stv.vote // East Dunbartonshire, Scotland Bearsden North

The East Dunbartonshire, 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 (1,727 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. Duncan Cumming
  2. Calum Smith
  3. Alan Reid

Votes needed to win: 1,727 votes ⌊6,9063+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{6,906}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,727Duncan CummingElected in round 1Calum SmithElected in round 4Alan ReidElected in round 6Duncan EvansEliminated in round 5Craig MuncieEliminated in round 3"Neill John Simpson" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"Eliminated 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 5Duncan CummingCalum SmithDuncan EvansAlan ReidCraig Muncie"Neill John Simpson" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"Exhausted38.3%19.1%15%12.4%9.5%5.7%25%20.4%17.4%13.5%11.5%7.1%5%25%24.1%17.6%14.5%12.8%6.1%25%26.3%19.1%20.5%9.2%25%25%19.1%20.6%10.3%Duncan CummingCalum SmithDuncan EvansAlan ReidExhausted

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.

CummingEvansMuncieReidLocal"SmithLegendElectedNot 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
Duncan Cumming
Alan Reid
Calum Smith
Duncan Evans
Craig Muncie
"Neill John Simpson" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"
Duncan Cumming0%67.9%69.3%74.3%70.7%72.3%
Alan Reid32.1%0%60.5%61.2%56.7%63.1%
Calum Smith30.7%39.5%0%47.8%43.8%53.2%
Duncan Evans25.7%38.8%52.2%0%45.8%51.7%
Craig Muncie29.3%43.3%56.2%54.2%0%57.9%
"Neill John Simpson" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"27.7%36.9%46.8%48.3%42.1%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
Duncan Cumming
Alan Reid
Calum Smith
Duncan Evans
Craig Muncie
"Neill John Simpson" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"
Exhausted
Duncan Cumming0%28.5%9.6%24.8%15.3%8.9%12.9%
Alan Reid33.1%0%5.8%18.3%23.8%8.5%10.5%
Calum Smith15.5%6%0%1.2%11.4%52.9%13%
Duncan Evans45.3%23.3%1.5%0%12.2%2.5%15.2%
Craig Muncie22.3%30.5%11.8%8.5%0%10.8%16%
"Neill John Simpson" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"14.1%12.6%49.9%0.8%14.4%0%8.3%

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