1986 Manx general election

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

^ "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.

[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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