stv.vote // North Lanarkshire, Scotland Cumbernauld North

The North Lanarkshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 8 candidates over 6 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,416 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. Alan Masterton
  2. Tom Fisher
  3. Danish Ashraf
  4. Gordon Currie

Votes needed to win: 1,416 votes 7,0754+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{7,075}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,416Tom FisherElected in round 1Alan MastertonElected in round 1Danish AshrafElected in round 2Gordon CurrieElected in round 7Donna KiddieEliminated in round 6Anne McCrossanEliminated in round 5John ColeEliminated in round 4John Patrick McGroryEliminated 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 6Alan MastertonTom FisherDanish AshrafGordon CurrieDonna KiddieAnne McCrossanJohn ColeJohn Patrick McGroryExhausted30.5%20.2%19.8%14.2%7.5%20%20%27.1%14.7%8%6.1%20%20%20%14.9%10.2%8.5%20%20%20%15.1%10.5%8.8%20%20%20%15.8%11.3%9.7%20%20%20%16.4%15.2%8.4%Alan MastertonTom FisherDanish AshrafGordon CurrieDonna KiddieExhausted

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.

AshrafColeCurrieFisherKiddieMastertonMcCrossanMcGroryLegendElectedNot 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
Alan Masterton
Danish Ashraf
Gordon Currie
Tom Fisher
Donna Kiddie
Anne McCrossan
John Cole
John Patrick McGrory
Alan Masterton0%60.3%71.8%57.7%60%81.7%75.1%88.8%
Danish Ashraf39.7%0%70.7%56.8%59%78.7%73.8%88%
Gordon Currie28.2%29.3%0%27.8%30.6%40.1%48.3%70.5%
Tom Fisher42.3%43.2%72.2%0%69.4%61.2%76.1%87.8%
Donna Kiddie40%41%69.4%30.6%0%58.6%73%86.5%
Anne McCrossan18.3%21.3%59.9%38.8%41.4%0%60.4%82.2%
John Cole24.9%26.2%51.7%23.9%27%39.6%0%77.5%
John Patrick McGrory11.2%12%29.5%12.2%13.5%17.8%22.5%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
Alan Masterton
Danish Ashraf
Gordon Currie
Tom Fisher
Donna Kiddie
Anne McCrossan
John Cole
John Patrick McGrory
Exhausted
Alan Masterton0%79.6%1%3.4%2.4%7.4%1.1%0.7%4.4%
Danish Ashraf79.4%0%0.8%5.9%2.1%4.9%1.7%0.4%4.9%
Gordon Currie2%1%0%32.5%8.3%2.3%22.1%6.4%25.4%
Tom Fisher2.7%2.9%5.1%0%81.6%0.7%2.3%0.6%4.1%
Donna Kiddie3.4%2.8%2.1%81.1%0%1.7%2.4%0.9%5.6%
Anne McCrossan34.1%23.8%2.8%7.9%7.6%0%12.1%3.1%8.6%
John Cole5.6%6.1%19.4%23.9%7.2%16.1%0%3.3%18.3%
John Patrick McGrory10.7%8.3%13.1%11.9%10.7%13.1%7.1%0%25%

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