stv.vote // Aberdeenshire, Scotland North Kincardine

The Aberdeenshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 9 candidates over 7 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,096 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. David Aitchison
  2. Shirley Burnett
  3. Mel Sullivan
  4. Catherine Mary Victor

Votes needed to win: 1,096 votes ⌊5,4774+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,477}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,096David AitchisonElected in round 1Shirley BurnettElected in round 6Mel SullivanElected in round 8Catherine Mary VictorElected in round 8Colin PikeEliminated in round 7Jeff HutchisonEliminated in round 5Louise Claire RossEliminated in round 4Alastair BewsEliminated in round 3Elizabeth Wilson LeslieEliminated 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 4Round 5Round 6Round 7David AitchisonShirley BurnettMel SullivanCatherine Mary VictorJeff HutchisonColin PikeLouise Claire RossAlastair BewsElizabeth Wilson LeslieExhausted21.6%15.6%15.5%14.6%11.3%9.6%5.7%20%15.7%15.5%15.8%11.3%9.6%5.9%20%15.8%15.7%15.9%11.4%9.7%6.2%20%16.5%16.3%16.5%11.5%11.9%6.4%20%16.6%18.1%19.3%11.6%12.5%20%26.7%18.6%19.3%13.1%20%20%19.5%19.3%13.8%7.4%David AitchisonShirley BurnettMel SullivanCatherine Mary VictorColin PikeExhausted

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.

AitchisonBewsBurnettHutchisonLesliePikeRossSullivanVictorLegendElectedNot 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
Shirley Burnett
Mel Sullivan
David Aitchison
Catherine Mary Victor
Colin Pike
Jeff Hutchison
Louise Claire Ross
Alastair Bews
Elizabeth Wilson Leslie
Shirley Burnett0%45.3%43.8%45.4%51.3%61.3%53.4%57.7%80.3%
Mel Sullivan54.7%0%46.5%48.6%59.3%55.2%61.7%66.8%85.6%
David Aitchison56.2%53.5%0%54.8%59.6%56.6%71.8%66.3%85.2%
Catherine Mary Victor54.6%51.4%45.2%0%58.2%55.2%69.4%64%83.9%
Colin Pike48.7%40.7%40.4%41.8%0%49.2%53.6%57.1%82%
Jeff Hutchison38.7%44.8%43.4%44.8%50.8%0%52.9%56.6%79.4%
Louise Claire Ross46.6%38.3%28.2%30.6%46.4%47.1%0%52%77.1%
Alastair Bews42.3%33.2%33.7%36%42.9%43.4%48%0%80.2%
Elizabeth Wilson Leslie19.7%14.4%14.8%16.1%18%20.6%22.9%19.8%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
Shirley Burnett
Mel Sullivan
David Aitchison
Catherine Mary Victor
Colin Pike
Jeff Hutchison
Louise Claire Ross
Alastair Bews
Elizabeth Wilson Leslie
Exhausted
Shirley Burnett0%2.2%0.4%0.1%2.2%87.1%0.4%2.1%0.9%4.6%
Mel Sullivan10.2%0%5.3%7.3%20.5%5.6%16.2%13.2%2.4%19.3%
David Aitchison1.6%2.7%0%76.9%1.4%0.6%5.9%4.7%0.8%5.5%
Catherine Mary Victor0.1%3.6%87.4%0%0.8%0%4.3%0.8%0.5%2.6%
Colin Pike12.1%26.6%3.4%2.8%0%12.5%4.9%20.1%2.1%15.4%
Jeff Hutchison86.5%2.9%0.5%0%4.4%0%0.8%1.6%0.3%3.1%
Louise Claire Ross1.9%26.8%15.9%31.8%6.7%1%0%4.1%2.9%8.9%
Alastair Bews11.8%10.6%9%7.5%40.8%2.4%3.9%0%3.9%10.2%
Elizabeth Wilson Leslie8%16%5.3%6.7%8%6.7%21.3%10.7%0%17.3%

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