stv.vote // Shetland, Scotland Shetland Central

The Shetland, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 2 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (283 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. Moraig Lyall
  2. Davie Sandison
  3. Ian Scott
  4. Catherine Hughson

Votes needed to win: 283 votes ⌊1,4144+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{1,414}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 283Moraig LyallElected in round 1Davie SandisonElected in round 1Catherine HughsonElected in round 2Ian ScottElected in round 2Martin RandallEliminated in final roundBrian NugentEliminated in final round

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 2Moraig LyallDavie SandisonCatherine HughsonIan ScottMartin RandallBrian NugentExhausted29.3%22.8%19.9%19.2%7%20%20%22.3%23.2%8.2%Moraig LyallDavie SandisonCatherine HughsonIan ScottMartin RandallBrian NugentExhausted

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.

HughsonLyallNugentRandallSandisonScottLegendElectedNot 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
Moraig Lyall
Davie Sandison
Catherine Hughson
Ian Scott
Martin Randall
Brian Nugent
Moraig Lyall0%55.4%57.9%63.9%83.2%90.6%
Davie Sandison44.6%0%51.3%58.3%79.1%90.1%
Catherine Hughson42.1%48.7%0%56.7%76.6%88.7%
Ian Scott36.1%41.7%43.3%0%73.1%86.8%
Martin Randall16.8%20.9%23.4%26.9%0%68.9%
Brian Nugent9.4%9.9%11.3%13.2%31.1%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
Moraig Lyall
Davie Sandison
Catherine Hughson
Ian Scott
Martin Randall
Brian Nugent
Exhausted
Moraig Lyall0%25.4%33.6%21.3%9.9%1.7%8.2%
Davie Sandison31.7%0%32.6%18.9%6.2%3.1%7.5%
Catherine Hughson37.6%34%0%12.4%2.1%2.1%11.7%
Ian Scott32.1%27.3%17.3%0%5.5%3.7%14%
Martin Randall31.3%19.2%18.2%7.1%0%4%20.2%
Brian Nugent26.9%26.9%7.7%11.5%15.4%0%11.5%

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