2021 Manx general election

General elections were held in the Isle of Man on 23 September 2021.^[2] A record ten women were elected, twice as many as the five elected at the previous election. For the first time, in two constituencies, both elected MHKs were women.^[1] Four government ministers failed to be re-elected.^[1][3]

2021 Manx general election

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All 24 seats in the House of Keys
First party Second party Third party   Leader Joney Faragher[1] Lawrie Hooper[1] Party Independents Manx Labour Liberal Vannin Leader's seat Douglas East (won) Ramsey Seats won 21 2 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 51,015 3,006 3,138 Percentage 86.29% 5.08% 5.31% Swing 6.70pp 3.71pp 1.05pp
Most voted candidate represented by the colour of the constituency. Second most voted candidate represented by the additional circle.
Chief Minister before election Howard Quayle Independent Elected Chief Minister Alfred Cannan Independent

Electoral system

The 24 members of the House of Keys are elected from 12 constituencies, each of which returns 2 members.^[4] Election is by multiple non-transferable vote in each constituency, with voters having two votes (although voters are not required to use both) for the two seats.

The Chief Minister is appointed after a general election on nomination by the House of Keys.

Candidates

A total of 65 candidates ran.^[5] The incumbent Chief Minister, Howard Quayle (MHK for Middle) did not stand for re-election.^[6]

Results

Over 85% of candidates ran without party affiliation, and the largest elected party contingent, the Manx Labour Party, consisted of two MHKs. The Manx Labour Party ran three candidates,^[5] Liberal Vannin ran four,^[5] and the Isle of Man Green Party ran two.^[5] The 2021 election was the first election in which the Green Party fielded candidates, having previously only stood in local elections.^[7]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Vannin Party	3,138	5.33	1	–2
	Manx Labour Party	3,006	5.10	2	+2
	Isle of Man Green Party	1,964	3.33	0	New
	Independents	50,806	86.24	21	0
Total		58,914	100.00	24	0
Valid votes		32,812	99.75
Invalid/blank votes		81	0.25
Total votes		32,893	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,744	50.80
Source: gov.im

By constituency

Sources:^[8][9][10]

Arbory, Castletown & Malew ^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Jason Moorhouse	1,988	33.0
	Independent	Tim Glover	1,818	30.2
	Independent	Steve Crowther	1,488	24.7
	Independent	Graham Cregeen	730	12.1
Total votes			6,024	178.3
Total ballots			3,379
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			3,387	56.5
Registered electors			5,990

Ayre & Michael ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Alfred Cannan	2,117	36.4
	Independent	Tim Johnston	1,203	20.7
	Independent	Tim Baker	709	12.2
	Liberal Vannin	Paul Weatherall	540	9.3
	Independent	Duncan Livingstone	517	8.9
	Independent	Phil Corkill	378	6.5
	Independent	Dr Sos Boussougou	189	3.2
	Independent	Madeleine Westall	168	2.9
Total votes			5,821
Total ballots			3,204
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			3,210	62.61
Registered electors			5,127

Douglas Central ^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Ann Corlett	1,400	34.7
	Independent	Chris Thomas	1,319	32.7
	Independent	Damien Ciappelli	951	23.5
	Independent	Sara Hackman	369	9.1
Total votes			4,039	177
Total ballots			2,282
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			2,289	43
Registered electors			5,327

Douglas East ^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Manx Labour	Joney Faragher	741	24.1
	Independent	Clare Barber	692	22.5
	Liberal Vannin	Michael Josem	508	16.5
	Independent	Jon Joughin	477	14.6
	Independent	Peter Gilmour	313	10.2
	Independent	Amanda Walker	217	7.1
	Independent	Christine Urquhart	152	5.0
Total votes			3,100	174.9
Total ballots			1,772
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			1,776	36.3
Registered electors			4,891

Douglas North ^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	David Ashford	1,567	44.8
	Independent	John Wannenburgh	753	21.6
	Independent	Ralph Peake	682	19.5
	Independent	Kevin Oliphant-Smith	492	14.1
Total votes			3,494	176.3
Total ballots			1,982
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			1,991	42.2
Registered electors			4,713

Douglas South ^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Manx Labour	Sarah Maltby	1,244	30.1
	Independent	Claire Christian	1,242	30.0
	Independent	Paul Quine	1,094	26.4
	Independent	Gerard Higgins	552	13.4
Total votes			4,132	180
Total ballots			2,295
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			2,299	46.9
Registered electors			4,897

Garff ^[22][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Daphne Caine	1,122	23.4
	Independent	Andrew Smith	1,112	23.2
	Manx Labour	Gareth Young	1,021	21.3
	Independent	Martyn Perkins	971	20.2
	Independent	Jamie Smith	576	12.0
Total votes			4,802	176.7
Total ballots			2,718
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			2,725	51.5
Registered electors			5,292

Glenfaba & Peel ^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Kate Lord-Brennan	2,150	30.9
	Independent	Tim Crookall	1,134	19.3
	Independent	Ray Harmer	1,073	15.4
	Independent	Trevor Cowin	1,070	15.4
	Green	Leo Cussons	855	12.3
	Independent	Geoffrey Boot	273	3.9
	Independent	Mikey Lee	201	2.9
Total votes			6,756	191.4
Total ballots			3,639
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			3,645	57.1
Registered electors			6,380

Middle ^[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Jane Poole-Wilson	1,788	42.0
	Independent	Stu Peters	965	22.6
	Independent	Alison Lynch	792	18.6
	Independent	Keiran Hannifin	553	13.0
	Independent	David Fowler	163	2.8
Total votes			4,261	176.8
Total ballots			2,410
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			2,417	50.8
Registered electors			4,755

Onchan ^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Rob Callister	1,600	38.6
	Independent	Julie Edge	1,363	32.9
	Independent	James Cherry	570	13.8
	Liberal Vannin	Peter Willers	433	10.5
	Independent	Michael Leather	177	4.3
Total votes			4,143	177.4
Total ballots			2,335
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout			2,346	45.1
Registered electors			5,200

Ramsey ^[30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Liberal Vannin	Lawrie Hooper	1,657	26.3
	Independent	Alex Allinson	1,557	24.7
	Independent	Robert Cowell	679	10.8
	Independent	Luke Parker	664	10.5
	Independent	Simon Mann	555	8.8
	Independent	Erica Spencer	438	7.0
	Independent	Leonard Singer	405	6.4
	Independent	Jonathan Kinrade	345	5.5
Total votes			6,300	187.1
Total ballots			3,367
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			3,371	53.6
Registered electors			6,288

Rushen ^[32][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes
			Count	Of total (%)
	Independent	Juan Watterson	2,384	39.5
	Independent	Dr Michelle Haywood	1,386	22.9
	Independent	Mark Kemp	1,163	19.2
	Green	Andrew Langan-Newton	1,109	18.4
Total votes			6,042	176.2
Total ballots			3,429
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			3,437	58.4
Registered electors			5,884

See also

• List of members of the House of Keys, 2021–2026
• List of political parties on the Isle of Man
• Politics of the Isle of Man