Dr Alex AllinsonMB BChir MRCGP DCH DGM DRCOG MHK
Members Profile
Posts held as at August 2026
Member of the House of Keys 2016-2026.
Member of the Environment and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee 2026-2026.
Parliamentary Career
Minister for the Department of: Education, Sport and Culture 2020-2021; Enterprise 2021-2022; Treasury 2022-2026.
Political Member for the Department of: Cabinet Office 2018-2020; Home Affairs 2016-2020.
Statutory Boards and Offices positions held: Chair of Manx Utilities Authority 2016-2020.
Committees of Tynwald (Member): Select Committee on the Functioning of Tynwald 2017-2018; Member of the House of Keys Committee on the Assisted Dying Bill 2023-2024.
Committees of Tynwald (Chair): Select Committee of Tynwald on Public Service Broadcasting (2018) 2018-2019; Select Committee on the Role of the Legislature in the Budget Process 2024-2026.
Electoral History
First elected as Member of the House of Keys for Ramsey in 2016; re-elected in 2021.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Isle of Man branch Member
Study Visits and Conferences
Study Visit: Westminster, London 2017.
Regional conferences: Guernsey 2019.
64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference: Uganda 2019.
66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Accra, Ghana 2023.
CPA Small Branches Workshop, Maldives 2026.
Political Interests:
Healthcare reform, drug policy, social housing, and creating a more equal and fair society for all
Personal
Born: London.
Education: Secondary education at Latymer Upper School. 1984 Exhibition to King's College Cambridge to study Medicine. 1987 Clinical training at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Graduated with MB BChir. Awarded MA 1991. Awarded Diploma Geriatric Medicine, Diploma Child Health, Diploma Royal College Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and became member Royal College General Practitioners.
Family: Married with two children.
Career: After leaving medical school specialised in paediatrics with a twelve month specialist rotation at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Returned to the UK and worked as community Paediatrician in Hackney before deciding to go into general practice. Completed GP training at the James Wigg Health Centre, Camden and then spent over two years as a rural GP in Geraldton, Western Australia with the local Aboriginal Medical service. Returned to London and worked as a GP locum until 2002 when invited to join the Ramsey Group Practice as a GP Partner.
Public Service: Executive member of Medical Practitioners' Union. Elected to General Practitioner Committee. Previous President of Isle of Man Medical Society, Chair of the GP Subcommittee, BMA Secretary. Ramsey Town Commissioner 2008-2016.
Interests: Modern music and art, interesting food and film. Politics and involvement in the life of the Isle of Man. Coastal rowing. Manx culture.
Current Member Interests
Ceased Member Interests
Gifts and Benefits in Kind
Member Privacy Policy
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Contacting Me
My direct contact details are:
Telephone +44 (0)1624 651517
Email alex.allinson2@gov.im
If you would prefer to write to me please address your letter to:
Dr Alexander Allinson MHK, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW