Douglas South

Douglas South is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. It elects two MHKs. Although the constituency is named Douglas South, its current (2016) boundaries place it in the west rather than the south of Douglas.

The following information is incomplete, and there were also probably significant boundary changes as the number of constituencies in Douglas increased from two to four.

MHKs & Elections

Year	Election	Turnout	Candidates
1903	General Election	?	Surgeon General Alfred Sanderson, 572 votes, elected Robert Clucas, 552 votes, elected J J Goldsmith, 496 votes W M Kerruish, 437 votes
1908	General Election	?	Robert Moughtin, 662 votes, elected William Kerruish, 582 votes, elected Walter Clucas Craine
1919	General Election	?	Alfred James Teare JP, elected John Leigh Goldie Taubman JP CP, elected ?
1922	By-Election	?	Walter Clucas Craine ?
1924	General Election	?	Walter Clucas Craine, elected Alfred James Teare JP, elected ?
1929	General Election	Unopposed	Albert Hugh Teare, elected Walter Clucas Craine, elected Alfred James Teare JP, elected
1934	General Election	?	Walter Clucas Craine, elected Alfred James Teare JP, elected ?
1976	General Election	?	Peter Craine ?
1981	General Election	?	Adrian Duggan ?
1986	General Election	59.3%	Dominic Delaney (859 votes, elected) Phil Kermode (252 votes, elected) D Hayes (215 votes) D Martin (206 votes) JR Mitchell (152 votes) A Wylie (151 votes) R Chatel (136 votes) JJ Bell (124 votes)
1991	General Election	60.0%	David Cretney (Lab) (1422 votes, elected) Adrian Duggan (479 votes, elected) Allan Connor (310 votes) FA Kennish (200 votes) GM Bayliss (84 votes)
1996	General Election	56.0%	David Cretney (Lab) (2061 votes, elected) Adrian Duggan (796 votes, elected) John Tobin (755 votes) Patrick Bell (530 votes) Allan Connor (282 votes) John Cowley (247 votes)
2001	General Election	46%	David Cretney (Lab) (1956 votes, elected) Adrian Duggan (763 votes, elected) David Buttery (467 votes) Rodney Clarke (394 votes) Andrew Jessop (349 votes) Gary Cain (273 votes)
2006	General Election	57%	David Cretney (Lab) (1873 votes, elected) Bill Malarkey (873 votes, elected) David Buttery (829 votes) Phil Kermode (399 votes) Rodney Clarke (361 votes) Frank Schuengel (219 votes)
2011	General Election	46.6%	David Cretney (Lab) (1749 votes, elected) Kate Beecroft (Liberal Vannin) (1191 votes, elected) Bill Malarkey (1019 votes)
2015	By-Election		Bill Malarkey (598 votes, elected) Keith Fitton (502 votes) Amy Burns (273 votes) Kurt Buchholz (164 votes)
2016	General Election		Kathleen Joan Beecroft (Liberal Vannin) (1134 votes, elected) Bill Malarkey (952 votes, elected) Keith Daryl Fitton (767 votes) David Anthony Fowler (296 votes)
Bill Malarkey died in February 2020; however as of March 2020 the resulting by-election has been postponed indefinitely.

External links

• Constituency maps and general election results