stv.vote // Perth And Kinross, Scotland Strathmore

The Perth And Kinross, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 7 candidates over 6 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,353 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. Grant Stewart
  2. Colin Stewart
  3. Jack Welch
  4. Dennis Melloy

Votes needed to win: 1,353 votes ⌊6,7644+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{6,764}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,353Grant StewartElected in round 1Colin StewartElected in round 4Jack WelchElected in round 5Dennis MelloyElected in round 7Hugh AndersonEliminated in round 6Violet IwanioEliminated in round 3Jill BelchEliminated 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 4Round 5Round 6Grant StewartColin StewartHugh AndersonDennis MelloyJack WelchViolet IwanioJill BelchExhausted26.3%17.4%15.3%14.9%9.9%8.8%7.4%20%17.5%15.3%15%15.6%8.8%7.8%20%18.9%15.6%15.2%18.2%11.2%20%23.6%16.9%16.4%19.3%20%20%17.2%17.5%20.1%5.2%20%20%17.2%17.5%20%5.3%Grant StewartColin StewartHugh AndersonDennis MelloyJack WelchExhausted

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.

AndersonBelchIwanioMelloyStewartStewartWelchLegendElectedNot 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
Dennis Melloy
Grant Stewart
Colin Stewart
Jack Welch
Hugh Anderson
Violet Iwanio
Jill Belch
Dennis Melloy0%46.5%46.4%47.7%52.2%53.1%52.5%
Grant Stewart53.5%0%50.8%74.9%54.8%58.7%66.8%
Colin Stewart53.6%49.2%0%50.6%56%60.6%59.4%
Jack Welch52.3%25.1%49.4%0%53.5%57.6%64.9%
Hugh Anderson47.8%45.2%44%46.5%0%52.1%51%
Violet Iwanio46.9%41.3%39.4%42.4%47.9%0%49.2%
Jill Belch47.5%33.2%40.6%35.1%49%50.8%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
Dennis Melloy
Grant Stewart
Colin Stewart
Jack Welch
Hugh Anderson
Violet Iwanio
Jill Belch
Exhausted
Dennis Melloy0%2.6%10%0.2%78.1%3.4%1.4%4.4%
Grant Stewart0.6%0%2.1%90.5%0.2%0.7%3.3%2.6%
Colin Stewart18.1%10.6%0%3.1%13.5%24.4%13.7%16.6%
Jack Welch0.4%85.5%3.4%0%0.7%1.5%6.6%1.8%
Hugh Anderson84.1%0.5%4.9%0.1%0%5.7%1.6%3%
Violet Iwanio10.4%4.5%33.4%2%12%0%20.4%17.2%
Jill Belch3%28.2%16%9.2%3.8%29.4%0%10.4%

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