stv.vote // Inverclyde, Scotland Inverclyde South West

The Inverclyde, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 4 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,016 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. James Daisley
  2. Paul Cassidy
  3. Innes Nelson

Votes needed to win: 1,016 votes ⌊4,0613+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{4,061}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,016Paul CassidyElected in round 1James DaisleyElected in round 1Innes NelsonElected in round 5Lisa DallasEliminated in round 4Paul TraversEliminated in round 3Alasdair HigginsEliminated 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 4James DaisleyPaul CassidyInnes NelsonLisa DallasPaul TraversAlasdair HigginsExhausted29.7%28.9%14.9%12.5%7.8%6.2%25%25%18.3%14.9%8.8%6.9%25%25%19.2%17.3%10.2%25%25%22%19.6%8.3%James DaisleyPaul CassidyInnes NelsonLisa DallasExhausted

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.

CassidyDaisleyDallasHigginsNelsonTraversLegendElectedNot 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
James Daisley
Paul Cassidy
Innes Nelson
Lisa Dallas
Paul Travers
Alasdair Higgins
James Daisley0%52.2%67.5%67.9%69.6%63.9%
Paul Cassidy47.8%0%52.4%75.8%71.6%70.9%
Innes Nelson32.5%47.6%0%64.7%66.1%59.1%
Lisa Dallas32.1%24.2%35.3%0%46.7%39.2%
Paul Travers30.4%28.4%33.9%53.3%0%41.3%
Alasdair Higgins36.1%29.1%40.9%60.8%58.7%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
James Daisley
Paul Cassidy
Innes Nelson
Lisa Dallas
Paul Travers
Alasdair Higgins
Exhausted
James Daisley0%9%74.5%0.9%5.1%2.9%7.7%
Paul Cassidy15.2%0%4.4%18.3%10.4%26.6%25%
Innes Nelson83.2%3.5%0%0.7%3.6%2.6%6.4%
Lisa Dallas1.4%32%0.6%0%11.6%31.4%23.1%
Paul Travers22.2%20.3%11.4%9.5%0%18.4%18.4%
Alasdair Higgins8.8%41%5.6%17.9%10.4%0%16.3%

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