stv.vote // Glasgow, Scotland Anderston-City-Yorkhill

The Glasgow, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 10 candidates over 7 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,183 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. Christy Mearns
  2. Philip Braat
  3. Eva Bolander
  4. Angus Millar

Votes needed to win: 1,183 votes 5,9104+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,910}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,183Eva BolanderElected in round 1Philip BraatElected in round 1Christy MearnsElected in round 1Angus MillarElected in round 8John Gerard CarsonEliminated in round 7Susan McCourtEliminated in round 6Matthew James ClarkEliminated in round 5Benn RapsonEliminated in round 4Carla ArrighiEliminated in round 3Nick ThomsonEliminated 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 7Christy MearnsPhilip BraatEva BolanderAngus MillarSusan McCourtJohn Gerard CarsonMatthew James ClarkBenn RapsonCarla ArrighiNick ThomsonExhausted25.8%24.3%22.8%10.2%6.7%20%20%20%15.9%6.8%10.7%20%20%20%15.9%7%10.8%20%20%20%16%7.1%10.9%20%20%20%16.5%7.2%11.1%20%20%20%16.9%7.8%12.6%20%20%20%17.4%15.7%6.9%Christy MearnsPhilip BraatEva BolanderAngus MillarJohn Gerard CarsonExhausted

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.

ArrighiBolanderBraatCarsonClarkMcCourtMearnsMillarRapsonThomsonLegendElectedNot 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
Eva Bolander
Christy Mearns
Philip Braat
Angus Millar
John Gerard Carson
Susan McCourt
Matthew James Clark
Benn Rapson
Carla Arrighi
Nick Thomson
Eva Bolander0%49.2%54.4%65.6%58.8%80.8%76.8%90.7%93.3%93.5%
Christy Mearns50.8%0%54%56.1%59.5%80.4%79%94%94.3%94.8%
Philip Braat45.6%46%0%48.9%74.6%85.8%82%90.3%93.6%94.4%
Angus Millar34.4%43.9%51.1%0%56.1%78.9%74.5%90.4%92.4%93.3%
John Gerard Carson41.2%40.5%25.4%43.9%0%82.7%78%88.3%92.2%93.2%
Susan McCourt19.2%19.6%14.2%21.1%17.3%0%33.3%58.9%64.2%68.4%
Matthew James Clark23.2%21%18%25.5%22%66.7%0%77.9%84.7%87.9%
Benn Rapson9.3%6%9.7%9.6%11.7%41.1%22.1%0%57.5%66.1%
Carla Arrighi6.7%5.7%6.4%7.6%7.8%35.8%15.3%42.5%0%53.7%
Nick Thomson6.5%5.2%5.6%6.7%6.8%31.6%12.1%33.9%46.3%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
Eva Bolander
Christy Mearns
Philip Braat
Angus Millar
John Gerard Carson
Susan McCourt
Matthew James Clark
Benn Rapson
Carla Arrighi
Nick Thomson
Exhausted
Eva Bolander0%12.5%8.2%70.7%2.1%0.7%1.4%0.2%0.4%0.1%3.5%
Christy Mearns37.4%0%13.2%21.3%7.3%0.9%5%4%0.6%0.3%10.1%
Philip Braat6.2%5.7%0%3%72.8%3.2%1.9%0.3%0.2%0.1%6.7%
Angus Millar76.9%11.4%5.1%0%2.3%0.3%0.5%0.3%0%0%3%
John Gerard Carson4.7%4.2%72.1%1.2%0%2.1%2.4%0.3%0.3%0.3%12.5%
Susan McCourt1.3%5.3%26.8%0.5%15.9%0%18%1.3%1.8%3.8%25.3%
Matthew James Clark4.1%22.8%20%2.8%18.6%14.5%0%2.8%0%4.1%10.3%
Benn Rapson4.2%56.3%2.1%4.2%8.3%10.4%6.3%0%6.3%2.1%0%
Carla Arrighi13.9%11.1%5.6%8.3%8.3%5.6%2.8%25%0%5.6%13.9%
Nick Thomson3.2%6.5%6.5%3.2%6.5%22.6%12.9%12.9%12.9%0%12.9%

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