# 1924 Manx general election

General elections were held in the Isle of Man between 28 October and 6 November 1924. Independent candidates won a majority of seats in the House of Keys.

## Electoral system

The 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 11 constituencies, which had between one and three seats.
| Constituency | Electorate | Seats | Date of election |
| Ayre | 2,008 | 3 | 4 November |
| Castletown | – | 1 | N/A |
| Douglas North | 9,978 | 3 | 4 November |
| Douglas South | 4,348 | 2 | 4 November |
| Garff | 2,257 | 2 | 5 November |
| Glenfaba | 2,533 | 3 | 6 November |
| Michael | 1,333 | 2 | 31 October |
| Middle | 3,189 | 3 | 31 October |
| Peel | 2,086 | 1 | 30 October |
| Ramsey | 3,169 | 1 | 30 October |
| Rushen | 4,293 | 3 | 5 November |
| Source: Sherratt ||||

## Campaign

A total of 43 candidates contested the elections; 31 independents, 11 from the Manx Labour Party and one from Independent Labour. Despite winning seats in the 1919 elections, neither the National Party nor the Liberal Party nominated candidates.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Manx Labour Party | 12,744 | 28.05 | 6 | +2 |
| | Independent Labour | 121 | 0.27 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 32,575 | 71.69 | 18 | +1 |
| Total | Total | 45,440 | 100.00 | 24 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 35,194 | – | | |
| Source: Sherratt ||||||

### By constituency

| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Ayre | R. Cain | Independent | 940 | 25.6 | Re-elected |
| Ayre | D.J. Teare | Independent | 789 | 21.5 | Re-elected |
| Ayre | J.F. Crellin | Independent | 707 | 19.2 | Elected |
| Ayre | T.B. Cowley | Independent | 617 | 16.8 | |
| Ayre | J. Corlett | Independent | 501 | 13.6 | |
| Ayre | C. Gill | Independent Labour | 121 | 3.3 | |
| Castletown | Joseph Davidson Qualtrough | Independent | – | – | Re-elected unopposed |
| Douglas North | S. Norris | Independent | 3,894 | 27.0 | Re-elected |
| Douglas North | A.B. Crookall | Independent | 3,604 | 25.0 | Re-elected |
| Douglas North | R.G. Johnson | Independent | 3,520 | 24.5 | Elected |
| Douglas North | J. Kelly | Manx Labour Party | 3,379 | 23.5 | |
| Douglas South | A.J. Teare | Manx Labour Party | 1,792 | 36.6 | Re-elected |
| Douglas South | W.C. Craine | Manx Labour Party | 1,415 | 28.9 | Elected |
| Douglas South | T.W. Cain | Independent | 1,389 | 28.4 | |
| Douglas South | J. Goldsmith | Independent | 295 | 6.1 | |
| Garff | W.K. Cowin | Manx Labour Party | 629 | 23.0 | Elected |
| Garff | T. Callow | Independent | 575 | 21.0 | Elected |
| Garff | J.W. Walton | Independent | 549 | 20.1 | |
| Garff | J.C. Douglas | Independent | 542 | 19.8 | |
| Garff | G.C. Preston | Independent | 441 | 16.1 | |
| Glenfaba | F.S. Dalgleish | Independent | 1,032 | 26.1 | Re-elected |
| Glenfaba | J.T. Quilliam | Independent | 799 | 20.2 | Re-elected |
| Glenfaba | W.P. Clucas | Manx Labour Party | 791 | 20.0 | |
| Glenfaba | G.B. Kermode | Independent | 674 | 17.1 | |
| Glenfaba | W. Christian | Independent | 657 | 16.6 | |
| Michael | J.W. Cannan | Independent | 646 | 45.1 | Re-elected |
| Michael | E.J. Curphrey | Independent | 560 | 39.1 | Re-elected |
| Michael | W. Shimmin | Manx Labour Party | 226 | 15.8 | |
| Middle | C. Gill | Independent | 1,553 | 35.6 | Re-elected |
| Middle | W.F. Cowell | Independent | 1,113 | 25.6 | Elected |
| Middle | George Frederick Clucas | Independent | 940 | 21.6 | Re-elected |
| Middle | T.G. Bridson | Manx Labour Party | 750 | 17.2 | Unseated |
| Peel | Christopher R. Shimmin | Manx Labour Party | 803 | 59.0 | Re-elected |
| Peel | T.W. Kermode | Independent | 557 | 41.0 | |
| Ramsey | A.H. Teare | Independent | 1,401 | 61.5 | Re-elected |
| Ramsey | A. Hadley | Manx Labour Party | 876 | 38.5 | |
| Rushen | J.R. Corrin | Manx Labour Party | 1,314 | 20.7 | Re-elected |
| Rushen | A. Qualtrough | Independent | 1,128 | 17.7 | Re-elected |
| Rushen | W. Moore | Independent | 1,043 | 16.4 | Elected |
| Rushen | E.B. Gawne | Independent | 823 | 12.9 | |
| Rushen | W.H. Costain | Independent | 816 | 12.8 | |
| Rushen | C.A. Cormode | Manx Labour Party | 769 | 12.1 | |
| Rushen | P.H. Cain | Independent | 470 | 7.4 | |
| Source: Sherratt ||||||