stv.vote // North Lanarkshire, Scotland Cumbernauld East

The North Lanarkshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 8 candidates over 7 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,072 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. Claire Barclay
  2. Tom Johnston
  3. Barry McCulloch
  4. Adam Smith

Votes needed to win: 1,072 votes 5,3554+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,355}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,072Claire BarclayElected in round 1Tom JohnstonElected in round 2Barry McCullochElected in round 4Adam SmithElected in round 8David MacpheeEliminated in round 7Kyle DavidsonEliminated in round 6Paddy HoggEliminated in round 5Susan TaylorEliminated in round 3

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 7Claire BarclayBarry McCullochTom JohnstonDavid MacpheeAdam SmithPaddy HoggKyle DavidsonSusan TaylorExhausted31.8%19.1%18.1%8.8%8.6%20%19.5%24.5%8.8%10%5.9%5.8%20%19.8%20%8.9%13.7%6%6%20%23%20%9%13.9%6.2%6.2%20%20%20%10.9%14.3%6.3%6.5%20%20%20%11.9%15.3%7.9%20%20%20%12.7%19.4%7.8%Claire BarclayBarry McCullochTom JohnstonDavid MacpheeAdam SmithExhausted

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.

BarclayDavidsonHoggJohnstonMacpheeMcCullochSmithTaylorLegendElectedNot 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
Claire Barclay
Tom Johnston
Barry McCulloch
Adam Smith
David Macphee
Kyle Davidson
Paddy Hogg
Susan Taylor
Claire Barclay0%58.4%66.1%68.7%80.4%83.8%79.7%69.3%
Tom Johnston41.6%0%64.8%71%80%80.7%78.2%67.8%
Barry McCulloch33.9%35.2%0%37.6%77.4%59.9%67.4%74.4%
Adam Smith31.3%29%62.4%0%78.5%78.2%76.2%66.1%
David Macphee19.6%20%22.6%21.5%0%34.4%38.5%25.7%
Kyle Davidson16.2%19.3%40.1%21.8%65.6%0%58.8%44%
Paddy Hogg20.3%21.8%32.6%23.8%61.5%41.2%0%36.5%
Susan Taylor30.7%32.2%25.6%33.9%74.3%56%63.5%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
Claire Barclay
Tom Johnston
Barry McCulloch
Adam Smith
David Macphee
Kyle Davidson
Paddy Hogg
Susan Taylor
Exhausted
Claire Barclay0%66.1%2.2%17.7%0.3%6.5%2.6%0.9%3.6%
Tom Johnston40.3%0%2.1%46.8%0.7%2.4%0.8%1.1%5.8%
Barry McCulloch2.5%1.3%0%1.9%3.3%2.2%3.5%76.4%8.9%
Adam Smith21.5%69.8%2.4%0%0.2%2%1.3%0.9%2%
David Macphee1.3%2.3%37.3%0.4%0%3.2%21.1%8.7%25.6%
Kyle Davidson33.3%13.8%12%10.7%4.9%0%8%7.1%10.2%
Paddy Hogg14.1%8.1%20.8%4.2%12.4%13.8%0%4.9%21.6%
Susan Taylor3.2%3.2%73.4%2.3%2.3%3.6%3.2%0%9%

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