stv.vote // Aberdeenshire, Scotland Banchory and Mid Deeside

The Aberdeenshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 4 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,209 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. Ann Ross
  2. Yi-pei Chou Turvey
  3. Eileen Durno

Votes needed to win: 1,209 votes ⌊4,8323+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,832}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,209Ann RossElected in round 1Yi-pei Chou TurveyElected in round 4Eileen DurnoElected in round 4Harriet CrossEliminated in final roundAndy BrownEliminated in round 3Graeme CraibEliminated in round 2

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 4Ann RossEileen DurnoYi-pei Chou TurveyHarriet CrossAndy BrownGraeme CraibExhausted25.1%24%21.5%17.6%11.1%25%24%21.6%17.6%11.1%25%24%21.8%17.9%11.2%25%26.2%27.8%19.1%Ann RossEileen DurnoYi-pei Chou TurveyHarriet CrossExhausted

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.

BrownTurveyCraibCrossDurnoRossLegendElectedNot 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
Yi-pei Chou Turvey
Eileen Durno
Ann Ross
Harriet Cross
Andy Brown
Graeme Craib
Yi-pei Chou Turvey0%63%50.5%52.3%64.1%90.6%
Eileen Durno37%0%41.6%42.5%46.6%77.1%
Ann Ross49.5%58.4%0%55.9%55.2%85.9%
Harriet Cross47.7%57.5%44.1%0%53.4%85.3%
Andy Brown35.9%53.4%44.8%46.6%0%86.5%
Graeme Craib9.4%22.9%14.1%14.7%13.5%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
Yi-pei Chou Turvey
Eileen Durno
Ann Ross
Harriet Cross
Andy Brown
Graeme Craib
Exhausted
Yi-pei Chou Turvey0%19.7%12.1%12.3%40.4%3%12.5%
Eileen Durno32.6%0%4.2%1.7%33.8%5.3%22.4%
Ann Ross6.9%1.8%0%83.8%3%0.7%3.7%
Harriet Cross6.3%0.9%84.5%0%2.6%0.7%4.9%
Andy Brown51.9%17.5%6.3%6.7%0%3.5%14%
Graeme Craib22.9%8.6%5.7%28.6%17.1%0%17.1%

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