Brenda Josephine Cannell MHK (born 2 July 1952[1]) is the current member of the House of Keys for Douglas East.
Cannell was a councillor for the Derby Ward of Douglas Town Council from 1992 to '95, serving as Chairman of the Public Health and Housing Committee (1993–94) and sitting on various other committees and groups.
[1] She was born Brenda Josephine Jones on 2 July 1952 in Liverpool and moved to the island in 1977.
She was a hair stylist prior to becoming an MHK, and her interests include music, gardening and the environment.
She is married to Charles Randall Cannell, they have two sons named Louis and Samuel.