stv.vote // North Lanarkshire, Scotland Coatbridge West

The North Lanarkshire, 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 (974 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. Lesley Mitchell
  2. Kevin Docherty
  3. Gary Robinson

Votes needed to win: 974 votes ⌊3,8943+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{3,894}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 974Kevin DochertyElected in round 1Lesley MitchellElected in round 1Gary RobinsonElected in round 4Mary GourlayEliminated in final roundRobert SlavinEliminated in round 3Laraine ShieldsEliminated 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 4Lesley MitchellKevin DochertyGary RobinsonMary GourlayRobert SlavinLaraine ShieldsExhausted32.2%29.8%15.7%9.6%6.5%6.2%25%25%23.3%11.4%6.6%6.5%25%25%23.6%14.7%7.1%25%25%27.4%16.1%6.5%Lesley MitchellKevin DochertyGary RobinsonMary GourlayExhausted

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.

DochertyGourlayMitchellRobinsonShieldsSlavinLegendElectedNot 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
Lesley Mitchell
Kevin Docherty
Gary Robinson
Mary Gourlay
Robert Slavin
Laraine Shields
Lesley Mitchell0%53.9%67.7%56.9%81.1%82.3%
Kevin Docherty46.1%0%46.8%70.5%73.4%88.1%
Gary Robinson32.3%53.2%0%56.1%79.5%81.4%
Mary Gourlay43.1%29.5%43.9%0%69.9%86.3%
Robert Slavin18.9%26.6%20.5%30.1%0%64.9%
Laraine Shields17.7%11.9%18.6%13.7%35.1%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
Lesley Mitchell
Kevin Docherty
Gary Robinson
Mary Gourlay
Robert Slavin
Laraine Shields
Exhausted
Lesley Mitchell0%2.4%90.6%1.6%2.6%0.1%2.8%
Kevin Docherty5.1%0%1.6%80.4%2.9%1.8%8.1%
Gary Robinson90.2%3.1%0%1%2.1%0.3%3.3%
Mary Gourlay4.8%84.5%1.9%0%1.3%1.9%5.6%
Robert Slavin22.8%16.5%32.7%6.3%0%3.5%18.1%
Laraine Shields1.7%28.3%2.5%23.8%7.1%0%36.7%

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