stv.vote // Glasgow, Scotland Newlands-Auldburn

The Glasgow, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 10 candidates over 8 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,892 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. Sean Ferguson
  2. Stephen Curran
  3. Leódhas Iain Massie

Votes needed to win: 1,892 votes 7,5653+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{7,565}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,892Stephen CurranElected in round 1Sean FergusonElected in round 1Leódhas Iain MassieElected in round 9 (final)Kim SchmulianEliminated in round 8Linda DevlinEliminated in round 7Craig RossEliminated in round 6Rage RageEliminated in round 5Hugh SouthallEliminated in round 4Ralph Raja SulemanEliminated in round 3Jennie 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 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Sean FergusonStephen CurranKim SchmulianCraig RossLeódhas Iain MassieLinda DevlinRage RageHugh SouthallRalph Raja SulemanJennie RobertsonExhausted27.4%25.5%11.3%9%8.4%7.3%25%25%11.4%9.1%8.5%8.1%7.5%25%25%11.4%9.2%8.8%8.2%7.6%25%25%11.5%9.4%9%8.5%8.4%25%25%11.8%9.7%9.5%9.3%8.5%25%25%11.9%10.2%12.7%10.5%25%25%15.9%13.7%12.9%7.4%25%25%17.6%17.7%14.7%Sean FergusonStephen CurranKim SchmulianLeódhas Iain MassieExhausted

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.

CurranDevlinFergusonMassieRageRobertsonRossSchmulianSouthallSulemanLegendElectedNot 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
Sean Ferguson
Stephen Curran
Leódhas Iain Massie
Kim Schmulian
Linda Devlin
Craig Ross
Rage Rage
Hugh Southall
Ralph Raja Suleman
Jennie Robertson
Sean Ferguson0%48.5%68.4%67.8%51%69.4%80.4%70.9%90.1%85.1%
Stephen Curran51.5%0%63.4%74.6%69.9%74.1%57.6%80.6%86.6%87.4%
Leódhas Iain Massie31.6%36.6%0%61.4%39.5%61.8%44%65.1%83.2%82.3%
Kim Schmulian32.2%25.4%38.6%0%28.2%45.6%37%51.7%66.7%61.1%
Linda Devlin49%30.1%60.5%71.8%0%71.5%55.6%78%85.4%86.2%
Craig Ross30.6%25.9%38.2%54.4%28.5%0%35.8%52.9%71.2%64.7%
Rage Rage19.6%42.4%56%63%44.4%64.2%0%65.4%86.9%80.7%
Hugh Southall29.1%19.4%34.9%48.3%22%47.1%34.6%0%72.7%65.6%
Ralph Raja Suleman9.9%13.4%16.8%33.3%14.6%28.8%13.1%27.3%0%42.1%
Jennie Robertson14.9%12.6%17.7%38.9%13.8%35.3%19.3%34.4%57.9%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
Sean Ferguson
Stephen Curran
Leódhas Iain Massie
Kim Schmulian
Linda Devlin
Craig Ross
Rage Rage
Hugh Southall
Ralph Raja Suleman
Jennie Robertson
Exhausted
Sean Ferguson0%4.9%13.4%0.4%3.5%1.7%68.8%0.7%0.9%1%4.7%
Stephen Curran4.4%0%2.9%3.9%77.4%3.2%0.5%2%0.3%0.5%4.9%
Leódhas Iain Massie37.6%8.6%0%0.8%10%4.7%15.2%8.6%0.8%7.7%6%
Kim Schmulian1.4%21.1%1.8%0%8.4%24.9%0.5%17.4%0.8%1.2%22.6%
Linda Devlin8.1%67%5.1%2.7%0%3.8%1.6%4%0.4%0.9%6.5%
Craig Ross5.6%18.2%5.4%38.1%7.8%0%1.2%8.2%2.5%3.5%9.5%
Rage Rage75.2%4%8.4%0.7%2.8%1.6%0%0%0.5%0.5%6.3%
Hugh Southall2.9%20%19.4%13.1%15.4%10.9%2.3%0%1.1%2.3%12.6%
Ralph Raja Suleman24.5%10.9%4.1%2.7%4.8%9.5%14.3%3.4%0%8.2%17.7%
Jennie Robertson7.3%12.2%26.8%4.9%8.5%9.8%7.3%3.7%8.5%0%11%

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