stv.vote // Scottish Borders, Scotland Hawick and Denholm

The Scottish Borders, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 5 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (818 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. Stuart Marshall
  2. Clair Ramage
  3. Neil Richards

Votes needed to win: 818 votes ⌊3,2713+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{3,271}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 818Stuart MarshallElected in round 1Clair RamageElected in round 2Neil RichardsElected in round 6 (final)Catriona HamiltonEliminated in round 5Kay HughesEliminated in round 4Trevor AdamsEliminated 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 5Stuart MarshallClair RamageNeil RichardsCatriona HamiltonKay HughesTrevor AdamsExhausted69.2%9.7%9.4%25%30.1%14.7%6.5%6.4%5.9%11.4%25%25%15%8.2%6.6%6.4%13.8%25%25%16.5%9.4%7.1%16.9%25%25%17.2%12.7%20.1%Stuart MarshallClair RamageNeil RichardsCatriona HamiltonExhausted

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.

AdamsHamiltonHughesMarshallRamageRichardsLegendElectedNot 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
Stuart Marshall
Clair Ramage
Neil Richards
Catriona Hamilton
Kay Hughes
Trevor Adams
Stuart Marshall0%84.1%87.5%90.1%91.8%91.6%
Clair Ramage15.9%0%72.7%79.2%80.7%75.5%
Neil Richards12.5%27.3%0%50.8%54.2%44.7%
Catriona Hamilton9.9%20.8%49.2%0%56.3%43.3%
Kay Hughes8.2%19.3%45.8%43.7%0%38.9%
Trevor Adams8.4%24.5%55.3%56.7%61.1%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
Stuart Marshall
Clair Ramage
Neil Richards
Catriona Hamilton
Kay Hughes
Trevor Adams
Exhausted
Stuart Marshall0%40.4%9.1%5.3%4.8%8.2%32.2%
Clair Ramage51.9%0%4.4%22.5%3.8%6%11.4%
Neil Richards34%10.4%0%1.9%5.5%15.2%33%
Catriona Hamilton17.7%26.5%2%0%29.3%7.5%17%
Kay Hughes30.8%16.7%4.2%30%0%5.8%12.5%
Trevor Adams35.1%13.2%23.7%9.6%0%0%18.4%

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