Qualla: Legislative Council of the Isle of Man https://qualla.com/legislative-council-of-the-isle-of-man en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Legislative Council of the Isle of Man https://qualla.com/legislative-council-of-the-isle-of-man Legislative Council of the Isle of Man: Introduction https://qualla.com/legislative-council-of-the-isle-of-man/ There is a chamber in Douglas where the Bishop of Sodor and Man still has a voting seat. He inherited it across nine centuries of Manx government, sitting alongside the Attorney General (who has a seat but no vote), the President of Tynwald (who has the casting vote when the others split), and eight members indirectly elected by their colleagues down the corridor. This is LegCo, the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man: the upper house of a parliament so old it predates almost everything around it.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/legislative-council-of-the-isle-of-man-wp/gcsu-legislative-council-of-the-isle-of-man-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Legislative Council of the Isle of Man: What LegCo Does https://qualla.com/legislative-council-of-the-isle-of-man/ The Legislative Council is the revising chamber of Tynwald, the Isle of Man's bicameral parliament. Most legislation begins in the directly elected House of Keys, then comes upstairs to be polished, questioned, and sometimes amended. Once in a while the Council originates its own...

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