stv.vote // Renfrewshire, Scotland Houston Crosslee and Linwood

The Renfrewshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 5 candidates over 2 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,122 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. Alison Ann-Dowling
  2. David McGonigle
  3. Audrey Doig
  4. Robert Innes

Votes needed to win: 1,122 votes ⌊5,6094+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,609}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,122Alison Ann-DowlingElected in round 1Audrey DoigElected in round 1David McGonigleElected in round 1Robert InnesElected in round 3Connor CunninghamEliminated 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 2Alison Ann-DowlingDavid McGonigleAudrey DoigRobert InnesConnor CunninghamExhausted28%23.8%20.9%18.2%9.2%20%20%20%19.8%15.9%Alison Ann-DowlingDavid McGonigleAudrey DoigRobert InnesConnor CunninghamExhausted

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.

Ann-DowlingCunninghamDoigInnesMcGonigleLegendElectedNot 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
Robert Innes
Alison Ann-Dowling
David McGonigle
Audrey Doig
Connor Cunningham
Robert Innes0%41.7%56.5%42.1%44.1%
Alison Ann-Dowling58.3%0%66.8%57.7%71.7%
David McGonigle43.5%33.2%0%43%35.2%
Audrey Doig57.9%42.3%57%0%45%
Connor Cunningham55.9%28.3%64.8%55%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
Robert Innes
Alison Ann-Dowling
David McGonigle
Audrey Doig
Connor Cunningham
Exhausted
Robert Innes0%4.2%1.4%83.7%4.7%6%
Alison Ann-Dowling1.5%0%3.3%5.6%83.3%6.3%
David McGonigle1.4%45.2%0%2.4%17.8%33.2%
Audrey Doig85.9%5.6%0.9%0%2.5%5%
Connor Cunningham2.3%82.9%4.5%3.5%0%6.8%

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