stv.vote // Edinburgh, Scotland Inverleith

The Edinburgh, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 10 candidates over 9 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (2,684 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. Hal Osler
  2. Vicky Nicolson
  3. Max Mitchell
  4. Mhairi Munro-Brian

Votes needed to win: 2,684 votes ⌊13,4164+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{13,416}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 2,684Hal OslerElected in round 1Vicky NicolsonElected in round 7Max MitchellElected in round 8Mhairi Munro-BrianElected in round 10Malcolm Alexander WoodEliminated in round 9Jule BandelEliminated in round 6Stuart HerringEliminated in round 5Phil HoldenEliminated in round 4Tam LairdEliminated in round 3Stephen McNamaraEliminated 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 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Hal OslerVicky NicolsonMax MitchellJule BandelMhairi Munro-BrianMalcolm Alexander WoodStuart HerringPhil HoldenTam LairdStephen McNamaraExhausted23.2%19.7%13.7%12.8%12.6%10.5%6.4%20%19.7%13.8%12.9%13.2%12.8%6.4%20%19.7%13.8%12.9%13.2%12.8%6.4%20%19.8%13.8%12.9%13.3%12.9%6.4%20%19.8%13.9%13%13.4%13%6.6%20%19.9%19.4%13.1%13.5%13.3%20%25.9%19.9%17.4%14.8%20%20%20%18.6%15.6%20%20%20%18.6%15.6%Hal OslerVicky NicolsonMax MitchellMhairi Munro-BrianMalcolm Alexander WoodExhausted

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.

BandelHerringHoldenLairdMcNamaraMitchellMunro-BrianNicolsonOslerWoodLegendElectedNot 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
Vicky Nicolson
Mhairi Munro-Brian
Hal Osler
Max Mitchell
Malcolm Alexander Wood
Jule Bandel
Stuart Herring
Phil Holden
Tam Laird
Stephen McNamara
Vicky Nicolson0%48.7%35.7%52.3%41.4%48.4%55.7%88.8%90.9%93.3%
Mhairi Munro-Brian51.3%0%33.1%55%41.1%46.8%59%91.7%93.7%95.9%
Hal Osler64.3%66.9%0%72.2%76.3%64.2%75.7%95.3%96.6%97.6%
Max Mitchell47.7%45%27.8%0%35%45%67.5%89.2%88.8%90.7%
Malcolm Alexander Wood58.6%58.9%23.7%65%0%57.1%69.5%94%95.6%96.9%
Jule Bandel51.6%53.2%35.8%55%42.9%0%58.6%90.9%93.7%96%
Stuart Herring44.3%41%24.3%32.5%30.5%41.4%0%88%87.3%89.5%
Phil Holden11.2%8.3%4.7%10.8%6%9.1%12%0%49.1%59.2%
Tam Laird9.1%6.3%3.4%11.2%4.4%6.3%12.7%50.9%0%62.6%
Stephen McNamara6.7%4.1%2.4%9.3%3.1%4%10.5%40.8%37.4%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
Vicky Nicolson
Mhairi Munro-Brian
Hal Osler
Max Mitchell
Malcolm Alexander Wood
Jule Bandel
Stuart Herring
Phil Holden
Tam Laird
Stephen McNamara
Exhausted
Vicky Nicolson0%12.9%12.6%1.2%1.5%54.6%0.5%0.9%0.4%0.1%15.3%
Mhairi Munro-Brian12.9%0%32.4%4.9%6.2%21.7%2.4%0.8%0.5%0.4%17.8%
Hal Osler3.8%6.7%0%9.6%68.3%6%2.3%0.3%0.1%0.1%2.8%
Max Mitchell0.4%2.2%16.9%0%1.6%1.2%73.3%0.6%0.3%0%3.4%
Malcolm Alexander Wood0.3%1.6%94.7%0.6%0%0.9%0.9%0.1%0%0%0.9%
Jule Bandel42.4%26%17.3%1.1%2.7%0%1.4%1.1%0.8%0.4%6.9%
Stuart Herring1.5%1.6%6%81.4%1.5%1.6%0%1.4%0.8%0.1%4%
Phil Holden4.2%13.5%9.4%10.4%7.3%6.3%14.6%0%13.5%4.2%16.7%
Tam Laird5.7%5.7%24.5%7.5%3.8%1.9%1.9%17%0%15.1%17%
Stephen McNamara11.8%11.8%17.6%0%0%0%0%5.9%0%0%52.9%

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