General elections were held on the Isle of Man on the 21 November 1996 to elect members to the House of Keys. Independents won 16 of the 24 seats, whilst the Manx Labour Party had its worst result since 1971, winning just two seats. The Alliance for Progressive Government contested its first general election after its formation following the 1991 general elections, winning six seats, including four incumbent MHKs who had previously been independents.
Results
By constituency
Constituency Candidate VotesAyre; 1 seat Edgar Quine 1,247 Hazel Bradley 167Castletown; 1 seat Tony Brown 876 Elsie Pickard 467 Carol Edge 102Douglas East; 2 seats Phil Braidwood 1,289 Brenda Cannell 836 Philip Kermode 593 Alan Burrows 381Douglas North; 2 seats John Houghton 1,493 Alan Crowe 1,241 Bernie May 827 Brian Crookall 612Douglas South; 2 seats David Cretney 2,061 Adrian Duggan 796 John Tobin 755 Patrick Bell 530 Allan Connor 282 John Cowley 247Douglas West; 2 seats John Shimmin 1,637 Alex Downie 1,515 Jim Cain 911Garff; 1 seat Steve Rodan 1,257 Stuart McKenzie 473 Kenneth Markillie 52Glenfaba; 1 seat Walter Gilbey 743 Toni Collister 312 Malew and Santon; 1 seat Donald Gelling UnopposedMichael; 1 seat David Cannan 973 Jennifer Kewley Draskau495Middle; 1 seat David North 842 Bruce Corfield 519Onchan; 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 559Peel; 1 seat Hazel Hannan 1042 Christine Moughton 477 Timothy Crookall 469Ramsey; 2 seats Leonard Singer 2,059 Allan Bell 2,056 Terry Groves 1,763Rushen; 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
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