Douglas East is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. It elects 2 MHKs.

Since the 2021 local elections the constituency's area has been adopted for Douglas East (ward) which replaced most of Victoria and Derby wards. The ward elects 3 councilors to Douglas Borough Council.

MHKs and elections

YearElectionTurnoutCandidatesElectedNotes
1962General Election??Percy Coupe
1971General Election?Katherine Cowin (elected) Charles Burke ?
1976General Election??Dominic Delaney Katherine Cowin
1981General Election??Dominic Delaney ?
1986General Election??Dominic Delaney Phil Kermode
1991General Election53%Dominic Delaney (796 votes, elected) Phil Kermode (522 votes, elected) Brenda Cannell (306 votes) PT Bell (240 votes) A Shea (54 votes)The two sitting MHKs held their seats.
1995By-Election39.9%Phil Braidwood (611 votes, elected) Brenda Cannell (336 votes) Christian (289 votes) Freegard (161 votes)By-election called by the elevation of Dominic Delaney to the LegCo.
1996General Election50.9%Phil Braidwood (1289 votes, elected) Brenda Cannell (836 votes, elected) Phil Kermode (593 votes)
2001General Election41%Phil Braidwood (1168 votes, elected) Brenda Cannell (973 votes, elected) Colin Cain (474 votes) Philip White (201 votes)The two sitting MHKs held their seats.
2006General Election51%Phil Braidwood (777 votes, elected) Brenda Cannell (728 votes, elected) Carol Jempson (189 votes) Steve Osbourne (194 votes) Bill Platt (252 votes) Chris Robertshaw (574 votes)The two sitting MHKs held their seats.
2010By-electionn/aChris Robertshaw (388 votes, elected) Kate Beecroft, Liberal Vannin (381 votes) Kevin Woodford (276 votes) Colin Cain (245 votes) John Joughin (146 votes) Chris Heath (72 votes)By-election called by the elevation of Phil Braidwood to the LegCo.
2011General Election40.7%Chris Robertshaw (915 votes, elected) Brenda Cannell (757 votes, elected) Paul Moulton (490 votes) Geraldine O'Neill (441 votes) Richard Kissack (238 votes) John Karran (123 votes)The two sitting MHKs held their seats.
2015By-electionJon Joughin (159 votes, elected) Clare Bettison (146 votes) Richard Falk (145 votes) Geraldine O'Neill (131 votes) Catherine Turner (108 votes) John McBride (90 votes) Kurt Buchholz (75 votes)

Election results since 2016

In 2014, Tynwald approved recommendations from the Boundary Review Commission which saw the reform of the Island's electoral boundaries.

General election 2021: Douglas East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Manx LabourJoney Leanne Faragher74124.1
IndependentClare Louise Barber69222.5
Liberal VanninMichael Josem50816.5
IndependentJonathan Joughin47714.6
IndependentPeter Roy Gilmour31310.2
IndependentAmanda Jane Walker2177.1
IndependentChristine Urquhart1525.0
Total votes3,100
Total ballots1,772
Rejected ballots4
Turnout1,77636.3
Registered electors4,891
General election 2016: Douglas East
PartyCandidateVotes%
IndependentClare Barber56118.1
IndependentChristopher Roy Robertshaw48715.7
IndependentJonathan Joughin48015.5
IndependentQuintin Bennett Gill41513.4
IndependentAmanda Jane Walker37312.0
IndependentCatherine Rose Turner32410.4
IndependentJohn Caley McBride3039.8
Manx LabourRichard Frederick Halsall1635.2
Total votes3,106
Total ballots1,703
Rejected ballots2
Turnout1,70540.1
Registered electors4,251

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