stv.vote // North Lanarkshire, Scotland Motherwell North

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

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,041 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. Gerry Brennan
  2. Andrew Duffy-Lawson
  3. Anne Thomas
  4. Ayeshah Khan

Votes needed to win: 1,041 votes ⌊5,2024+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,202}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,041Gerry BrennanElected in round 1Andrew Duffy-LawsonElected in round 1Anne ThomasElected in round 2Ayeshah KhanElected in round 4Oyebola AjalaEliminated in final roundShahid FarooqEliminated 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 4Gerry BrennanAndrew Duffy-LawsonAnne ThomasOyebola AjalaAyeshah KhanShahid FarooqExhausted31.6%27.4%15%11%9.9%5%20%20%26.1%12.1%15.9%5.4%20%20%20%12.4%18.6%7.7%20%20%20%13.1%21.4%5.4%Gerry BrennanAndrew Duffy-LawsonAnne ThomasOyebola AjalaAyeshah KhanExhausted

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.

AjalaBrennanDuffy-LawsonFarooqKhanThomasLegendElectedNot 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
Gerry Brennan
Andrew Duffy-Lawson
Anne Thomas
Ayeshah Khan
Oyebola Ajala
Shahid Farooq
Gerry Brennan0%52.6%65.9%55.9%73.8%83.8%
Andrew Duffy-Lawson47.4%0%50.8%69.4%81.2%77.6%
Anne Thomas34.1%49.2%0%52.7%72.7%80.8%
Ayeshah Khan44.1%30.6%47.3%0%77.7%74.7%
Oyebola Ajala26.2%18.8%27.3%22.3%0%45.8%
Shahid Farooq16.2%22.4%19.2%25.3%54.2%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
Gerry Brennan
Andrew Duffy-Lawson
Anne Thomas
Ayeshah Khan
Oyebola Ajala
Shahid Farooq
Exhausted
Gerry Brennan0%9.2%78.8%2.5%0.2%3.3%6.1%
Andrew Duffy-Lawson6.2%0%1.4%73.7%6%1.3%11.4%
Anne Thomas86.8%3.2%0%4.1%0.5%1.5%3.8%
Ayeshah Khan3.9%74.5%5.3%0%3.1%2.3%10.9%
Oyebola Ajala2.6%49.3%2.3%8.4%0%4.5%32.9%
Shahid Farooq25.2%5.7%13%17.9%6.1%0%32.1%

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