stv.vote // Highland, Scotland Thurso and Northwest Caithness

The Highland, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 2 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,028 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. Ron Gunn
  2. Matthew Reiss
  3. Struan Mackie
  4. Karl Rosie

Votes needed to win: 1,028 votes ⌊5,1394+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,139}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,028Ron GunnElected in round 1Matthew ReissElected in round 1Struan MackieElected in round 2Karl RosieElected in round 2Iain GregoryEliminated in final roundAlexander GlasgowEliminated in final round

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 2Ron GunnMatthew ReissKarl RosieStruan MackieIain GregoryAlexander GlasgowExhausted27.5%20.4%18.4%17.9%12.8%20%20%20.1%20.8%15.9%Ron GunnMatthew ReissKarl RosieStruan MackieIain GregoryAlexander GlasgowExhausted

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.

GlasgowGregoryGunnMackieReissRosieLegendElectedNot 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
Ron Gunn
Matthew Reiss
Struan Mackie
Karl Rosie
Iain Gregory
Alexander Glasgow
Ron Gunn0%52.4%65.6%70.2%62.6%83.4%
Matthew Reiss47.6%0%62.6%69%62.8%84.1%
Struan Mackie34.4%37.4%0%58.2%47.8%70.8%
Karl Rosie29.8%31%41.8%0%39%64%
Iain Gregory37.4%37.2%52.2%61%0%79.3%
Alexander Glasgow16.6%15.9%29.2%36%20.7%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
Ron Gunn
Matthew Reiss
Struan Mackie
Karl Rosie
Iain Gregory
Alexander Glasgow
Exhausted
Ron Gunn0%29.8%23.4%10.8%18.2%4.1%13.6%
Matthew Reiss28.8%0%22.8%11.1%26.1%3.1%8.1%
Struan Mackie31.6%30.9%0%2.4%15.9%2.9%16.3%
Karl Rosie24.6%26.6%3.4%0%12.7%9.3%23.4%
Iain Gregory28%36.2%14.1%7%0%6.5%8.2%
Alexander Glasgow27.2%12.6%13.2%16.6%23.8%0%6.6%

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