​The House of Keys has today elected five new Members to serve on the Legislative Council. Four Members will serve until 28th February 2023 and one Member will serve until 29th February 2020.  

The election was decided on a single round of voting in which Mrs Jane Poole-Wilson received 22 votes; Mrs Kate Lord-Brennan received 16 votes; Mrs Tanya Humbles received 15 votes; Mrs Marlene Hendy received 14 votes; and Mrs Kerry Sharpe received 13 votes. Mrs Sharpe will serve the two-year term to 29th February 2020.The Speaker of the House of Keys, the Hon Juan Watterson SHK said: “It is my great pleasure to congratulate the new Members of the Legislative Council. It was gratifying to see a full public gallery and a wide array of candidates, as Tynwald hoped for when reviewing the functioning of Tynwald.” 

This was the second election to be run under the new system adopted by the Keys on 4th April 2017. Further information about the vacancy and the election process can be found here and the full text of the amended House of Keys Standings Orders, incorporating a guidance note by the Speaker on the election process, can be viewed here.Today’s sitting can be heard via the “live and listen again” audio webcast service on the Tynwald website and a Hansard record will be published in due course. 

The numbers of votes received by each candidate are set out in the following table. The names of the Members of the House of Keys who voted for each candidate are listed below. Mrs Poole-Wilson:22 votesMrs Lord-Brennan:16 votesMrs Humbles:15 votesMrs Hendy:14 votesMrs Sharpe:13 votesMr Cartledge:12 votesMrs Corlett:10 votesMs Joughin:9 votesMr Kelly, Mrs Chambers:7 votesMr Skinner:6 votesMr Ramsay, Mrs Wheeler: 5 votesMr Furner, Mr Hardy: 4 votes 

Notes for editors: As has been the case since the adoption in April 2017 of the present system, the press gallery is closed for operational reasons during elections to the Legislative Council.Names of the Members of the House of Keys who voted for each candidate
Mrs Jane Poole-Wilson
22 For
Dr Allinson, Mr Ashford, Mr Baker, Mrs Beecroft, Miss Bettison, Mr Boot, Mrs Caine, Mr Cannan, Mrs Corlett, Mr Cregeen, Ms Edge, Mr Harmer, Mr Hooper, Mr Malarkey, Mr Peake, Mr Perkins, Mr Quayle, Mr Robertshaw, Mr Shimmins, Mr Skelly, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mrs Kate Lord-Brennan
16 For
Dr Allinson, Mr Baker, Miss Bettison, Mr Boot, Mrs Caine, Mr Callister, Mr Cregeen, Mr Harmer, Mr Peake, Mr Perkins, Mr Quayle, Mr Robertshaw, Mr Shimmins, Mr Skelly, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mrs Tanya Humbles
15 For
Dr Allinson, Mr Ashford, Mrs Beecroft, Miss Bettison, Mr Boot, Mr Harmer, Mr Hooper, Mr Malarkey, Mr Moorhouse, Mr Peake, Mr Perkins, Mr Robertshaw, Mr Shimmins, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mrs Marlene Hendy
14 For
Dr Allinson, Mr Baker, Mr Boot, Mr Callister, Mrs Corlett, Mr Cregeen, Mr Harmer, Mr Hooper, Mr Peake, Mr Perkins, Mr Quayle, Mr Skelly, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mrs Kerry Sharpe
13 For
Dr Allinson, Mr Baker, Miss Bettison, Mrs Caine, Mr Callister, Mr Cannan, Mr Harmer, Mr Moorhouse, Mr Peake, Mr Perkins, Mr Shimmins, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mr Kevin Cartledge
12 For
Mr Ashford, Mr Boot, Mr Callister, Mr Cannan, Mr Cregeen, Mr Harmer, Mr Malarkey, Mr Moorhouse, Mr Quayle, Mr Skelly, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mrs Shirley Ellen Corlett
10 For
Dr Allinson, Mr Baker, Mr Boot, Mr Cannan, Mrs Corlett, Mr Cregeen, Mr Moorhouse, Mr Quayle, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Ms Dawn Joughin
9 For
Dr Allinson, Miss Bettison, Mrs Caine, Mr Cannan, Mrs Corlett, Ms Edge, Mr Perkins, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mr Juan Kelly
7 For
Mr Ashford, Mrs Beecroft, Mr Cannan, Mr Hooper, Mr Robertshaw, Mr Shimmins, Mr Thomas Mrs Andrea Chambers
7 For
Dr Allinson, Mrs Caine, Mr Callister, Mr Robertshaw, Mr Skelly, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas
Councillor John Skinner
6 For
Mr Ashford, Mr Baker, Mrs Corlett, Mr Moorhouse, Mr Speaker, Mr Thomas Mr Alistair Ramsay
5 For
Mrs Beecroft, Mrs Caine, Mr Hooper, Mr Perkins, Mr Thomas Mrs Christine Wheeler OBE
5 For
Mr Ashford, Mr Boot, Mr Cannan, Mr Harmer, Mr Thomas Mr Richard Furner
4 For
Mr Boot, Mr Cannan, Mr Harmer, Mr Speaker Mr Andy Hardy
4 For
Dr Allinson, Mr Ashford, Mrs Beecroft, Mrs Caine 

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