Candidate for Glenfaba & Peel · Announced 13 July 2026
Peel Commissioner Katryna Baptist announces election bid as the fourth candidate for Glenfaba and Peel.
AI-generated summary from all available evidence sources
Katryna Baptist is standing as an independent candidate in Glenfaba & Peel, bringing experience as a Peel Town Commissioner and as a small business operator in the guest-house sector. Her public priorities are clear but limited: government accountability and transparency, housing, and healthcare. That suggests a candidate focused on practical local concerns rather than a broad ideological platform.
Her strongest identifiable theme is governance reform. Baptist has already taken a petition to Tynwald calling for clearer statutory protections, independent oversight, and fair treatment for elected members of local authorities. That indicates a belief that local government needs stronger rules, better accountability, and more consistent treatment of commissioners and councillors. However, the available material does not show whether she wants wider constitutional reform, changes to Tynwald scrutiny, or a specific plan for improving public services.
On service delivery, she highlights housing and healthcare, two of the most pressing issues for voters in the west of the Island. In practice, those priorities raise questions about how she would tackle affordability, supply, waiting times, recruitment, and access to services. The evidence provided does not include detailed policy on planning, social housing, Noble’s Hospital, GP access, or workforce retention.
Overall, Baptist appears to be a local, reform-minded independent with a strong emphasis on transparency and community concerns. Her profile is grounded in Peel and the west, but voters will want to see more detail on how she would turn those priorities into deliverable policy within Tynwald.
Baptist’s public profile is light on macroeconomic policy, but as a guest house operator she appears likely to favour a pro-enterprise, locally rooted approach rather than ideological intervention. There is no evidence in the sources of tax reform, public spending pledges, or a detailed growth plan, so her economic position is best read as mildly centre-right and pragmatic rather than strongly interventionist.
She explicitly names healthcare as one of her top priorities in her Manx Radio candidate profile, suggesting concern about access and service quality. However, she has not set out any specific proposals on Noble’s Hospital, waiting lists, GP access, or workforce recruitment, so the practical content of this priority remains unclear.
Healthcare is a Tynwald responsibility, not something a single MHK can directly deliver alone. Voters should ask which specific reforms she would back, how she would fund them, and what trade-offs she accepts.
Housing is one of her stated priorities, which usually implies concern about affordability and availability in a constituency like Glenfaba & Peel. The evidence does not show whether she supports planning reform, more social housing, short-term let regulation, or measures to address second-home pressure, so her preferred solution is not yet clear.
Peel and the west of the Island face affordability pressures, but there is no evidence here of how she would increase supply or whether she would support contentious planning changes. Ask for specifics on delivery, not just concern.
No substantive education policy is evidenced in the available material. She has not publicly identified schools, skills, apprenticeships, or childcare as priorities in the sources provided.
Her profile emphasises outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, paddle boarding, kayaking, and walking dogs, which suggests a personal affinity with the natural environment. But there is no policy evidence on climate targets, biodiversity, coastal protection, or land-use trade-offs, so any environmental stance remains largely implicit.
There is no direct transport platform in the evidence, though as a Peel-based commissioner and local business operator she is likely to be attentive to connectivity and access. She has not said whether she supports reform of island transport links, bus services, parking, or the Steam Packet monopoly, so no firm position can be inferred.
The supplied sources contain no digital-economy commitments, such as broadband, e-government, cyber resilience, or support for digital businesses. This area is absent from her public profile so far.
No evidence is provided on immigration, work permits, population policy, or labour shortages. Any position here would be speculative.
Her emphasis on housing and healthcare suggests concern about household pressures, but she has not proposed any specific cost-of-living interventions such as energy support, rates relief, or food/transport affordability measures. As a guest house operator, she may be sensitive to business and consumer pressures, but that is not yet translated into policy.
Governance is the clearest theme in her profile: she explicitly prioritises government accountability and transparency, and her petition to Tynwald called for clearer statutory protections, independent oversight, and fair treatment for local authority members. This points to a reformist, institution-focused stance, though the exact mechanisms she wants are not fully specified.
Her petition suggests concern about local authority governance, but the sources also note a public rebuke from Peel Town Commissioners over her social media comments. Voters should ask how she would improve accountability while maintaining constructive working relationships and what evidence supports her claims about local authority failings.
AI-generated questions based on the candidate's manifesto, policy positions, public statements, and gaps in their platform — grounded in Isle of Man data.
You say housing is a priority: do you support more social housing, planning reform, tighter regulation of short-term lets, or measures on second homes in Glenfaba & Peel — and which of those would you actually vote for in Tynwald?
Healthcare is one of your top issues, but what specific change would you push for at Noble’s Hospital or in GP services, and how would you help fund it given the Island’s tight public finances?
As a Peel Commissioner, you’ve called for stronger protections and independent oversight for local authorities: what concrete statutory changes do you want, and how would they improve services for residents rather than just internal governance?
Your petition argues local authorities need fairer treatment, but commissioners later publicly rebuked you over social media comments. How would you reassure voters that you can work constructively with colleagues while still holding institutions to account?
You have not set out a position on the Steam Packet, bus services, or broader transport links. In a constituency dependent on connectivity and tourism, what is your view on transport costs and reliability?
What is your plan for the cost of living beyond housing and healthcare — for example rates, energy bills, food prices, and support for small businesses like guest houses?
You present yourself as a transparency candidate: will you commit to publishing your voting record, declaring meetings with lobby groups, and supporting stronger Freedom of Information-style reforms in Tynwald?
All scores, summaries, and questions are AI-generated from public evidence.They do not imply wrongdoing.
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Stated policy positions (research pack)
candidate-research-pack## Stated policy positions Primary source: [Manx Radio 2026 candidate profile](https://www.manxradio.com/election-2026/election-candidates/katryna-baptist/). The following is candidate-supplied profile material published by Manx Radio; it should not be treated as independent verification. - Katryna Baptist - Katryna is an independent candidate standing in Glenfaba and Peel. - She's a guest house operator in Peel and has three childen. - She also has two dogs, a cat and eight chickens. - While this is her first time standing in a General Election, she has been a Peel Town Commissioner since 2025. - In her spare time, Katryna loves being outdoors, including hiking, camping, paddle boarding, kayaking, and walking her dogs. - We asked each candidate to tell us what their priorities would be if elected. - Katryna chose government accountability and transparency, housing and healthcare.
News coverage and public record
candidate-research-pack## News coverage and public record - **Manx.News:** [Baptist Bids For Glenfaba & Peel Seat](https://www.manx.news/baptist-bids-for-glenfaba-peel-seat/) — Katryna Baptist has formally declared her intention to stand for Glenfaba and Peel in this year's General Election. #isleofman - **Manx.News:** [Petition Calls For Stronger Protection For Commissioners](https://www.manx.news/petition-calls-for-stronger-protection-for-commissioners/) — Peel Commissioner Katryna Baptist has formally presented a petition to Tynwald on Tynwald Day, calling for clearer statutory protections, independent oversight and fair treatment for elected members of local authorities. #isleofman - **Manx.News:** [‘Local Authorities are not fit for purpose’](https://www.manx.news/local-authorities-are-not-fit-for-purpose/) — A Former Peel Town Commissioner has expressed support for Commissioner Katryna Baptist and raised wider concerns about governance within the local authority. #isleofman - **Manx.News:** [Commissioners Refute Member’s Claims](https://www.manx.news/commissioners-refute-members-claims/) — Peel Town Commissioners have issued a strongly worded rebuke following a series of social media comments made by board member Katryna Baptist #isleofman
Candidacy reported by Manx Radio
Manx RadioPeel Commissioner Katryna Baptist announces election bid as the fourth candidate for Glenfaba and Peel.
