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1986 Manx general election

Politics of the Isle of Man

General elections were held on the Isle of Man on the 27 November 1986 to elect all 24 members to the island's lower house: the House of Keys. Walter Gilbey was elected unopposed in Glenfaba.[1]

Electoral system

The electoral system was changed in 1982 to single transferable vote with the Representation of the People (Preferential Voting) Act.[2]

Results

Ayre
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
Edgar Quine 48.74 831 910
Clare Christian 44.87 765 795
Alastair Robertson 6.39 109  
Electorate: 2,162   Quota: 853   Turnout: 80.80%  
Castletown
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
Tony Brown 67.14 995
Norman Gale 32.86 487
Electorate: 2,202   Quota: 742   Turnout: 67.44%  
Douglas East
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Dominic Delaney 41.00 859            
Philip Kermode 12.03 252 288.54 300.62 332.96 737.22 392.66 430.56
Derek Hayes 10.26 215 231.2 252.92 264.46 259.44 335.78  
Martin David 9.83 206 233.54 255.54 275.26 292.42 337.94 404.1
Jim Mitchell 7.26 152 176.12 197.92 224.72 235.44    
Alan Wylie 7.21 151 165.94 175.84 189.74      
Raina Chatel 6.49 136 154 170.54        
John Bell 5.92 124 141.28          
Electorate: 3,630   Quota: 699   Turnout: 59.31%  
Douglas North
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
Bernie May 50.44 1,087  
Julia Delaney 30.07 648 827.85
Audrey Ainsworth 19.49 420 599.52
Electorate: 3,409   Quota: 720   Turnout: 64.77%  
Douglas South
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
Adrian Duggan 41.74 879
David Cretney 41.69 878
Roger Watterson 14.06 296
Arthur Quilliam 2.52 53
Electorate: 3,454   Quota: 703   Turnout: 62.42%  
Douglas West
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5
Jim Cain 34.74 945        
Victor Kneale 23.24 632 643 654 689.92 787.88
Charles Flynn 16.69 454 468 475.8 546.36 680.76
John Christian 14.60 397 410 421.88 476.04  
Basil Callow 4.78 130 133 136    
Richard Kennett 3.97 108 114 117.12    
William Parkinson 1.99 54        
Electorate: 3,793   Quota: 907   Turnout: 72.50%  
Garff
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
Charles Kerruish 55.59 1,113
Edgar Mann 44.41 889
Electorate: 2,550   Quota: 1,009   Turnout: 79.06%  
Malew and Santon
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
Donald Gelling 52.97 695
John Qualtrough 18.83 247
Tom Corlett 14.41 189
Terry Duncan 13.80 181
Electorate: 1,856   Quota: 657   Turnout: 71.28%  
Michael
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
David Cannan 75.62 946
Michael James 12.47 156
Derek Ellison 11.91 149
Electorate: 1,722   Quota: 626   Turnout: 73.58%  
Middle
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3
Brian Barton 37.99 495 624 750
Brian Hampton 30.01 391 426 583
Paul Irving 23.41 305 353  
Albert Kelly 8.60 112    
Electorate: 2,108   Quota: 702   Turnout: 67.46%  
Onchan
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4
Peter Karran 28.08 1,075      
Richard Leventhorpe 23.92 916 965    
Donald Maddrell 20.01 766 772 812.3 1,048.3
Fred Griffin 13.27 508 525 550 731
Roger Payne 12.46 477 492 530.8  
Frank Crompton 2.27 87      
Electorate: 5,732   Quota: 958   Turnout: 67.24%  
Peel
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Hazel Hannan 31.76 664 671 704 734 762 857 1,002
Fred Crowe 17.26 361 367 407 475 506 537 639
Grant McPherson 17.12 358 366 379 389 431 512  
Malcolm Hartley 11.91 249 257 273 285 322    
Maurice Felton 7.03 147 154 160 169      
Stephen Pitts 6.70 140 140 147        
Eric Kelly 3.01 63 70          
Jackie Wade 3.01 63 66          
Robert Quayle 2.20 46            
Electorate: 2,670   Quota: 1,046   Turnout: 79.51%  
Ramsey
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5
Allan Bell 41.84 1,212        
Norman Butler 26.06 755 840.6 852.4 875.6 889
Lionel Morrey 13.70 397 451 458.3 482.4 506.4
Percy Quirk 7.32 212 237.4 247.2 277.8 301
Robert Cowley 4.83 140 156.8 162.6    
Paul Lebiedzinski 3.90 113 154.6 186.2 224.6  
John Skinner 2.35 68 87      
Electorate: 4,492   Quota: 966   Turnout: 65.96%  
Rushen
Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Miles Walker 27.16 1,089              
John Orme 17.49 701 711.78 736.99 774.69 821.97 881.16 956.119 1,087.59
John Corrin 12.10 485 493.26 505.74 530.75 547.03 584.45 649.22 780.04
Cecil Price 10.88 436 443.77 466.12 477.47 517.24 544.38 587.5  
Noel Cringle 9.93 398 427.96 450.1 466.59 483.29 509.78 593.72 685.89
Ronald Corrin 7.23 290 298.33 311.89 334.24 361.52 405.43    
James Hall 4.46 179 182.99 186.2 208.41 233.62      
Roderick Skinner 4.32 173 175.66 183.73 193.94        
Tony Gunn 3.52 141 143.66 154.73          
John Gill 1.57 63 63.98            
Peter Ray 1.35 54 54.84            
Electorate: 5,581   Quota: 1,003   Turnout: 72.71%  

References

  1. ^ "Results 1986". Manx Radio.
  2. ^ 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.
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