stv.vote // Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland Dee and Glenkens

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

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,120 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. Andy McFarlane
  2. Dougie Campbell
  3. John Denerley

Votes needed to win: 1,120 votes 4,4783+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,478}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,120Andy McFarlaneElected in round 1Dougie CampbellElected in round 6John DenerleyElected in round 6Susan MurdochEliminated in round 5Laura Elizabeth MoodieEliminated in round 4Graham TrickeyEliminated in round 3Anthony BirdEliminated 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 5Andy McFarlaneJohn DenerleySusan MurdochDougie CampbellLaura Elizabeth MoodieGraham TrickeyAnthony BirdExhausted25.4%20.4%17.7%14.6%11.3%6.1%25%20.5%17.8%14.7%11.3%6.1%25%20.8%18.1%16.2%12.2%7.1%25%21.1%18.8%18.1%14.4%25%21.6%19.4%24.7%9.3%Andy McFarlaneJohn DenerleySusan MurdochDougie CampbellExhausted

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.

BirdCampbellDenerleyMcFarlaneMoodieMurdochTrickeyLegendElectedNot 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
John Denerley
Dougie Campbell
Andy McFarlane
Susan Murdoch
Laura Elizabeth Moodie
Graham Trickey
Anthony Bird
John Denerley0%49.2%50.4%50%50.8%58.6%59.2%
Dougie Campbell50.8%0%51.9%49.7%53.1%66.3%65.7%
Andy McFarlane49.6%48.1%0%49.2%56.9%65%62.2%
Susan Murdoch50%50.3%50.8%0%51%60%59.9%
Laura Elizabeth Moodie49.2%46.9%43.1%49%0%64.6%62.7%
Graham Trickey41.4%33.7%35%40%35.4%0%48.9%
Anthony Bird40.8%34.3%37.8%40.1%37.3%51.1%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
John Denerley
Dougie Campbell
Andy McFarlane
Susan Murdoch
Laura Elizabeth Moodie
Graham Trickey
Anthony Bird
Exhausted
John Denerley0%5.6%1%78.5%1.5%1.5%2.5%9.3%
Dougie Campbell10.5%0%17.4%14.8%20.2%9.8%14.8%12.5%
Andy McFarlane1.9%14.4%0%2.5%51.4%10.2%5.5%14.1%
Susan Murdoch73.6%10.4%1.8%0%1.3%2.8%2.8%7.5%
Laura Elizabeth Moodie2.2%27%41.3%2.4%0%9.1%10.6%7.5%
Graham Trickey3%16.2%16.6%8.1%19.2%0%20.3%16.6%
Anthony Bird7.4%31.7%5%5%16.3%22.8%0%11.9%

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