stv.vote // Clackmannanshire, Scotland Clackmannanshire North

The Clackmannanshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 8 candidates over 5 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (806 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. Donald Balsillie
  2. Martha Benny
  3. Fiona Law
  4. William Keogh

Votes needed to win: 806 votes 4,0284+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,028}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 806Donald BalsillieElected in round 1Martha BennyElected in round 1Fiona LawElected in round 2William KeoghElected in round 5Ian MillarEliminated in final roundClare Pauline AndrewsEliminated in final roundGordon Alexander BruceEliminated in round 4Eva ComrieEliminated 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 5Donald BalsillieMartha BennyWilliam KeoghFiona LawIan MillarClare Pauline AndrewsGordon Alexander BruceEva ComrieExhausted26.4%21.9%18.7%15%7%5.7%20%20%19%21%7.3%5.9%20%20%19.1%20%7.3%6.5%20%20%19.4%20%7.8%7.4%20%20%20.7%20%8.6%8.3%Donald BalsillieMartha BennyWilliam KeoghFiona LawIan MillarClare Pauline AndrewsExhausted

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.

AndrewsBalsillieBennyBruceComrieKeoghLawMillarLegendElectedNot 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
Donald Balsillie
Martha Benny
Fiona Law
William Keogh
Ian Millar
Clare Pauline Andrews
Gordon Alexander Bruce
Eva Comrie
Donald Balsillie0%62.1%61.3%57.3%69%72.3%67.8%88.2%
Martha Benny37.9%0%39.8%41.3%54.7%46.7%56.1%67%
Fiona Law38.7%60.2%0%54.9%67.2%68.3%65.7%85.3%
William Keogh42.7%58.7%45.1%0%65%56.8%69.2%78.5%
Ian Millar31%45.3%32.8%35%0%41.6%48.9%67%
Clare Pauline Andrews27.7%53.3%31.7%43.2%58.4%0%58.2%77.1%
Gordon Alexander Bruce32.2%43.9%34.3%30.8%51.1%41.8%0%68.3%
Eva Comrie11.8%33%14.7%21.5%33%22.9%31.7%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
Donald Balsillie
Martha Benny
Fiona Law
William Keogh
Ian Millar
Clare Pauline Andrews
Gordon Alexander Bruce
Eva Comrie
Exhausted
Donald Balsillie0%1%75.3%3.6%1.8%8.5%1.7%3.4%4.7%
Martha Benny1.7%0%0.8%26%16%3.5%20.1%2.1%29.8%
Fiona Law86%0.3%0%2.1%2.3%4.8%0.7%1.3%2.5%
William Keogh5.2%14.2%6%0%13.5%9.7%19.9%2.8%28.8%
Ian Millar6.8%17.9%10.4%20.4%0%13.9%6.1%3.9%20.7%
Clare Pauline Andrews32%3%22.9%13.4%8.7%0%11.7%3%5.2%
Gordon Alexander Bruce3.9%17.2%4.7%28.9%15.6%20.3%0%1.6%7.8%
Eva Comrie23.8%4.8%29.8%6%9.5%10.7%0%0%15.5%

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