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Christian: "I'm dedicated to DHSC role"

Douglas South MHK keen to return to health

The former health and social care minister says she is keen to return to the department after being re-elected to the House of Keys.

Claire Christian was returned tonight (24 September) by her constituents in Douglas South.

She secured 1064 votes.

Her political colleague of the last five years Sarah Maltby, from the Manx Labour Party, topped the poll with 1245 votes - one more than when she was first elected in 2021.

You can find out more HERE.

Ms Christian became the DHSC Minister in 2024.

Speaking to Manx Radio after the vote she said the department hadn’t been the ‘poison chalice’ she was expecting:

Mrs Maltby, who spent her first term as a backbench MHK, told Manx Radio she’d like to secure a ministerial position: 

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