stv.vote // Argyll And Bute, Scotland Kintyre and the Islands

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

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (723 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. Dougie McFadzean
  2. John McAlpine
  3. Alastair John Redman

Votes needed to win: 723 votes ⌊2,8893+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{2,889}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 723Dougie McFadzeanElected in round 1John McAlpineElected in round 2Alastair John RedmanElected in round 6Robin CurrieEliminated in round 5Alec McNeillyEliminated in round 4Jane B KellyEliminated in round 3

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 5Dougie McFadzeanJohn McAlpineRobin CurrieAlastair John RedmanAlec McNeillyJane B KellyExhausted29.9%23.5%16.4%16.4%9.6%25%25.3%18.7%16.4%9.6%4.9%25%25%18.7%16.8%9.6%4.9%25%25%19.2%19.2%10%25%25%23.3%22.3%Dougie McFadzeanJohn McAlpineAlastair John RedmanRobin CurrieExhausted

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.

CurrieKellyMcAlpineMcFadzeanMcNeillyRedmanLegendElectedNot 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 John Redman
Dougie McFadzean
John McAlpine
Robin Currie
Alec McNeilly
Jane B Kelly
Alastair John Redman0%45.5%44%43.8%66.9%62.9%
Dougie McFadzean54.5%0%49.8%50.8%65.7%70.4%
John McAlpine56%50.2%0%48.9%72.7%68.3%
Robin Currie56.2%49.2%51.1%0%72.5%73.7%
Alec McNeilly33.1%34.3%27.3%27.5%0%44.7%
Jane B Kelly37.1%29.6%31.7%26.3%55.3%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 John Redman
Dougie McFadzean
John McAlpine
Robin Currie
Alec McNeilly
Jane B Kelly
Exhausted
Alastair John Redman0%14.6%19.6%30.4%14.3%5.5%15.6%
Dougie McFadzean13.6%0%18.1%29.8%0.9%13.3%24.3%
John McAlpine15.3%11.9%0%16.5%11.2%8.7%36.5%
Robin Currie22.6%26.4%17.1%0%9.3%12.7%12%
Alec McNeilly32.2%2.9%19.2%23.2%0%5.4%17%
Jane B Kelly6.6%18%23%34.4%5.7%0%12.3%

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