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% |
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
- ^ "Results 1986". Manx Radio.
- ^ 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.