Graham Cregeen

The Honourable
Graham Derek Cregeen
The Honourable Graham Derek Cregeen
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 March 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Richard Gozney
Preceded by	David Ashford
Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
	In office; 4 October 2016 – 3 March 2020
Succeeded by	Alex Allinson
Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure
	In office; 12 July 2012 – 3 April 2014
Preceded by	Tim Crookall
Succeeded by	Chris Robertshaw
Member of the House of Keys ; for Arbory, Castletown and Malew
	In office; 22 September 2016 – 12 August 2021
Member of the House of Keys for Malew and Santon
	In office; 29 September 2011 – 21 September 2016
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Nationality	Manx
Political party	Independent

Graham Derek Cregeen was a Manx politician who served as Member of the House of Keys for Arbory, Castletown & Malew in the Isle of Man until 2021. He was Minister for Justice and Home Affairs from 2020 to 2021.^[1]

Graham has two sons including Andrew Cregeen famous Manx basket baller. Graham can be seen walking his grandson Ted on Thursday nights and sometimes on a weekend.

Political career

In 2006 he was elected MHK for the former Malew and Santon constituency, and was re-elected for that constituency in 2011.

From 2006 to 2016 he was a political member of a variety of government departments in turn, and for a few weeks in 2012 he was Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure (a position that was abolished in 2014).

In 2016 he was elected MHK for the new Arbory, Castletown & Malew constituency, and appointed Minister for Education and Children. In 2017 the department was renamed as the Department of Education, Sport and Culture.

In 2020 he was appointed Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

Election results

2011

2011 Manx General Election: Malew and Santon^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Graham Cregeen	877	71.53%
	Independent	Gareth Kelly	262	21.37%
	Independent	John Hanson	87	7.1%
Total valid votes			1226
Rejected ballots			21	1.68%
Registered electors			2,309
Turnout			1247	54.01%

2016

In 2014, Tynwald approved recommendations from the Boundary Review Commission which saw the reform of the Island's electoral boundaries.

Under the new system, the Island was divided into 12 constituencies based on population, with each area represented by two members of the House of Keys.

As a result Cregeen's former constituency of Malew and Santon was abolished, with Santon becoming part of the constituency of Middle and Malew becoming part of the newly formed Arbory, Castletown and Malew.^[3]

2016 Manx General Election: Arbory, Castletown and Malew^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jason Moorhouse	1066	18.21%
	Independent	Graham Cregeen	991	16.93%
	Independent	Phil Gawne	972	16.6%
	Independent	Stephen Crowther	950	16.23%
	Independent	Carl Parker	890	15.2%
	Independent	Richard McAleer	718	12.27%
	Manx Labour Party	Carol Quine	267	4.56%
Total valid votes			5854
Rejected ballots			11	0.14%
Registered electors			5,487
Turnout			3268	59.56%

References

^ "Graham Derek Cregeen". Tynwald.
^ "House of Keys 2011 General Election Results" (PDF). Government of the Isle of Man.
^ "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014" (PDF). legislation.gov.im.
^ "2016 General Election - Constituency Results" (PDF). Government of the Isle of Man.

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[1] "Graham Derek Cregeen". Tynwald.

[2] "House of Keys 2011 General Election Results" (PDF). Government of the Isle of Man.

[3] "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014" (PDF). legislation.gov.im.

[4] "2016 General Election - Constituency Results" (PDF). Government of the Isle of Man.

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