stv.vote // Aberdeenshire, Scotland Aboyne Upper Deeside and Donside

The Aberdeenshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 5 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,211 votes) are elected. Surplus votes above the quota are transferred to voters' next preferences. When no candidate reaches the quota, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their votes are transferred.

Elected candidates:

  1. Sarah Brown
  2. Geva Blackett
  3. Anouk Kloppert

Votes needed to win: 1,211 votes ⌊4,8413+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,841}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,211Sarah BrownElected in round 3Geva BlackettElected in round 4Anouk KloppertElected in round 6Peter John ArgyleEliminated in round 5Claudia LeithEliminated in round 2John LawsonEliminated in round 1

STV Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was elected (surplus transfers) or eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Geva BlackettAnouk KloppertSarah BrownPeter John ArgyleClaudia LeithJohn LawsonExhausted22.7%21.7%21.3%17.5%13.2%23.3%22.5%21.5%18.8%13.5%24.2%22.7%32.5%19.6%28.4%22.9%25%22.1%25%25%25%23.2%Geva BlackettAnouk KloppertSarah BrownPeter John ArgyleExhausted

Candidate Clustering

This visualization shows candidates positioned based on second-choice transfers. Candidates whose voters frequently rank each other appear closer together, forming natural "clusters" or voting blocs.

Distance is based on the First Alternate table below — if voters who rank candidate A first often rank candidate B second (and vice versa), they'll appear close together. In STV, proportional representation means winners should be distributed across different clusters, representing diverse voter preferences.

Circle size indicates first-round vote share. Green circles are elected candidates. Hover over candidates to see their top second-choice transfers.

ArgyleBlackettBrownKloppertLawsonLeithLegendElectedNot elected

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Note: In multi-seat STV elections, pairwise preferences show overall voter sentiment but don't directly determine outcomes, since votes transfer through multiple elimination and surplus rounds.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Anouk Kloppert
Sarah Brown
Geva Blackett
Peter John Argyle
Claudia Leith
John Lawson
Anouk Kloppert0%42.6%36.4%40%44.5%61.6%
Sarah Brown57.4%0%45.4%48.7%60.5%64.9%
Geva Blackett63.6%54.6%0%53.7%58.1%75.4%
Peter John Argyle60%51.3%46.3%0%54.7%76%
Claudia Leith55.5%39.5%41.9%45.3%0%62.2%
John Lawson38.4%35.1%24.6%24%37.8%0%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Anouk Kloppert
Sarah Brown
Geva Blackett
Peter John Argyle
Claudia Leith
John Lawson
Exhausted
Anouk Kloppert0%2.6%37.4%20.8%0.7%15.7%22.9%
Sarah Brown1%0%9.1%8.7%73.9%1.8%5.4%
Geva Blackett21.4%16.9%0%30.9%12.3%7.1%11.4%
Peter John Argyle11.8%15.7%36.6%0%7.4%16.9%11.5%
Claudia Leith0.6%80.6%6.7%6.3%0%1.6%4.2%
John Lawson23.5%6.1%16.2%34.6%7.3%0%12.3%

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