2006 Manx general election

General elections were held on the Isle of Man on Thursday, 23 November 2006. The voting age was lowered to 16 at this election. As usual, the election was dominated by independents, who took 21 of the 24 seats.

2006 Manx general election

23 November 2006
All 24 seats in the House of Keys
First party Second party Third party   Party Independents Liberal Vannin Manx Labour Seats won 21 2 1 Seat change 1 New 1 Popular vote 41,608 7,323 2,561 Percentage 80.80% 14.22% 4.97 Swing 1.49pp New 4.10pp
Chief Minister before election Donald Gelling Independent Elected Chief Minister Tony Brown Independent

Background

In the previous elections in 2001, independents won 22 out of the 24 seats and the Manx Labour Party won two seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Vannin Party	7,323	14.22	2
	Manx Labour Party	2,561	4.97	1
	Independents	41,608	80.80	21
Total		51,492	100.00	24
Valid votes		30,386	99.62
Invalid/blank votes		116	0.38
Total votes		30,502	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,855	61.18
Source: Isle of Man Government

By constituency

The winners in bold. Several constituencies have more than one member elected.

Constituency	Name	Party	Votes
Ayre	Eddie Teare MHK	None	Unopposed
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 Malarkey 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 Rimington	None	1,048
	Tony Wright	Liberal Vannin	1,000
	Adrian Tinkler	None	934