stv.vote // Fife, Scotland Dunfermline North

The Fife, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 8 candidates over 7 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,428 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. Gordon Pryde
  2. Auxi Barrera
  3. Gavin Ellis

Votes needed to win: 1,428 votes 5,7103+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,710}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,428Gordon PrydeElected in round 1Auxi BarreraElected in round 5Gavin EllisElected in round 8Craig Robert McIvorEliminated in round 7Caroline McIlwraithEliminated in round 6Mags HallEliminated in round 4Karen Margaret SmithEliminated in round 3Dave EdlerEliminated 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 7Gordon PrydeAuxi BarreraGavin EllisCraig Robert McIvorCaroline McIlwraithMags HallKaren Margaret SmithDave EdlerExhausted28.5%23.6%17.8%15.4%6.4%5.9%25%23.8%18.2%15.8%8%6.3%25%23.9%18.3%15.9%8.2%6.7%25%24%18.8%16%8.5%7%25%26.6%19.2%17.3%9.9%25%25%19.2%18.7%10.1%25%25%21.8%20.2%8%Gordon PrydeAuxi BarreraGavin EllisCraig Robert McIvorExhausted

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.

BarreraEdlerEllisHallMcIlwraithMcIvorPrydeSmithLegendElectedNot 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
Gordon Pryde
Auxi Barrera
Gavin Ellis
Craig Robert McIvor
Caroline McIlwraith
Mags Hall
Karen Margaret Smith
Dave Edler
Gordon Pryde0%52%69.6%52.7%71.4%63.4%90.8%88.2%
Auxi Barrera48%0%60.9%58.1%58.5%70.9%84.1%82.7%
Gavin Ellis30.4%39.1%0%39.9%46.3%45.5%76.2%66.9%
Craig Robert McIvor47.3%41.9%60.1%0%57.4%68%83.9%82%
Caroline McIlwraith28.6%41.5%53.7%42.6%0%49.3%84.7%78.1%
Mags Hall36.6%29.1%54.5%32%50.7%0%81.3%78.7%
Karen Margaret Smith9.2%15.9%23.8%16.1%15.3%18.7%0%37.3%
Dave Edler11.8%17.3%33.1%18%21.9%21.3%62.7%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
Gordon Pryde
Auxi Barrera
Gavin Ellis
Craig Robert McIvor
Caroline McIlwraith
Mags Hall
Karen Margaret Smith
Dave Edler
Exhausted
Gordon Pryde0%5.3%16.1%7.2%29.4%8.1%3.3%6.6%24%
Auxi Barrera3.9%0%1.2%77.9%2.1%9.9%0.2%1%3.9%
Gavin Ellis32%1.8%0%1.1%28.9%2%4.4%1%28.9%
Craig Robert McIvor6.9%81.9%0.7%0%1.2%5.9%0.2%0.3%2.8%
Caroline McIlwraith39.7%2.2%17.6%4.4%0%13.8%3%2.5%16.8%
Mags Hall16.3%34.9%4.1%16.9%13%0%3.3%3%8.6%
Karen Margaret Smith21.3%1.3%26.3%5%10%12.5%0%5%18.8%
Dave Edler39.6%5.7%15.1%0%7.5%17%5.7%0%9.4%

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