stv.vote // Fife, Scotland Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

The Fife, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 4 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,148 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. Julie Christina Ford
  2. Altany Steel Andrew Craik
  3. Craig Walker

Votes needed to win: 1,148 votes ⌊4,5883+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,588}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,148Altany Steel Andrew CraikElected in round 1Julie Christina FordElected in round 1Craig WalkerElected in round 5David CrollEliminated in round 4Keith William SmithEliminated in round 3Ian RobertsonEliminated 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 4Julie Christina FordAltany Steel Andrew CraikCraig WalkerDavid CrollKeith William SmithIan RobertsonExhausted37.9%32.5%11.6%11.6%25%25%23%12.4%6.5%5%25%25%23.6%12.9%7.4%6%25%25%24.5%16.5%9%Julie Christina FordAltany Steel Andrew CraikCraig WalkerDavid CrollExhausted

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.

CraikCrollFordRobertsonSmithWalkerLegendElectedNot 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
Julie Christina Ford
Altany Steel Andrew Craik
Craig Walker
David Croll
Keith William Smith
Ian Robertson
Julie Christina Ford0%54.3%76.4%70.4%69.7%80.2%
Altany Steel Andrew Craik45.7%0%49.7%79.2%78.3%82.6%
Craig Walker23.6%50.3%0%67.9%66.6%77.2%
David Croll29.6%20.8%32.1%0%42.8%53.5%
Keith William Smith30.3%21.7%33.4%57.2%0%65.4%
Ian Robertson19.8%17.4%22.8%46.5%34.6%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
Julie Christina Ford
Altany Steel Andrew Craik
Craig Walker
David Croll
Keith William Smith
Ian Robertson
Exhausted
Julie Christina Ford0%7.2%84.6%0.5%0.7%1.5%5.4%
Altany Steel Andrew Craik15.1%0%3.5%21.6%25.6%9.3%24.9%
Craig Walker92.1%2.4%0%0.6%1.1%0.4%3.4%
David Croll4%41.8%1.7%0%17.3%9.2%26%
Keith William Smith10.3%42.5%4%14.4%0%12.1%16.7%
Ian Robertson12.6%22.7%14.3%9.2%21.8%0%19.3%

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