Candidates standing for Douglas North
MANX SCENESSeven candidates have announced they will be standing in the general election for the Douglas North constituency.
Predominantly bordered by Onchan, Garff and Middle, Douglas North acts as a bridge between the built-up city areas and the more rural surrounding parishes.
It includes the Douglas Lawn Cemetery towards its upper border, and its divide with Onchan to the right is marked by the TT course through Signpost and Governors.
Largely residential, it encompasses the largest housing estate managed by Douglas Council – in Willaston - as well as developments in the Governor's Hill area.
But its boundary takes in the Tromode Industrial Estate as well as the Department of Home Affairs and the Civil Defence headquarters.
Bordering Douglas North along Glencrutchery Road, the constituency also includes University College Isle of Man and the island's crematorium.
Of the 6,367 people living in Douglas North, recorded in 2023 by the electoral commission, 4,627 are registered to vote.
The election follows the sudden death in early August of John Wanneburgh MHK, who was elected for Douglas North in 2021.
Candidates
- David John Ashford, Independent
- Jason Christopher Cheetham, Independent
- Damian Vincenzo Ciappelli, Independent
- Denis Joseph Staunton, Change
- Janet Thommeny, Independent
- Peter John Washington, Manx Labour Party
- Hugo Norman Lawrence Yates, Independent
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