stv.vote // Edinburgh, Scotland Pentland Hills

The Edinburgh, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 9 candidates over 7 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (2,218 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. Graeme Bruce
  2. Neil Thomas Gardiner
  3. Stephen Philip Jenkinson
  4. Emma Gilchrist

Votes needed to win: 2,218 votes ⌊11,0874+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{11,087}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 2,218Graeme BruceElected in round 1Neil Thomas GardinerElected in round 1Stephen Philip JenkinsonElected in round 6Emma GilchristElected in round 8 (final)Fiona GlasgowEliminated in round 7Michael William ChappellEliminated in round 5Ross MullerEliminated in round 4Richard FettesEliminated in round 3Louis RowlandsEliminated 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 7Graeme BruceNeil Thomas GardinerStephen Philip JenkinsonEmma GilchristFiona GlasgowMichael William ChappellRoss MullerRichard FettesLouis RowlandsExhausted22.8%21.3%17.1%11.2%10.1%8%7.8%20%20%17.1%13.9%11.3%8.1%7.9%20%20%17.1%13.9%11.3%8.2%7.9%20%20%17.4%14.3%11.4%8.4%8.1%20%20%19.2%14.5%15.2%9.8%20%20%23.6%16.2%15.9%20%20%20%17%16.8%6.2%Graeme BruceNeil Thomas GardinerStephen Philip JenkinsonEmma GilchristFiona GlasgowExhausted

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.

BruceChappellFettesGardinerGilchristGlasgowJenkinsonMullerRowlandsLegendElectedNot 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
Stephen Philip Jenkinson
Graeme Bruce
Neil Thomas Gardiner
Emma Gilchrist
Fiona Glasgow
Michael William Chappell
Ross Muller
Richard Fettes
Louis Rowlands
Stephen Philip Jenkinson0%50%48.5%52.5%50.9%59.6%58.9%87%93.4%
Graeme Bruce50%0%49.7%63.6%51.3%57.5%55.2%85.2%89.2%
Neil Thomas Gardiner51.5%50.3%0%52.7%62.2%55.7%64.6%84.1%90.6%
Emma Gilchrist47.5%36.4%47.3%0%49.2%52.9%52.9%83.3%88%
Fiona Glasgow49.1%48.7%37.8%50.8%0%53.7%61.5%82.8%89.9%
Michael William Chappell40.4%42.5%44.3%47.1%46.3%0%51.2%85%92.9%
Ross Muller41.1%44.8%35.4%47.1%38.5%48.8%0%81.4%91%
Richard Fettes13%14.8%15.9%16.7%17.2%15%18.6%0%61%
Louis Rowlands6.6%10.8%9.4%12%10.1%7.1%9%39%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
Stephen Philip Jenkinson
Graeme Bruce
Neil Thomas Gardiner
Emma Gilchrist
Fiona Glasgow
Michael William Chappell
Ross Muller
Richard Fettes
Louis Rowlands
Exhausted
Stephen Philip Jenkinson0%8.6%6.6%4.4%7.1%33.9%13.7%2.8%0.7%22.3%
Graeme Bruce4.5%0%3.3%77.2%0.9%7.5%1%1.8%0.1%3.8%
Neil Thomas Gardiner4.4%1.6%0%1%79.9%1.4%5.3%0.7%0.2%5.4%
Emma Gilchrist4.5%85.5%0.7%0%0.7%2.8%0.9%0.8%0.1%4%
Fiona Glasgow3.5%0.4%83%0.7%0%1%7.7%0.5%0.2%2.9%
Michael William Chappell34.9%13.4%6%9.3%2.4%0%15%2.9%1.1%14.9%
Ross Muller20.8%2.4%18.6%1.6%32.4%15.5%0%1.4%0.9%6.3%
Richard Fettes11.9%16.4%10.7%11.9%2.5%8.2%8.8%0%11.3%18.2%
Louis Rowlands0%12.5%6.3%0%6.3%15.6%21.9%18.8%0%18.8%

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