stv.vote // Inverclyde, Scotland Inverclyde East Central

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

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (807 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. Robert Moran
  2. Drew McKenzie
  3. Kirsty Law

Votes needed to win: 807 votes ⌊3,2273+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{3,227}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 807Robert MoranElected in round 1Drew McKenzieElected in round 4Kirsty LawElected in round 6Jim MacleodEliminated in round 5James KellyEliminated in round 3Louise WilliamsEliminated 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 5Robert MoranKirsty LawJim MacleodDrew McKenzieJames KellyLouise WilliamsExhausted31.5%22.3%19.6%16.8%8.6%25%22.9%22%20.2%8.6%25%23.1%22.3%20.5%8.8%25%23.6%22.7%25.3%25%23.9%22.7%25%Robert MoranKirsty LawJim MacleodDrew McKenzieExhausted

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.

KellyLawMacleodMcKenzieMoranWilliamsLegendElectedNot 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
Kirsty Law
Robert Moran
Drew McKenzie
Jim Macleod
James Kelly
Louise Williams
Kirsty Law0%48%55.1%49.1%73.5%87.5%
Robert Moran52%0%57.1%50.8%82.1%85.2%
Drew McKenzie44.9%42.9%0%43.2%78.8%82.4%
Jim Macleod50.9%49.2%56.8%0%75%88.3%
James Kelly26.5%17.9%21.2%25%0%51.5%
Louise Williams12.5%14.8%17.6%11.7%48.5%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
Kirsty Law
Robert Moran
Drew McKenzie
Jim Macleod
James Kelly
Louise Williams
Exhausted
Kirsty Law0%4.4%3.8%84.6%0.1%1.4%5.7%
Robert Moran8.9%0%28.9%11.7%9.5%3.7%37.2%
Drew McKenzie9.8%37.4%0%16.8%14.5%3.3%18.2%
Jim Macleod78.2%6.3%6%0%0.3%0.9%8.2%
James Kelly3.6%36.5%33.2%3.2%0%1.1%22.4%
Louise Williams21.1%2.6%18.4%28.9%7.9%0%21.1%

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