stv.vote // Edinburgh, Scotland Liberton-Gilmerton

The Edinburgh, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 10 candidates over 8 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (2,487 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. Lezley Marion Cameron
  2. Lesley Macinnes
  3. Philip Doggart
  4. Martha Mattos Coelho

Votes needed to win: 2,487 votes ⌊12,4334+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{12,433}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 2,487Lezley Marion CameronElected in round 1Lesley MacinnesElected in round 1Philip DoggartElected in round 6Martha Mattos CoelhoElected in round 9John NicholEliminated in round 8Ishrat MeasomEliminated in round 7Madeleine Rani Frances PlancheEliminated in round 5Colin FoxEliminated in round 4Abu MeronEliminated in round 3James Demare ChristieEliminated 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 8Lezley Marion CameronLesley MacinnesPhilip DoggartJohn NicholMartha Mattos CoelhoIshrat MeasomMadeleine Rani Frances PlancheColin FoxAbu MeronJames Demare ChristieExhausted27.5%23.4%18%8.2%7.3%20%20%19.1%8.8%11.3%7.6%20%20%19.6%8.9%11.5%7.8%20%20%19.7%9.2%11.9%8.1%20%20%19.9%9.9%12.5%8.5%20%20%21%10.9%12.8%9.9%20%20%20%10.9%12.8%9.9%6.4%20%20%20%13.5%14.4%12.1%Lezley Marion CameronLesley MacinnesPhilip DoggartJohn NicholMartha Mattos CoelhoExhausted

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.

CameronChristieDoggartFoxMacinnesCoelhoMeasomMeronNicholPlancheLegendElectedNot 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
Lezley Marion Cameron
Lesley Macinnes
Martha Mattos Coelho
Philip Doggart
John Nichol
Ishrat Measom
Madeleine Rani Frances Planche
Colin Fox
Abu Meron
James Demare Christie
Lezley Marion Cameron0%55.7%57.3%70.5%65%75.6%77.4%85.4%87.1%90.6%
Lesley Macinnes44.3%0%73.2%61.5%64.1%52.5%63.5%81.5%89.2%84.7%
Martha Mattos Coelho42.7%26.8%0%59.6%60.9%50.1%61.6%79.8%88.7%83.4%
Philip Doggart29.5%38.5%40.4%0%43.5%37.5%51.5%65.7%71.5%77.4%
John Nichol35%35.9%39.1%56.5%0%43%59.5%78.8%83.2%82.1%
Ishrat Measom24.4%47.5%49.9%62.5%57%0%69.2%79.7%83.9%85.7%
Madeleine Rani Frances Planche22.6%36.5%38.4%48.5%40.5%30.8%0%69.5%75.6%79.5%
Colin Fox14.6%18.5%20.2%34.3%21.2%20.3%30.5%0%60%62.9%
Abu Meron12.9%10.8%11.3%28.5%16.8%16.1%24.4%40%0%54.2%
James Demare Christie9.4%15.3%16.6%22.6%17.9%14.3%20.5%37.1%45.8%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
Lezley Marion Cameron
Lesley Macinnes
Martha Mattos Coelho
Philip Doggart
John Nichol
Ishrat Measom
Madeleine Rani Frances Planche
Colin Fox
Abu Meron
James Demare Christie
Exhausted
Lezley Marion Cameron0%6.9%1.5%7.7%4%60.8%4.2%2.7%0.4%2%9.8%
Lesley Macinnes3.5%0%84.2%0.5%5.1%1.1%0.5%0.6%0.3%0.3%3.9%
Martha Mattos Coelho3.6%75.3%0%0.4%8.9%2.3%0.7%0.9%3.2%0.8%4%
Philip Doggart25.9%1.9%0.5%0%2.5%4.9%21.5%2.4%1.2%6.3%32.9%
John Nichol14.3%28.4%19.5%1.7%0%9.1%9.2%7.6%1.2%1.1%8%
Ishrat Measom70.1%3.7%2.2%2.5%4.7%0%4.6%1.5%3.7%0.6%6.5%
Madeleine Rani Frances Planche26%3.2%3%16.4%18.3%11.4%0%2.8%1.4%4.1%13.4%
Colin Fox15.3%12.9%7.5%5.1%21.7%6.8%6.1%0%7.5%1.4%15.9%
Abu Meron9%17.6%10.8%5.4%8.6%9%2.3%17.1%0%3.6%16.7%
James Demare Christie15%7%2.7%24.1%6.4%5.9%5.9%4.3%5.9%0%23%

This report was generated by stv.vote and may be reproduced under CC-BY. Learn more about stv.vote.

card