stv.vote // Edinburgh, Scotland Forth

The Edinburgh, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 8 candidates over 7 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (2,112 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. Sanne Dijkstra-Downie
  2. Stuart Dobbin
  3. Cammy Day
  4. Kayleigh O'Neill

Votes needed to win: 2,112 votes ⌊10,5554+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{10,555}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 2,112Sanne Dijkstra-DownieElected in round 3Stuart DobbinElected in round 5Cammy DayElected in round 6Kayleigh O'NeillElected in round 8Jim CampbellEliminated in round 7Carrie GoochEliminated in round 4Linda Lenora CampbellEliminated in round 2Kerry Elizabeth HeathcoteEliminated in round 1

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 5Round 6Round 7Sanne Dijkstra-DownieCammy DayStuart DobbinJim CampbellCarrie GoochKayleigh O'NeillLinda Lenora CampbellKerry Elizabeth HeathcoteExhausted19.7%18.9%18.2%15.1%12.8%12.7%19.8%19.1%18.2%15.1%12.9%13%20%19.4%18.4%15.6%13%13.2%20%19.4%18.4%15.6%13%13.2%20%19.9%28.5%15.7%14.9%20%22.4%20%16%19.6%20%20%20%16.2%19.9%Sanne Dijkstra-DownieCammy DayStuart DobbinJim CampbellKayleigh O'NeillExhausted

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.

CampbellCampbellDayDijkstra-DownieDobbinGoochHeathcoteO'NeillLegendElectedNot 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
Stuart Dobbin
Kayleigh O'Neill
Cammy Day
Sanne Dijkstra-Downie
Jim Campbell
Carrie Gooch
Linda Lenora Campbell
Kerry Elizabeth Heathcote
Stuart Dobbin0%53.2%47.8%49.8%61.9%54.2%85.8%76.9%
Kayleigh O'Neill46.8%0%46.5%47.4%61.3%47%85.7%80.5%
Cammy Day52.2%53.5%0%51.5%67.3%52.3%89.6%81.1%
Sanne Dijkstra-Downie50.2%52.6%48.5%0%68.6%50.6%89.1%78.3%
Jim Campbell38.1%38.7%32.7%31.4%0%38.5%79.3%59.3%
Carrie Gooch45.8%53%47.7%49.4%61.5%0%85.3%77.2%
Linda Lenora Campbell14.2%14.3%10.4%10.9%20.7%14.7%0%27.3%
Kerry Elizabeth Heathcote23.1%19.5%18.9%21.7%40.7%22.8%72.7%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
Stuart Dobbin
Kayleigh O'Neill
Cammy Day
Sanne Dijkstra-Downie
Jim Campbell
Carrie Gooch
Linda Lenora Campbell
Kerry Elizabeth Heathcote
Exhausted
Stuart Dobbin0%5.7%4.6%1.1%0.8%81.6%0.7%0.3%5.2%
Kayleigh O'Neill13.6%0%20.8%14%0.6%35.3%0.7%9.5%5.5%
Cammy Day11.2%15.2%0%31.2%10.9%4.7%2%3.9%20.9%
Sanne Dijkstra-Downie3.2%18.8%30.5%0%26.9%3.2%1.4%3.7%12.4%
Jim Campbell1.4%2.7%19.8%41.2%0%0.4%7.3%2.2%24.9%
Carrie Gooch76.9%11.8%4.1%2.2%0.4%0%0.4%1.5%2.7%
Linda Lenora Campbell8.6%6.6%15.1%8.6%29.6%2.6%0%11.2%17.8%
Kerry Elizabeth Heathcote4.6%29.2%14.6%13.1%3.1%9.2%7.7%0%18.5%

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