stv.vote // Glasgow, Scotland Linn

The Glasgow, 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 (1,799 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. Malcolm Cunning
  2. Paul McCabe
  3. Margaret Morgan
  4. Catherine Vallis

Votes needed to win: 1,799 votes ⌊8,9944+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{8,994}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,799Malcolm CunningElected in round 1Paul McCabeElected in round 1Margaret MorganElected in round 6Catherine VallisElected in round 8Euan BlockleyEliminated in round 7James TonerEliminated in round 5Joe McCauleyEliminated in round 4Keith WarwickEliminated in round 3Angela JonesEliminated 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 7Malcolm CunningPaul McCabeMargaret MorganEuan BlockleyJames TonerCatherine VallisJoe McCauleyKeith WarwickAngela JonesExhausted23.9%21.5%11.9%11.5%9.4%8%6.4%6%20%20%14.1%11.8%9.7%9.7%7.2%6.1%20%20%14.4%11.9%10%9.8%7.2%6.3%20%20%18%12%10.5%10.6%8%20%20%19.1%13.3%11.1%13.2%20%20%22.9%13.9%15.4%7.8%20%20%20%14%16.5%9.6%Malcolm CunningPaul McCabeMargaret MorganEuan BlockleyCatherine VallisExhausted

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.

BlockleyCunningJonesMcCabeMcCauleyMorganTonerVallisWarwickLegendElectedNot 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
Malcolm Cunning
Margaret Morgan
Paul McCabe
Catherine Vallis
Euan Blockley
James Toner
Joe McCauley
Keith Warwick
Angela Jones
Malcolm Cunning0%52.9%52.4%68%78%73.3%75.1%66.1%85.5%
Margaret Morgan47.1%0%41.2%53.6%68.9%67.5%63%69.6%88.8%
Paul McCabe47.6%58.8%0%54.4%69.4%69%64.3%70.9%89.5%
Catherine Vallis32%46.4%45.6%0%71.4%67%65.5%60.4%81.7%
Euan Blockley22%31.1%30.6%28.6%0%44.9%40.3%38.6%60%
James Toner26.7%32.5%31%33%55.1%0%44.3%42.4%70.2%
Joe McCauley24.9%37%35.7%34.5%59.7%55.7%0%47%73.3%
Keith Warwick33.9%30.4%29.1%39.6%61.4%57.6%53%0%79.2%
Angela Jones14.5%11.2%10.5%18.3%40%29.8%26.7%20.8%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
Malcolm Cunning
Margaret Morgan
Paul McCabe
Catherine Vallis
Euan Blockley
James Toner
Joe McCauley
Keith Warwick
Angela Jones
Exhausted
Malcolm Cunning0%2.4%6%60.6%7.8%3.5%9%1.7%1.2%7.8%
Margaret Morgan4%0%77%2.7%0.4%2.2%1.7%6.7%0.9%4.3%
Paul McCabe5.6%78.4%0%0.8%0.3%3.2%2%4.5%1.3%3.9%
Catherine Vallis79.7%4%1.1%0%1.8%3.6%2.5%1.7%0.1%5.5%
Euan Blockley36%0.9%1.8%6.6%0%5%24%1.7%0.7%23.3%
James Toner12.7%22.1%11.7%10.5%3.5%0%4.2%9.3%3.8%22.1%
Joe McCauley23.1%4.9%7.3%11.2%14.9%5.9%0%14.5%1.4%16.8%
Keith Warwick6.8%36.9%19.1%10.8%0.9%6.4%10.7%0%1.8%6.4%
Angela Jones7%8.8%26.3%3.5%8.8%21.1%5.3%9.6%0%9.6%

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