stv.vote // East Dunbartonshire, Scotland Bishopbriggs North and Campsie

The East Dunbartonshire, 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 (1,615 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. Paul Ferretti
  2. Colette McDiarmid
  3. Billy Hendry
  4. Gary Pews

Votes needed to win: 1,615 votes 8,0724+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{8,072}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,615Paul FerrettiElected in round 1Colette McDiarmidElected in round 1Billy HendryElected in round 6Gary PewsElected in round 6Lynda WilliamsonEliminated in round 5"Elizabeth Rowan" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"Eliminated in round 4Paul GallacherEliminated in round 3Alan HarrisEliminated 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 5Paul FerrettiColette McDiarmidBilly HendryGary PewsLynda Williamson"Elizabeth Rowan" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"Paul GallacherAlan HarrisExhausted26.4%20.7%18.5%15.2%10.5%20%20%18.8%16%13.2%6.3%20%20%19%16.2%13.8%6.6%20%20%19.7%16.8%14.1%6.9%20%20%19.9%18.5%18%Paul FerrettiColette McDiarmidBilly HendryGary PewsLynda WilliamsonExhausted

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.

FerrettiGallacherHarrisHendryMcDiarmidPewsLocal"WilliamsonLegendElectedNot 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
Paul Ferretti
Gary Pews
Colette McDiarmid
Billy Hendry
Lynda Williamson
"Elizabeth Rowan" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"
Paul Gallacher
Alan Harris
Paul Ferretti0%53.5%51.1%60.3%66.2%72.6%82.9%90.7%
Gary Pews46.5%0%44.9%61.5%50.6%60.2%85.5%83.5%
Colette McDiarmid48.9%55.1%0%62.8%53.1%63.2%87.1%85.3%
Billy Hendry39.7%38.5%37.2%0%42.2%47.7%73.6%71.8%
Lynda Williamson33.8%49.4%46.9%57.8%0%65.8%80.4%87.9%
"Elizabeth Rowan" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"27.4%39.8%36.8%52.3%34.2%0%76.6%82.9%
Paul Gallacher17.1%14.5%12.9%26.4%19.6%23.4%0%52.6%
Alan Harris9.3%16.5%14.7%28.2%12.1%17.1%47.4%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
Paul Ferretti
Gary Pews
Colette McDiarmid
Billy Hendry
Lynda Williamson
"Elizabeth Rowan" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"
Paul Gallacher
Alan Harris
Exhausted
Paul Ferretti0%3.4%8.8%1.2%68.7%8.6%1.9%2.6%4.7%
Gary Pews5.1%0%29%28.8%5%10.1%2.6%0.8%18.6%
Colette McDiarmid10.5%31.9%0%11.2%5%9.1%4.2%1.4%26.8%
Billy Hendry1.6%39.7%24.5%0%0.9%1.6%3.7%0.7%27.4%
Lynda Williamson83.6%2.8%2.9%0.4%0%7.2%0.4%0.6%2.1%
"Elizabeth Rowan" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"27.6%12.4%16.1%1.2%30.7%0%2.7%3.7%5.6%
Paul Gallacher7.3%12.8%20.1%26.2%1.8%4.9%0%8.5%18.3%
Alan Harris28.1%9.9%9.9%9.1%8.3%9.9%14%0%10.7%

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