stv.vote // East Dunbartonshire, Scotland Bishopbriggs South

The East Dunbartonshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 4 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,518 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. Gordan Low
  2. Alan Moir
  3. Ben Rose

Votes needed to win: 1,518 votes 6,0703+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{6,070}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,518Gordan LowElected in round 1Alan MoirElected in round 1Ben RoseElected in round 5Catherine BrownEliminated in round 4"Jesper Bach" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"Eliminated in round 3Eamonn GallagherEliminated 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 4Gordan LowAlan MoirCatherine BrownBen Rose"Jesper Bach" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"Eamonn GallagherExhausted36.9%27.2%17.3%12.5%25%25%18.1%16.5%9.1%25%25%18.4%16.9%9.7%5%25%25%18.9%22.1%9%Gordan LowAlan MoirCatherine BrownBen RoseExhausted

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.

Local"BrownGallagherLowMoirRoseLegendElectedNot 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
Gordan Low
Ben Rose
Alan Moir
Catherine Brown
"Jesper Bach" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"
Eamonn Gallagher
Gordan Low0%56.5%48.6%64%75.7%89.6%
Ben Rose43.5%0%34.7%65%57.2%81%
Alan Moir51.4%65.3%0%71.5%68.1%87%
Catherine Brown36%35%28.5%0%43.3%65.5%
"Jesper Bach" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"24.3%42.8%31.9%56.7%0%81.6%
Eamonn Gallagher10.4%19%13%34.5%18.4%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
Gordan Low
Ben Rose
Alan Moir
Catherine Brown
"Jesper Bach" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"
Eamonn Gallagher
Exhausted
Gordan Low0%7.6%24.5%1.4%42.8%6.9%16.8%
Ben Rose12.4%0%40.5%24.5%7.5%0.7%14.4%
Alan Moir18.4%33.6%0%9.7%9.2%1.8%27.3%
Catherine Brown2.7%37.6%31.8%0%2.3%1.4%24.2%
"Jesper Bach" "Scottish Greens – Think Global Act Local"58.1%12.7%16.2%2.8%0%2.8%7.4%
Eamonn Gallagher42.5%5.7%16.1%11.5%8%0%16.1%

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