House of Keys

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House of Keys Yn Kiare as Feed
Type
Type	Lower house of the High Court of Tynwald
Leadership
Speaker	Juan Watterson
Structure
Seats	24 MHKs
Political groups	Liberal Vannin (2)      Independent (22)
Elections
Voting system	Multiple non-transferable vote
Last election	22 September 2016
Next election	September 2021
Meeting place
Chamber of the House of Keys, Legislative Buildings, Douglas
Website
www.tynwald.org.im/about/hok

Isle of Man
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Isle of Man
Lord of Mann HM Queen Elizabeth II Lieutenant Governor His Excellency Sir Richard Gozney Deputy Governor Until 31 July 2018: His Honour Deemster Doyle QC Successor: Andrew Corlett Isle of Man Government Council of Ministers Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK Departments Statutory Boards Offices Other Agencies Tynwald Act of Tynwald List President of Tynwald The Hon. Steve Rodan MLC Legislative Council President The Hon. Steve Rodan MLC House of Keys Speaker The Hon. Juan Watterson SHK Members (MHKs) Officials of State Judiciary Local government Parish Captains Elections House of Keys elections Legislative Council elections Keys constituencies Political parties Last Keys election
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The House of Keys (Manx: Yn Kiare as Feed) is the directly elected lower branch of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, the other branch being the Legislative Council.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Governance
  


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  3 Meeting place
  


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  4 Elections
  


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  5 Current members (as of July 2018)
  


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  6 Members' salaries, expenses allowances, and benefits
  


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  7 External links
  

History

See also: Old House of Keys

The oldest known reference to the name is in a document of 1417, written by an English scholar in Latin, which refers to Claves Mann and Claves Legis (The Keys of Mann and The Keys of Law). There is a dispute, however, over the origin of the name. The word keys is thought by some to be an English corruption of a form of the Norse verb kjósa meaning to choose. However, a more likely explanation is that it is a mishearing of the Manx-language term for four and twenty, kiare as feed (Manx pronunciation: ['ciːəs 'fid]), the House having always had 24 members. The Manx-language name of the House of Keys remains Yn Kiare as Feed (The Four and Twenty).

Governance

Members are known as Members of the House of Keys (MHKs). Citizens over the age of 16 may vote, while one must be at least 18 years old and a resident of the Island for three years to be elected an MHK. There are 12 constituencies, mainly based on the sheadings and on local government units. (A few local government units are split between two constituencies.) Each sends 2 members to the House of Keys. The term of the House of Keys is normally fixed at five years, but provisions exist for dissolution before the expiration of the term.

The Speaker of the House of Keys (SHK) is an MHK elected by the Keys as the presiding officer. The Speaker votes in the House of Keys, but, unlike other members, may abstain; however, where the vote is tied the Speaker must cast the deciding vote. The Speaker also acts as Deputy President of Tynwald Court.

The House of Keys elects most of the members of the Legislative Council. Legislation does not usually originate in the Council. (There are exceptions: for example the Equality Bill was introduced in the Legislative Council in late 2016.) Thus, the Keys have much more power than the Council, which performs the function of a revising chamber.

The House of Keys meets about once each month together with the Legislative Council in a joint session called Tynwald Court. The President of Tynwald, elected by both branches, presides over Tynwald Court and over the Legislative Council. Once each year, however, on Tynwald Day, the Isle of Man's national day, the Lieutenant Governor presides.

Meeting place

The House of Keys usually meets in their chamber in the Legislative Buildings in Douglas. Seating is allocated in alphabetical order by constituency name (in English). On 14 March 2017 the Keys met in the Old House of Keys in Castletown, for the first time since 1874, to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the first elected House of Keys.

Elections

Main articles: Manx general election, 2001; Manx general election, 2006; Manx general election, 2011; and Manx general election, 2016

Current members (as of July 2018)

Constituency	MHKs
Arbory, Castletown & Malew	Graham Cregeen
	Jason Moorhouse
Ayre & Michael	Tim Baker
	Alfred Cannan
Douglas Central	Ann Corlett
	Christopher Thomas
Douglas East	Chris Robertshaw (Deputy Speaker)
	Clare Bettison
Douglas North	Ralph Peake
	David Ashford
Douglas South	Bill Malarkey
	Kate Beecroft (Liberal Vannin)
Garff	Daphne Caine
	Martyn Perkins
Glenfaba & Peel	Geoffrey Boot
	Ray Harmer
Middle	Howard Quayle (Chief Minister)
	Bill Shimmins
Onchan	Julie Edge
	Rob Callister
Ramsey	Alex Allinson
	Lawrie Hooper (Liberal Vannin)
Rushen	Laurence Skelly
	Juan Watterson (Speaker)

• All members other than the two Liberal Vannin members sit as independents.

Members' salaries, expenses allowances, and benefits

From 1 April 2014,

• Members' basic salary: £38,771.00 per annum


• General expenses allowance: £6,575.90 per annum (tax-free and without production of receipts)


• Travel expenses (subject to the production of receipts)


• Free secretarial and mailing support

For details of the members' pension scheme and a list of the additional sums payable to certain office-holders, see the official Tynwald page.

External links

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  Isle of Man portal
  


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  Politics portal
  

• House of Keys


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  Elections to the House (Dead Link)


• Enfranchisement @ 16 years (BBC)


• iomelections.com - 2006 General Election


• Access to work & info of members of IoM Tynwald


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