A sitting commissioner in Andreas has lost her seat by two votes.
Ann McDonald polled 222 votes in the six-way battle for five seats. She missed out on retaining her seat by just two votes. Aileen Fraser is the new face, with 285 votes. Dorothy Sayle topped the poll with 416, followed by Norman Morrey on 355, while Richard Martin polled 259. Eric Howe scraped in on 224.
Braddan saw seven candidates competing for five seats. Peter Halsall topped the poll with 358, followed by John Quaye on 317, Margaret Hodge, 295, Andrew Jessop, 262, and Colin Slinn on 239. The two to lose out were both defending board members, Ray Corkill on 213 and Juan Cottier on 211.
Result in Laxey (five seats): Peter Kinnish, 264, Sue Jones, 239, Andrew Moore, 226, Ros Bate, 182, Jeffrey James, 175, were all elected. The unsuccessful candidate was Glen Gilmore Pearce-White with 98.
The following five were elected in Lezayre: Arthur Derek Radcliffe, 281, Andrew Paul Brew, 267, Henrietta Louise Reeve, 265, Andrew Karl Brew, 248, Viven Quane, 222. Fiona Robinson, with 188, missed out,
Six were battling for five seats in Malew. The following five were elected: Barbara Ann Brereton, 357, Bob Pilling, 352, Gareth Kelly, 308, Brenda Crellin 299, Eddie Power, 275. Mary Louise Corlett, with 161, was the candidate who missed out.
Port St Mary had 11 candidates seeking nine seats.
The following were elected: Mark Patrick O’Meara, 422, Richard Ashcroft, 319, Christopher Kinley, 315, Helen Anne Kinvig, 283, Robbie Cooil, 242, Bernadette McCabe, 241, Rebecca Sinfield, 221, Alex Merchant, 215, Alan Grace, 196. The unsuccessful candidates were Edward Marian Cerowski with 155 and Gillian Margaret Manning with 132.
In Michael, a total of 495 people voted in the parish, a turnout out of 37.8 per cent. Eight candidates were vying for seven seats.
Peter Hayes topped the poll with 322 votes, followed by John Philip Barron and Brian Corlett, each on 267 votes, with Dave Goldsmith on 258, Stephen Hamer on 224, Caroline Jane Clague on 189 and Janet Gaynor Bailey on 184.
Carrie Ann Diehl was the unsuccessful candidate, with 171 votes.
They will serve until May 2016.
