stv.vote // Angus, Scotland Carnoustie and District

The Angus, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 7 candidates over 6 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,351 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. Mark James McDonald
  2. David Cheape
  3. Brian David Boyd

Votes needed to win: 1,351 votes 5,4013+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,401}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,351Mark James McDonaldElected in round 1David CheapeElected in round 5Brian David BoydElected in round 7Robert GallowayEliminated in round 6Robbie KellyEliminated in round 4Matthias GlendayEliminated in round 3Laura TierneyEliminated 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 6Mark James McDonaldDavid CheapeBrian David BoydRobert GallowayMatthias GlendayRobbie KellyLaura TierneyExhausted35.9%19.1%17.7%17.3%25%20.2%21%17.5%5.7%5.4%25%20.9%21.7%17.7%5.9%7.7%25%22.2%22.4%18.6%9.6%25%25.3%23.8%19.3%6.6%25%25%23.8%19.5%6.7%Mark James McDonaldDavid CheapeBrian David BoydRobert GallowayExhausted

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.

BoydCheapeGallowayGlendayKellyMcDonaldTierneyLegendElectedNot 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
Mark James McDonald
Brian David Boyd
David Cheape
Robert Galloway
Robbie Kelly
Matthias Glenday
Laura Tierney
Mark James McDonald0%49.5%46.7%60.9%78.6%69%88.6%
Brian David Boyd50.5%0%46.5%67.7%68.7%74.5%81.7%
David Cheape53.3%53.5%0%70.7%71.4%77.5%83.3%
Robert Galloway39.1%32.3%29.3%0%51.7%55.2%66.8%
Robbie Kelly21.4%31.3%28.6%48.3%0%52.2%72%
Matthias Glenday31%25.5%22.5%44.8%47.8%0%67.8%
Laura Tierney11.4%18.3%16.7%33.2%28%32.2%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
Mark James McDonald
Brian David Boyd
David Cheape
Robert Galloway
Robbie Kelly
Matthias Glenday
Laura Tierney
Exhausted
Mark James McDonald0%13.1%12.6%1.9%31.5%5.1%13.5%22.3%
Brian David Boyd5.4%0%76.2%6.6%2.5%3.1%0.6%5.5%
David Cheape8.9%63.2%0%10.8%2.7%5.6%0.7%8%
Robert Galloway1.7%21.3%28%0%2.1%19.4%1.2%26.3%
Robbie Kelly47.7%10.9%9.2%3.4%0%14.9%4%9.8%
Matthias Glenday5.4%13.6%22.7%18.2%19.4%0%0%20.7%
Laura Tierney36.6%13%17.1%1.6%10.6%6.5%0%14.6%

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