stv.vote // Aberdeenshire, Scotland Turriff and District

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

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (904 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. Iain Walker Taylor
  2. Anne Stirling
  3. Alastair Forsyth
  4. Gordon Lang

Votes needed to win: 904 votes ⌊4,5154+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,515}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 904Anne StirlingElected in round 1Iain Walker TaylorElected in round 1Alastair ForsythElected in round 4Gordon LangElected in round 4Susan DuboisEliminated in round 3Kathryn Louise VincentEliminated 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 3Iain Walker TaylorAnne StirlingAlastair ForsythSusan DuboisGordon LangKathryn Louise VincentExhausted23.8%23.5%17.5%16.4%15.3%20%20%18.1%16.5%19.6%5.8%20%20%19.3%18.3%19.8%Iain Walker TaylorAnne StirlingAlastair ForsythSusan DuboisGordon LangExhausted

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.

DuboisForsythLangStirlingTaylorVincentLegendElectedNot 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
Alastair Forsyth
Iain Walker Taylor
Anne Stirling
Gordon Lang
Susan Dubois
Kathryn Louise Vincent
Alastair Forsyth0%46%43.5%49.1%55.5%75.5%
Iain Walker Taylor54%0%48%62.1%56%67%
Anne Stirling56.5%52%0%54.9%59%76%
Gordon Lang50.9%37.9%45.1%0%53.7%63.8%
Susan Dubois44.5%44%41%46.3%0%73.2%
Kathryn Louise Vincent24.5%33%24%36.2%26.8%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
Alastair Forsyth
Iain Walker Taylor
Anne Stirling
Gordon Lang
Susan Dubois
Kathryn Louise Vincent
Exhausted
Alastair Forsyth0%2.1%10.2%0.3%79.5%2.5%5.3%
Iain Walker Taylor2.4%0%12.6%78.3%0.4%0.6%5.8%
Anne Stirling13.7%28.1%0%11.7%5.9%14.5%26.1%
Gordon Lang0.9%79.6%11.9%0%0.7%0.4%6.5%
Susan Dubois86.9%1.2%3.8%0.4%0%2.8%4.9%
Kathryn Louise Vincent17%5%27.7%0%32.7%0%17.6%

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