# 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.

## Electoral system

The electoral system was changed in 1982 to single transferable vote with the Representation of the People (Preferential Voting) Act.

## Results

Ayre :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 |
| Edgar Quine | 831 | 48.74 | 910 |
| Clare Christian | 765 | 44.87 | 795 |
| Alastair Robertson | 109 | 6.39 |
| Total | 1,705 | 100.00 | 1,705 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,162 | – |
Castletown :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Tony Brown | 995 | 67.14 |
| Norman Gale | 487 | 32.86 |
| Total | 1,482 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,202 | – |
Douglas East :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Dominic Delaney | 859 | 41.00 |
| Philip Kermode | 252 | 12.03 | 288.54 | 300.62 | 332.96 | 737.22 | 392.66 | 430.56 |
| Derek Hayes | 215 | 10.26 | 231.2 | 252.92 | 264.46 | 259.44 | 335.78 |
| Martin David | 206 | 9.83 | 233.54 | 255.54 | 275.26 | 292.42 | 337.94 | 404.1 |
| Jim Mitchell | 152 | 7.26 | 176.12 | 197.92 | 224.72 | 235.44 |
| Alan Wylie | 151 | 7.21 | 165.94 | 175.84 | 189.74 |
| Raina Chatel | 136 | 6.49 | 154 | 170.54 |
| John Bell | 124 | 5.92 | 141.28 |
| Total | 2,095 | 100.00 | 1,390.62 | 1,353.38 | 1,287.14 | 1,524.52 | 1,066.38 | 834.66 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,630 | – |
Douglas North :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 |
| Bernie May | 1,087 | 50.44 |
| Julia Delaney | 648 | 30.07 | 827.85 |
| Audrey Ainsworth | 420 | 19.49 | 599.52 |
| Total | 2,155 | 100.00 | 1,427.37 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,409 | – |
Douglas South :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Adrian Duggan | 879 | 41.74 |
| David Cretney | 878 | 41.69 |
| Roger Watterson | 296 | 14.06 |
| Arthur Quilliam | 53 | 2.52 |
| Total | 2,106 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,454 | – |
Douglas West :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| James Cain | 945 | 34.74 |
| Victor Kneale | 632 | 23.24 | 643 | 654 | 689.92 | 787.88 |
| Charles Flynn | 454 | 16.69 | 468 | 475.8 | 546.36 | 680.76 |
| John Christian | 397 | 14.60 | 410 | 421.88 | 476.04 |
| Basil Callow | 130 | 4.78 | 133 | 136 |
| Richard Kennett | 108 | 3.97 | 114 | 117.12 |
| William Parkinson | 54 | 1.99 |
| Total | 2,720 | 100.00 | 1,768 | 1,804.8 | 1,712.32 | 1,468.64 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,793 | – |
Garff :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Charles Kerruish | 1,113 | 55.59 |
| Edgar Mann | 889 | 44.41 |
| Total | 2,002 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,550 | – |
Malew and Santon :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Donald Gelling | 695 | 52.97 |
| John Qualtrough | 247 | 18.83 |
| Tom Corlett | 189 | 14.41 |
| Terry Duncan | 181 | 13.80 |
| Total | 1,312 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,856 | – |
Michael :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | David Cannan | 946 | 75.62 |
| Michael James | 156 | 12.47 |
| Derek Ellison | 149 | 11.91 |
| Total | 1,251 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,722 | – |
Middle :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 | 3 |
| Brian Barton | 495 | 37.99 | 624 | 750 |
| Brian Hampton | 391 | 30.01 | 426 | 583 |
| Paul Irving | 305 | 23.41 | 353 |
| Albert Kelly | 112 | 8.60 |
| Total | 1,303 | 100.00 | 1,403 | 1,333 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,108 | – |
Onchan :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Peter Karran | 1,075 | 28.08 |
| Richard Leventhorpe | 916 | 23.92 | 965 |
| Donald Maddrell | 766 | 20.01 | 772 | 812.3 | 1,048.3 |
| Fred Griffin | 508 | 13.27 | 525 | 550 | 731 |
| Roger Payne | 477 | 12.46 | 492 | 530.8 |
| Frank Crompton | 87 | 2.27 |
| Total | 3,829 | 100.00 | 2,754 | 1,893.1 | 1,779.3 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,732 | – |
Peel :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Hazel Hannan | 664 | 31.76 | 671 | 704 | 734 | 762 | 857 | 1,002 |
| Fred Crowe | 361 | 17.26 | 367 | 407 | 475 | 506 | 537 | 639 |
| Grant McPherson | 358 | 17.12 | 366 | 379 | 389 | 431 | 512 |
| Malcolm Hartley | 249 | 11.91 | 257 | 273 | 285 | 322 |
| Maurice Felton | 147 | 7.03 | 154 | 160 | 169 |
| Stephen Pitts | 140 | 6.70 | 140 | 147 |
| Eric Kelly | 63 | 3.01 | 70 |
| Jackie Wade | 63 | 3.01 | 66 |
| Robert Quayle | 46 | 2.20 |
| Total | 2,091 | 100.00 | 2,091 | 2,070 | 2,052 | 2,021 | 1,906 | 1,641 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,670 | – |
Ramsey :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Allan Bell | 1,212 | 41.84 |
| Norman Butler | 755 | 26.06 | 840.6 | 852.4 | 875.6 | 889 |
| Lionel Morrey | 397 | 13.70 | 451 | 458.3 | 482.4 | 506.4 |
| Percy Quirk | 212 | 7.32 | 237.4 | 247.2 | 277.8 | 301 |
| Robert Cowley | 140 | 4.83 | 156.8 | 162.6 |
| Paul Lebiedzinski | 113 | 3.90 | 154.6 | 186.2 | 224.6 |
| John Skinner | 68 | 2.35 | 87 |
| Total | 2,897 | 100.00 | 1,927.4 | 1,906.7 | 1,860.4 | 1,696.4 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,492 | – |
Rushen :
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts | Subsequent counts |
| Candidate | First preferences | First preferences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Miles Walker | 1,089 | 27.16 |
| John Orme | 701 | 17.49 | 711.78 | 736.99 | 774.69 | 821.97 | 881.16 | 956.119 | 1,087.59 |
| John Corrin | 485 | 12.10 | 493.26 | 505.74 | 530.75 | 547.03 | 584.45 | 649.22 | 780.04 |
| Cecil Price | 436 | 10.88 | 443.77 | 466.12 | 477.47 | 517.24 | 544.38 | 587.5 |
| Noel Cringle | 398 | 9.93 | 427.96 | 450.1 | 466.59 | 483.29 | 509.78 | 593.72 | 685.89 |
| Ronald Corrin | 290 | 7.23 | 298.33 | 311.89 | 334.24 | 361.52 | 405.43 |
| James Hall | 179 | 4.46 | 182.99 | 186.2 | 208.41 | 233.62 |
| Roderick Skinner | 173 | 4.32 | 175.66 | 183.73 | 193.94 |
| Tony Gunn | 141 | 3.52 | 143.66 | 154.73 |
| John Gill | 63 | 1.57 | 63.98 |
| Peter Ray | 54 | 1.35 | 54.84 |
| Total | 4,009 | 100.00 | 2,996.23 | 2,995.5 | 2,986.09 | 2,964.67 | 2,925.2 | 2,786.559 | 2,553.52 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,581 | – |