1996 Manx General Election
1996 Manx general election
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All 24 seats in the House of Keys |
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| | 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 | |
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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.
Results
By constituency
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes |
| Ayre; 1 seat | Edgar Quine | 1,247 |
| Hazel Bradley | 167 |
| Castletown; 1 seat | Tony Brown | 876 |
| Elsie Pickard | 467 |
| Carol Edge | 102 |
| Douglas East; 2 seats | Phil Braidwood | 1,289 |
| Brenda Cannell | 836 |
| Philip Kermode | 593 |
| Alan Burrows | 381 |
| Douglas North; 2 seats | John Houghton | 1,493 |
| Alan Crowe | 1,241 |
| Bernie May | 827 |
| Brian Crookall | 612 |
| Douglas South; 2 seats | David Cretney | 2,061 |
| Adrian Duggan | 796 |
| John Tobin | 755 |
| Patrick Bell | 530 |
| Allan Connor | 282 |
| John Cowley | 247 |
| Douglas West; 2 seats | John Shimmin | 1,637 |
| Alex Downie | 1,515 |
| Jim Cain | 911 |
| Garff; 1 seat | Steve Rodan | 1,257 |
| Stuart McKenzie | 473 |
| Kenneth Markillie | 52 |
| Glenfaba; 1 seat | Walter Gilbey | 743 |
| Toni Collister | 312 |
| Malew and Santon; 1 seat | Donald Gelling | Unopposed |
| Michael; 1 seat | David Cannan | 973 |
| Jennifer Kewley-Draskau | 495 |
| Middle; 1 seat | David North | 842 |
| Bruce Corfield | 519 |
| Onchan; 3 seats | Peter Karran | 2,257 |
| Richard Corkill | 1,713 |
| Ray Kniveton | 1,702 |
| Richard Leventhorpe | 1,372 |
| David Quirk | 1,143 |
| Ellis Killey | 775 |
| Mark Kermode | 559 |
| Peel; 1 seat | Hazel Hannan | 1042 |
| Christine Moughton | 477 |
| Timothy Crookall | 469 |
| Ramsey; 2 seats | Leonard Singer | 2,059 |
| Allan Bell | 2,056 |
| Terry Groves | 1,763 |
| Rushen; 3 seats | Miles Walker | 2,499 |
| Noel Cringle | 1,903 |
| Pamela Crowe | 1,609 |
| Illiam Costain | 1,568 |
| John Rimington | 1,342 |
| David Bennett | 774 |
| Terry Jackson | 444 |
References
- ^ "Results 1996". Manx Radio.
- ^ D.G. Kermode (2001). Offshore island politics : the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century.
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