House of Keys constituencies


These are the constituencies used in the elections to the House of Keys, the lower house of the parliament of the Isle of Man.

Constituencies from 2016

ConstituencySheadingLocal government areasMHKs
Arbory, Castletown & MalewRushenArbory, Castletown, Malew and parts of east Rushen2
Ayre & MichaelAyre, MichaelAndreas, Ballaugh, Bride, Jurby, Lezayre and Michael2
Douglas CentralMiddleDouglas2
Douglas EastMiddleDouglas2
Douglas NorthMiddleDouglas2
Douglas SouthMiddleDouglas2
GarffGarff excluding
parts of Onchan
Garff parish and parts of north Onchan2
Glenfaba & PeelGlenfabaGerman, Patrick and Peel2
MiddleMiddle excluding DouglasBraddan, Marown and Santon2
OnchanGarffOnchan excluding parts of north Onchan2
RamseyAyreRamsey2
RushenRushenPort St Mary, Port Erin and most of Rushen2
Total24

Constituencies from 1986–2011

The constituencies used for the 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 General Elections for the House of Keys were:
ConstituencySheadingLocal Government AreasMHKs
AyreAyreAndreas, Bride, Lezayre1
GlenfabaGlenfabaGerman, Patrick1
GarffGarff without OnchanLonan, Maughold, Laxey1
MichaelMichaelBallaugh, Jurby, Michael1
RushenRushenArbory, Rushen, Port St Mary, Port Erin3
MiddleMiddle without Santon Parish or DouglasBraddan, Marown1
Malew and SantonParts of Middle and RushenMalew, Santon1
Douglas EastMiddleDouglas2
Douglas WestMiddleDouglas2
Douglas NorthMiddleDouglas2
Douglas SouthMiddleDouglas2
CastletownRushenCastletown1
OnchanGarffOnchan3
PeelGlenfabaPeel1
RamseyAyreRamsey2
Total24

1986 changes

The original constituencies set out in the House of Keys Election Act 1866, providing for the House to be elected for the first time. These are shown below and were used for the 1867, 1875, and 1881 General Elections.
The arrangements for elections between 1881 and 1903 are not currently shown in the table.
The original constituencies were altered by the Redistribution Act 1893 as follows:
These were used for the 1903, 1908, 1913 and 1919 General Elections. The same constituencies and distribution of seats were also used for the 1934, 1946 and 1951 elections and so are likely also to have been used for the 1924 and 1929 elections.
The distribution of seats was changed for the 1956 election, and again for the 1986 election, as shown.
= sheading, = town
Further back in history, before democratic elections, each of the six sheadings was represented by four members.