stv.vote // Angus, Scotland Arbroath East and Lunan

The Angus, 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 (950 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. Lois Speed
  2. Brenda Durno
  3. Derek Wann

Votes needed to win: 950 votes 3,7983+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{3,798}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 950Brenda DurnoElected in round 1Lois SpeedElected in round 1Derek WannElected in round 5Graham SmithEliminated in round 4Luke StronachEliminated in round 3Melanie Jane AtkinsEliminated 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 4Lois SpeedBrenda DurnoDerek WannGraham SmithLuke StronachMelanie Jane AtkinsExhausted31%28.6%17.7%13%7%25%25%19.9%19.8%7.4%25%25%20.4%20.1%8.8%25%25%22.7%22%5.3%Lois SpeedBrenda DurnoDerek WannGraham SmithExhausted

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.

AtkinsDurnoSmithSpeedStronachWannLegendElectedNot 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
Brenda Durno
Lois Speed
Derek Wann
Graham Smith
Luke Stronach
Melanie Jane Atkins
Brenda Durno0%47.3%64.6%68.3%67.7%69.6%
Lois Speed52.7%0%72.6%54.7%76.6%81.1%
Derek Wann35.4%27.4%0%37%47.7%52.6%
Graham Smith31.7%45.3%63%0%65.6%67.3%
Luke Stronach32.3%23.4%52.3%34.4%0%55.2%
Melanie Jane Atkins30.4%18.9%47.4%32.7%44.8%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
Brenda Durno
Lois Speed
Derek Wann
Graham Smith
Luke Stronach
Melanie Jane Atkins
Exhausted
Brenda Durno0%7.5%0.3%86.5%1%1.4%3.3%
Lois Speed22.1%0%19.5%9.9%16%11.9%20.6%
Derek Wann1.2%38.2%0%1.3%16.8%15.1%27.4%
Graham Smith86.8%6.7%0.2%0%2%0.8%3.5%
Luke Stronach7.2%26.4%16.2%4.5%0%23.4%22.3%
Melanie Jane Atkins12%31.5%10.2%2.8%30.6%0%13%

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