stv.vote // Dundee, Scotland East End

The Dundee, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 7 candidates over 2 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,030 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. Will Dawson
  2. Dorothy McHugh
  3. Christina Roberts

Votes needed to win: 1,030 votes 4,1173+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,117}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,030Will DawsonElected in round 1Dorothy McHughElected in round 1Christina RobertsElected in round 2Bill CrabbEliminated in final roundOuti Maattanen-BourkeEliminated in final roundAlison McIntoshEliminated in final roundAllan PetrieEliminated in final round

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 2Will DawsonDorothy McHughChristina RobertsBill CrabbAlison McIntoshAllan PetrieOuti Maattanen-BourkeExhausted32.8%26%20%10.7%25%25%26.4%10.8%Will DawsonDorothy McHughChristina RobertsBill CrabbAlison McIntoshAllan PetrieOuti Maattanen-BourkeExhausted

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.

CrabbDawsonMaattanen-BourkeMcHughMcIntoshPetrieRobertsLegendElectedNot 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
Will Dawson
Dorothy McHugh
Christina Roberts
Bill Crabb
Outi Maattanen-Bourke
Alison McIntosh
Allan Petrie
Will Dawson0%60.6%60.2%76.6%76.6%81.3%87.6%
Dorothy McHugh39.4%0%42.1%77.8%79%64%75.3%
Christina Roberts39.8%57.9%0%75.1%75%78.8%86.2%
Bill Crabb23.4%22.2%24.9%0%43.1%37.7%49.7%
Outi Maattanen-Bourke23.4%21%25%56.9%0%40.3%57.4%
Alison McIntosh18.7%36%21.2%62.3%59.7%0%68.5%
Allan Petrie12.4%24.7%13.8%50.3%42.6%31.5%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
Will Dawson
Dorothy McHugh
Christina Roberts
Bill Crabb
Outi Maattanen-Bourke
Alison McIntosh
Allan Petrie
Exhausted
Will Dawson0%7.2%78.7%1%0.9%4.1%2.1%6.1%
Dorothy McHugh10.6%0%8%13.6%19.2%9.1%4.6%34.9%
Christina Roberts84.3%3.6%0%0.4%0.4%3.6%2.7%5%
Bill Crabb3.2%33.6%0.9%0%23.4%3.2%1.4%34.3%
Outi Maattanen-Bourke9.6%30.4%1.7%15.7%0%22.6%2.6%17.4%
Alison McIntosh25.7%19.8%22.8%0.6%10.2%0%7.8%13.2%
Allan Petrie15.2%15.9%24.5%9.3%2.6%15.9%0%16.6%

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