2021 Douglas borough council election

22 July 2021

All 12 seats in the Douglas Borough Council
Turnout2,946 (18.58%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Independents Manx Labour Green
Seats won 8 2 2
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 3,722 1,419 936
Percentage 61.25% 23.35% 15.40%
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Composition of the Council after the election

Leader of the council before election

David Christian
Independent

Elected Leader of the council

Claire Wells
Independent

The 2021 Douglas Borough Council election was held on the Isle of Man on the 22 July 2021, with all 12 councilors elected. The election took place alongside other Local Authority elections across the island. The election was the first City-wide election to use the new 2018 boundaries, which reduced the number of wards from 6 to 4 and the number of councilors from 18 to 12.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Manx Labour Party1,41923.352
Isle of Man Green Party93615.402
Independents3,72261.258
Total6,077100.0012
Source: [1][2][3]
Douglas North Ward, 22 July 2021
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Janet Thommeny (elected) 446 53.03
Green Falk Horning (elected) 385 45.78
Manx Labour Peter John Washington (elected) 376 44.71
Independent Karen Angela 349 41.50
Majority 61 7.25
Turnout 841 16.05
Rejected ballots 5 0.60
Douglas East Ward, 22 July 2021
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Andrew Bentley (elected) 551 63.55
Manx Labour Devon Watson (elected) 540 62.28
Independent Ian John Gelling Clague (elected) 373 43.02
Independent Angela Joughin 324 37.37
Independent Linda Coe 235 27.11
Majority 11 1.27
Turnout 867 17.84
Rejected ballots 5 0.58%
Douglas Central Ward, 22 July 2021
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Stephen Pitts (elected) 781 63.09
Independent John Skinner (elected) 647 52.26
Independent Natalie Byron (elected) 567 45.80
Manx Labour Samuel Hamer 503 40.63
Majority 134 10.82
Turnout 1238 21.49
Rejected ballots 9 0.73
Douglas South Ward (Uncontested), 22 July 2021
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Steven Crellin (elected) N/C N/C
Independent Frank Schuengel (elected) N/C N/C
Independent Claire Louise Wells (elected) N/C N/C

References

  1. โ†‘ "Local Authority Election Result 2021".
  2. โ†‘ "All results in after local authority election night".
  3. โ†‘ "Douglas (North, Central, East, South - 12 seats)".
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