1986 Manx general election
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{{Politics of the Isle of Man}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Results 1986 |url=https://www.manxradio.com/election-1986/results-1986-sec/ |website=Manx Radio}}
Electoral system
The electoral system was changed in 1982 to single transferable vote with the Representation of the People (Preferential Voting) Act.{{Cite journal |last=Richards |first=Jeff |date=July 1987 |title=Electoral change in a small community: the Isle of Man revisited |url=https://academic.oup.com/pa/article-abstract/40/3/388/1454693 |journal=Parliamentary Affairs |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=388-408 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052107|url-access=subscription }}
Results
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Ayre
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Edgar Quine|votes1=831|votes1_2=910
|cand2=Clare Christian|votes2=765|votes2_2=795
|cand3=Alastair Robertson|votes3=109
|invalid=
|electorate=2162
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Castletown
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Tony Brown|votes1=995
|cand2=Norman Gale|votes2=487
|invalid=
|electorate=2202
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Douglas East
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Dominic Delaney|votes1=859
|cand2=Philip Kermode|votes2=252|votes2_2=288.54|votes2_3=300.62|votes2_4=332.96|votes2_5=737.22|votes2_6=392.66|votes2_7=430.56
|cand3=Derek Hayes|votes3=215|votes3_2=231.2|votes3_3=252.92|votes3_4=264.46|votes3_5=259.44|votes3_6=335.78
|cand4=Martin David|votes4=206|votes4_2=233.54|votes4_3=255.54|votes4_4=275.26|votes4_5=292.42|votes4_6=337.94|votes4_7=404.1
|cand5=Jim Mitchell|votes5=152|votes5_2=176.12|votes5_3=197.92|votes5_4=224.72|votes5_5=235.44
|cand6=Alan Wylie|votes6=151|votes6_2=165.94|votes6_3=175.84|votes6_4=189.74
|cand7=Raina Chatel|votes7=136|votes7_2=154|votes7_3=170.54
|cand8=John Bell|votes8=124|votes8_2=141.28
|invalid=
|electorate=3630
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Douglas North
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Bernie May|votes1=1087
|cand2=Julia Delaney|votes2=648|votes2_2=827.85
|cand3=Audrey Ainsworth|votes3=420|votes3_2=599.52
|invalid=
|electorate=3409
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Douglas South
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Adrian Duggan|votes1=879
|cand2=David Cretney|votes2=878
|cand3=Roger Watterson|votes3=296
|cand4=Arthur Quilliam|votes4=53
|invalid=
|electorate=3454
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Douglas West
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=James Cain|votes1=945
|cand2=Victor Kneale|votes2=632|votes2_2=643|votes2_3=654|votes2_4=689.92|votes2_5=787.88
|cand3=Charles Flynn|votes3=454|votes3_2=468|votes3_3=475.8|votes3_4=546.36|votes3_5=680.76
|cand4=John Christian|votes4=397|votes4_2=410|votes4_3=421.88|votes4_4=476.04
|cand5=Basil Callow|votes5=130|votes5_2=133|votes5_3=136
|cand6=Richard Kennett|votes6=108|votes6_2=114|votes6_3=117.12
|cand7=William Parkinson|votes7=54
|invalid=
|electorate=3793
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Garff
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Charles Kerruish|votes1=1113
|cand2=Edgar Mann|votes2=889
|invalid=
|electorate=2550
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Malew and Santon
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Donald Gelling|votes1=695
|cand2=John Qualtrough|votes2=247
|cand3=Tom Corlett|votes3=189
|cand4=Terry Duncan|votes4=181
|invalid=
|electorate=1856
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Michael
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=David Cannan|votes1=946
|cand2=Michael James|votes2=156
|cand3=Derek Ellison|votes3=149
|invalid=
|electorate=1722
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Middle
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Brian Barton|votes1=495|votes1_2=624|votes1_3=750
|cand2=Brian Hampton|votes2=391|votes2_2=426|votes2_3=583
|cand3=Paul Irving|votes3=305|votes3_2=353
|cand4=Albert Kelly|votes4=112
|invalid=
|electorate=2108
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Onchan
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Peter Karran|votes1=1075
|cand2=Richard Leventhorpe|votes2=916|votes2_2=965
|cand3=Donald Maddrell|votes3=766|votes3_2=772|votes3_3=812.3|votes3_4=1048.3
|cand4=Fred Griffin|votes4=508|votes4_2=525|votes4_3=550|votes4_4=731
|cand5=Roger Payne|votes5=477|votes5_2=492|votes5_3=530.8
|cand6=Frank Crompton|votes6=87
|invalid=
|electorate=5732
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Peel
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Hazel Hannan|votes1=664|votes1_2=671|votes1_3=704|votes1_4=734|votes1_5=762|votes1_6=857|votes1_7=1002
|cand2=Fred Crowe|votes2=361|votes2_2=367|votes2_3=407|votes2_4=475|votes2_5=506|votes2_6=537|votes2_7=639
|cand3=Grant McPherson|votes3=358|votes3_2=366|votes3_3=379|votes3_4=389|votes3_5=431|votes3_6=512
|cand4=Malcolm Hartley|votes4=249|votes4_2=257|votes4_3=273|votes4_4=285|votes4_5=322
|cand5=Maurice Felton|votes5=147|votes5_2=154|votes5_3=160|votes5_4=169
|cand6=Stephen Pitts|votes6=140|votes6_2=140|votes6_3=147
|cand7=Eric Kelly|votes7=63|votes7_2=70
|cand8=Jackie Wade|votes8=63|votes8_2=66
|cand9=Robert Quayle|votes9=46
|invalid=
|electorate=2670
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Ramsey
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Allan Bell|votes1=1212
|cand2=Norman Butler|votes2=755|votes2_2=840.6|votes2_3=852.4|votes2_4=875.6|votes2_5=889
|cand3=Lionel Morrey|votes3=397|votes3_2=451|votes3_3=458.3|votes3_4=482.4|votes3_5=506.4
|cand4=Percy Quirk|votes4=212|votes4_2=237.4|votes4_3=247.2|votes4_4=277.8|votes4_5=301
|cand5=Robert Cowley|votes5=140|votes5_2=156.8|votes5_3=162.6
|cand6=Paul Lebiedzinski|votes6=113|votes6_2=154.6|votes6_3=186.2|votes6_4=224.6
|cand7=John Skinner|votes7=68|votes7_2=87
|invalid=
|electorate=4492
}}
{{Election results-STV
|caption=Rushen
|nopercentage=yes
|cand1=Miles Walker|votes1=1089
|cand2=John Orme|votes2=701|votes2_2=711.78|votes2_3=736.99|votes2_4=774.69|votes2_5=821.97|votes2_6=881.16|votes2_7=956.119|votes2_8=1087.59
|cand3=John Corrin|votes3=485|votes3_2=493.26|votes3_3=505.74|votes3_4=530.75|votes3_5=547.03|votes3_6=584.45|votes3_7=649.22|votes3_8=780.04
|cand4=Cecil Price|votes4=436|votes4_2=443.77|votes4_3=466.12|votes4_4=477.47|votes4_5=517.24|votes4_6=544.38|votes4_7=587.5
|cand5=Noel Cringle|votes5=398|votes5_2=427.96|votes5_3=450.1|votes5_4=466.59|votes5_5=483.29|votes5_6=509.78|votes5_7=593.72|votes5_8=685.89
|cand6=Ronald Corrin|votes6=290|votes6_2=298.33|votes6_3=311.89|votes6_4=334.24|votes6_5=361.52|votes6_6=405.43
|cand7=James Hall|votes7=179|votes7_2=182.99|votes7_3=186.2|votes7_4=208.41|votes7_5=233.62
|cand8=Roderick Skinner|votes8=173|votes8_2=175.66|votes8_3=183.73|votes8_4=193.94
|cand9=Tony Gunn|votes9=141|votes9_2=143.66|votes9_3=154.73
|cand10=John Gill|votes10=63|votes10_2=63.98
|cand11=Peter Ray|votes11=54|votes11_2=54.84
|invalid=
|electorate=5581
}}