Another candidate has announced his intention to fight for a House of Keys seat in Rushen.

Mark Kemp, who came third in the election in 2016, says: ’Unfortunately, we have had to suffer through administrations more interested in withholding information, that haven’t seized the initiative when they needed to and have failed to reform, or mend broken elements of the public purse and the civil service.’

The former teacher adds: ’I want to help you to reclaim your island from years of ineffective and laissez faire, often expensive departmental practice, an inadequate budget process, cronyism, and members of the House and passive Ministers who are unwilling to rock the boat and who look the other way with regards to poverty, mental health and the failings of social services.’

So far only two other candidates have come forward for the constituency, which encompasses Port Erin, Port St Mary and the parish of Rushen.

They are Port St Mary commissioner Michelle Haywood and advocate Andrew Langan-Newton, the leader of the Green Party.

Laurence Skelly, one of the two sitting members, has said he won’t stand again. He is tipped to be the next president of Tynwald, which is not a Keys position.

Juan Watterson, the Speaker of the House of Keys, has not said whether he intends to defend his seat.

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