on Thursday, 23 November 2006 on the Isle of Man. The voting age had been lowered to sixteen at this election. As usual, the election was dominated by independents, who took 21 of the 24 seats.
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Background
The last Manx general election was held in 2001, which resulted in independents winning 22 out of the 24 seats and the Manx Labour Party polling 17.3% and winning 2 seats.
Results
House of Keys election results Summary of the 23 November 2006 Isle of ManParties Votes % Seats Liberal Vannin 7,323 14.2 2 Manx Labour Party 2,561 5.0 1 Independents 41,608 80.8 21 Total 51,492 24 By constituency
The winners in bold. Several constituencies have more than one member elected.[1][2]
Constituency Name Party Votes Ayre Eddie Teare MHK None Unop. Castletown Tony Brown MHK None 915 Roy Redmayne Liberal Vannin 335 Douglas East Phil Braidwood MHK None 777 Brenda Cannell MHK None / (APG) 728 Chris Robertshaw None 574 Bill Platt Liberal Vannin 252 Steve Osborne None 194 Carol Jempson None 189 Douglas North Bill Henderson MHK None 1,627 John Houghton MHK None 1,615 Mike Coleman Manx Labour Party 688 Mark Atherton None 290 Douglas South David Cretney MHK Manx Labour Party 1,873 Bill Malarky MHK Liberal Vannin 873 David Buttery None 829 Phil Kermode None 399 Rodney Clarke None 361 Frank Schuengel None 219 Douglas West Geoff Corkish None 1,248 John Shimmin MHK None 1,009 Geoff Cannell MHK None 692 Roland Ardern-Corris Liberal Vannin 518 Garff Steve Rodan SHK None 1,400 Nigel Dobson Liberal Vannin 524 Glenfaba David Anderson MHK None 760 Geoffrey Boot None 524 Malew and Santon Graham Cregeen None 573 Captain Andrew Douglas MHK None 439 Carol Kermode None 258 Michael David Cannan MHK None 1,062 Ron Berry None 329 Middle Martyn Quayle MHK None 963 Kate Beecroft Liberal Vannin 548 Andrew Jessopp None 413 Onchan Peter Karran MHK Liberal Vannin 2,600 Adrian Earnshaw MHK None 2,078 David Quirk None 1,565 Brian Stowell None 1,373 Steve Babb None 1,047 Andrew Dossor None 601 Peel Tim Crookall MHK None 839 Hazel Hannan None 712 Rodger Gimbert None 321 Ramsey Annie Craine MHK None 1,969 Allan Bell MHK None 1,768 Leonard Singer MLC None / (APG) 1,621 Captain Nigel Malpass Liberal Vannin 673 Rushen Juan Watterson MHK None 2,430 Phil Gawne MHK None 1,794 Quintin Gill MHK None 1,689 Phil Crellin None 1,432 John Rimmington None 1,048 Tony Wright Liberal Vannin 1,000 Adrian Tinkler None 934 References
- ^ "Election 06 Information Portal". http://www.iomelections.com/2006/. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
- ^ "Party politics casts long shadow over campaign". http://www.iomonline.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=4589&articleid=1802316. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
General elections Categories:- Elections in the Isle of Man
- 2006 elections in Europe
- 2006 in the Isle of Man
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- Lord of Mann
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