{{Short description|House of Keys Constituency}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2024}} {{Politics of the Isle of Man}}
'''Douglas South''' is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man.
Although the constituency is named Douglas South, its current (2020) boundaries place it in the west rather than the south of Douglas.
Like all the Keys constituencies, the constituency returns two members to the House of Keys. Following a general election in October 2021, the incumbents are Mrs Claire Christian and Sarah Maltby.
==MHKs & Elections==
The following information is incomplete, and there were also significant boundary changes as the number of constituencies in Douglas increased from two to four.
{| class="wikitable" border="1" ! Year !! Election !! Turnout !! Candidates |- valign="top" !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 |- valign="top" !1908 | General Election | ? | *Robert Moughtin, 662 votes, elected *William Kerruish, 582 votes, elected *Walter Clucas Craine |- valign="top" !1919 | General Election | ? | *Alfred James Teare JP, elected *John Leigh Goldie Taubman JP CP, elected *? |- valign="top" !1922 | By-Election | ? | *Walter Clucas Craine *? |- valign="top" !1924 | General Election | ? | *Walter Clucas Craine, elected *Alfred James Teare JP, elected *? |- valign="top" !1929 | General Election | Unopposed | *Albert Hugh Teare, elected *Walter Clucas Craine, elected *Alfred James Teare JP, elected |- valign="top" !1934 | General Election | ? | *Walter Clucas Craine, elected *Alfred James Teare JP, elected *? |- valign="top" !1976 | General Election | ? | *Peter Craine *? |- valign="top" !1981 | General Election | ? | *Adrian Duggan *? |- valign="top" !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) |- valign="top" !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) |- valign="top" !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) |- valign="top" !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) |- valign="top" !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) |- valign="top" !2011 | General Election | 46.6% | *David Cretney (Lab) (1749 votes, elected) *Kate Beecroft (Liberal Vannin) (1191 votes, elected) *Bill Malarkey (1019 votes) |- colspan="4"|Bill Malarkey had resigned from the Liberal Vannin Party and contested the seat as in independent, but was defeated by the official Liberal Vannin candidate Kate Beecroft. |- valign="top" !2015 | By-Election | | *Bill Malarkey (598 votes, elected) *Keith Fitton (502 votes) *Amy Burns (273 votes) *Kurt Buchholz (164 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.
{{Election box begin no change |title=General election 2021: Douglas South<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.im/media/1374586/douglas-south-notice-of-result.pdf|format=PDF|title=Notice of Results for the General Election to the House of Keys 2021 (Douglas South)|website=Gov.im|accessdate=9 March 2024}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Manx Labour Party | candidate = Sarah Louise Maltby | votes = 1244 | percentage = 30.1 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Claire Sarah Beverley Christian | votes = 1242 | percentage = 30.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Stephen Paul Quine | votes = 1094 | percentage = 26.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Gerard Peter Higgins | votes = 552 | percentage = 13.4 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = {{#expr:1242+552+1244+1094}} | percentage = }} {{Election box total ballots | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|2295}} | percentage = }} {{Election box rejected no change | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|4}} | percentage = }} {{Election box turnout no change with votes | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|2299}} | percentage = {{#expr:100*2299/4897 round 1}} }} {{Election box registered electors no change | reg. electors = {{val|fmt=commas|4897}} }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=2020 Douglas South by-election<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.im/media/1370175/notice-of-result-douglas-south-by-election-2020.pdf|format=PDF|title=Notice of Results for Douglas South By-Election to the House of Keys 2020|website=Gov.im|accessdate=9 March 2024}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Claire Sarah Beverley Christian | votes = 930 | percentage = 28.4 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Stephen Paul Quine | votes = 469 | percentage = 14.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Liberal Vannin Party | candidate = Michael Derek Josem | votes = 463 | percentage = 14.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Isle of Man Green Party | candidate = Andrew Charles Richard Jessopp | votes = 342 | percentage = 10.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Pamela Jane Birnie-Malarkey | votes = 337 | percentage = 10.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Anthony Allen | votes = 264 | percentage = 8.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = David Anthony Fowler | votes = 139 | percentage = 4.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Kevin Oliphant-Smith | votes = 132 | percentage = 4.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Ian James Clanton | votes = 115 | percentage = 3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Lon Pinkerton | votes = 84 | percentage = 2.6 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = {{#expr:264+337+930+115+139+342+463+132+84+469}} | percentage = }} {{Election box total ballots | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1789}} | percentage = }} {{Election box rejected no change | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|5}} | percentage = }} {{Election box turnout no change with votes | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1794}} | percentage = {{#expr:100*1794/4759 round 1}} }} {{Election box registered electors no change | reg. electors = {{val|fmt=commas|4759}} }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=General election 2016: Douglas South<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.im/media/1353347/2016-general-election-results-and-turnout.pdf|format=PDF|title=Isle of Man Election Results 2016|website=Gov.im|accessdate=9 March 2024}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Liberal Vannin Party | candidate = Kathleen Joan Beecroft | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1134}} | percentage = 36.0 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = William Mackay Malarkey | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|952}} | percentage = 30.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Keith Daryl Fitton | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|767}} | percentage = 24.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = David Anthony Fowler | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|296}} | percentage = 9.4 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|3149}} | percentage = }} {{Election box total ballots | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1800}} | percentage = }} {{Election box rejected no change | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|8}} | percentage = }} {{Election box turnout no change with votes | votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1808}} | percentage = {{#expr:100*1808/4496 round 1}} }} {{Election box registered electors no change | reg. electors = {{val|fmt=commas|4496}} }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091102151345/http://www.tynwald.org.im/keys/election.shtml Constituency maps and general election results]
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