stv.vote // Angus, Scotland Kirriemuir and Dean

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 (1,129 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. Julie Bell
  2. Ronnie Proctor
  3. George Meechan

Votes needed to win: 1,129 votes 4,5153+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,515}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,129Julie BellElected in round 1Ronnie ProctorElected in round 5George MeechanElected in round 7 (final)Euan Walker-MunroEliminated in round 6Ian WhyteEliminated in round 4Rachel Cordelia GrieveEliminated in round 3Sandra O'SheaEliminated 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 6Julie BellRonnie ProctorEuan Walker-MunroGeorge MeechanIan WhyteRachel Cordelia GrieveSandra O'SheaExhausted29.3%21.3%17.1%12.7%7.8%6.7%25%21.6%17.1%15.3%8%6.8%5.2%25%22.5%17.7%15.5%9.1%8.4%25%23.9%18.4%16.7%11.5%25%25.1%19.1%21.1%9.7%25%25%19.2%21.1%9.7%Julie BellRonnie ProctorEuan Walker-MunroGeorge MeechanExhausted

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.

BellGrieveMeechanO'SheaProctorWalker-MunroWhyteLegendElectedNot 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
Julie Bell
Ronnie Proctor
George Meechan
Euan Walker-Munro
Ian Whyte
Rachel Cordelia Grieve
Sandra O'Shea
Julie Bell0%53.8%69.3%54.6%72.7%70.2%66.2%
Ronnie Proctor46.2%0%48.4%58.4%56%64.2%63.6%
George Meechan30.7%51.6%0%52.6%68%66.7%63.4%
Euan Walker-Munro45.4%41.6%47.4%0%54.7%63.3%62.4%
Ian Whyte27.3%44%32%45.3%0%59%55.3%
Rachel Cordelia Grieve29.8%35.8%33.3%36.7%41%0%46.1%
Sandra O'Shea33.8%36.4%36.6%37.6%44.7%53.9%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
Julie Bell
Ronnie Proctor
George Meechan
Euan Walker-Munro
Ian Whyte
Rachel Cordelia Grieve
Sandra O'Shea
Exhausted
Julie Bell0%1.6%80.1%1.1%8.3%3.7%1.7%3.6%
Ronnie Proctor2.1%0%0.8%87.5%1.5%1.4%2.5%4.3%
George Meechan86.8%0.9%0%0.3%5.9%2.4%1.2%2.4%
Euan Walker-Munro0.4%87.2%0.6%0%0.9%1.6%4.4%4.9%
Ian Whyte39.1%7.4%10.8%4.8%0%11.6%13.9%12.5%
Rachel Cordelia Grieve10.9%8.9%6.6%5%14.9%0%37.3%16.5%
Sandra O'Shea7%17.8%1.3%11.7%19.6%30.4%0%12.2%

This report was generated by stv.vote and may be reproduced under CC-BY. Learn more about stv.vote.

card