Julie Edge

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Julie Edge MHK

Member of the House of Keys for Onchan
In office 22 September 2016 – 2024 Serving with Rob Callister
Succeeded by	Daphne Caine

Personal details
Born	Isle of Man
Party	Liberal Vannin Party Independent
Children	1
Education	Ballakermeen High School
Alma mater	University of Leicester Henley Management College

Julie Marie Edge is a Manx politician. She represents Onchan in the House of Keys and was Minister of Education, Sport and Culture from 2016 to 2024. Since 2025, she has served as Chair of the Select Committee on Whistleblowing Policy Implementation.

Edge attended Ballakermeen High School. She graduated from the University of Leicester and Henley Management College (Reading).^[1]

Career

Prior to a career in politics, Edge worked as a school business manager.^[2]

Edge was elected to represent the parish of Onchan in the House of Keys from 2016, as a Liberal Vannin Party candidate. She left the Liberal Vannin Party after a year and became an Independent member of the House of Keys.^[2] Edge stood again for election in 2021,^[3] and was re-elected with an increased vote share.^[4]

Edge served as Minister of Education, Sport and Culture from 2016.^[5] In 2024, Edge was asked to step down from the position by Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, Alfred Cannan, and was succeeded by Daphne Caine. She had faced calls to resign the previous month over the threatened closure of a community pool.^[6]^[7]

In 2025, Edge was appointed as Chair of the Select Committee on Whistleblowing Policy Implementation.^[8]

Election results

2016

2016 Manx General Election: Onchan^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Callister	1272	28.92%
	Liberal Vannin Party	Julie Edge	953	21.67%
	Independent	Timothy Craig	841	41.86%
	Independent	David Quirk	822	18.69%
	Independent	Anthony Allen	510	11.6%
Total valid votes			4398
Rejected ballots			11	0.45%
Registered electors			4,997
Turnout			2447	48.97%

2021

2021 Manx General Election: Onchan^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Callister	1600	38.72%
	Independent	Julie Edge	1363	30.11%
	Independent	James Cherry	570	13.79%
	Independent	Peter Willers	433	10.48%
	Independent	Michael Leather	177	4.28%
Total valid votes			4,398
Rejected ballots			TBC	0%
Registered electors			TBC
Turnout				0%

References

↑ "Julie Edge MHK". Tynwald - Parliament. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
1 2 "Isle of Man election: Who are the new members of the House of Keys?". BBC News. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
↑ "Julie Edge – standing for Onchan". BBC News. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
↑ "Tynwald - Parliament of the Isle of Man - EDGE Julie Marie, MHK". Tynwald.org.im. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
↑ "Secondary school teacher training to start on Isle of Man". BBC News. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
↑ "Isle of Man's education minister sacked in 'mid-term review'". BBC News. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
↑ Turner, Juan (22 February 2024). "WATCH: Julie Edge on why she was sacked from Comin". Manx.News. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
↑ "Julie Edge". Tynwald. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
↑ "2016 General Election - Constituency Results" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
↑ "Poll Results: Election 21 Isle of Man General Election". Manx Radio. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

v t e Members of the House of Keys 2016–2021
Elected in the 2016 election
MHKs	Graham Cregeen (Arbory, Castletown & Malew, Ind) Jason Moorhouse (Arbory, Castletown & Malew, Ind) Tim Baker (Ayre & Michael, Ind) Alfred Cannan (Ayre & Michael, Ind) Ann Corlett (Douglas Central, Ind) Christopher Thomas (Douglas Central, Ind) Clare Barber (Douglas East, Ind) Chris Robertshaw (Douglas East, Ind) David Ashford (Douglas North, Ind) Ralph Peake (Douglas North, Ind) Kate Costain (Douglas South, LibVan) Bill Malarkey (Douglas South, LibVan, died Feb 2020) Daphne Caine (Garff, Ind) Martyn Perkins (Garff, Ind) Geoffrey Boot (Glenfaba & Peel, Ind) Ray Harmer (Glenfaba & Peel, Ind) Howard Quayle (Middle, Ind) Bill Shimmins (Middle, Ind) Rob Callister (Onchan, Ind) Julie Edge (Onchan, Ind) Alex Allinson (Ramsey, Ind) Lawrie Hooper (Ramsey, LibVan) Laurence Skelly (Rushen, Ind) Juan Watterson (Rushen, Ind)
Independents (21 seats), LibVan (3 seats)

v t e Members of the House of Keys 2021–
Elected in the 2021 election
MHKs	Tim Glover (Arbory, Castletown & Malew, Ind) Jason Moorhouse (Arbory, Castletown & Malew, Ind) Alfred Cannan (Ayre & Michael, Ind) Tim Johnston (Ayre & Michael, Ind) Ann Corlett (Douglas Central, Ind) Chris Thomas (Douglas Central, Ind) Clare Barber (Douglas East, Ind) Joney Faragher (Douglas East, Labour) David Ashford (Douglas North, Ind) John Wannenburgh (Douglas North, Ind) Claire Christian (Douglas South, Ind) Sarah Maltby (Douglas South, Labour) Daphne Caine (Garff, Ind) Andrew Smith (Garff, Ind) Tim Crookall (Glenfaba & Peel, Ind) Kate Lord-Brennan (Glenfaba & Peel, Ind) Stu Peters (Middle, Ind) Jane Poole-Wilson (Middle, Ind) Rob Callister (Onchan, Ind) Julie Edge (Onchan, Ind) Alex Allinson (Ramsey, Ind) Lawrie Hooper (Ramsey, LibVan) Michelle Haywood (Rushen, Ind) Juan Watterson (Rushen, Ind)
Independents (21 seats), Labour (2 seats), LibVan (1 seats)

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