stv.vote // South Lanarkshire, Scotland Bothwell and Uddingston

The South Lanarkshire, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 3 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 6 candidates over 4 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,346 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. Maureen Devlin
  2. Kenny McCreary
  3. Cal Dempsey

Votes needed to win: 1,346 votes ⌊5,3813+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,381}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,346Maureen DevlinElected in round 1Kenny McCrearyElected in round 1Cal DempseyElected in round 5Jim McGuiganEliminated in round 4Troy DavidsonEliminated in round 3John Reid StubbsEliminated 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 4Maureen DevlinKenny McCrearyCal DempseyJim McGuiganTroy DavidsonJohn Reid StubbsExhausted30.3%27.6%17.2%15.1%5.3%25%25%18%16.1%6.8%5.8%25%25%19.3%18.2%8%25%25%21.2%19.6%9.1%Maureen DevlinKenny McCrearyCal DempseyJim McGuiganExhausted

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.

DavidsonDempseyDevlinMcCrearyMcGuiganStubbsLegendElectedNot 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
Cal Dempsey
Maureen Devlin
Kenny McCreary
Jim McGuigan
Troy Davidson
John Reid Stubbs
Cal Dempsey0%38.1%49.1%51%51.1%66.2%
Maureen Devlin61.9%0%62.4%61.8%75.6%73.1%
Kenny McCreary50.9%37.6%0%49.8%55.8%57%
Jim McGuigan49%38.2%50.2%0%52.4%68.1%
Troy Davidson48.9%24.4%44.2%47.6%0%57.5%
John Reid Stubbs33.8%26.9%43%31.9%42.5%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
Cal Dempsey
Maureen Devlin
Kenny McCreary
Jim McGuigan
Troy Davidson
John Reid Stubbs
Exhausted
Cal Dempsey0%11.1%0.8%75%1.3%6.8%5%
Maureen Devlin7.5%0%20.5%10.8%26.3%10.5%24.5%
Kenny McCreary0.9%40.3%0%2.1%25.5%2.6%28.6%
Jim McGuigan69.4%11.6%2.7%0%1.2%9.7%5.3%
Troy Davidson6.3%40.7%22.5%3.5%0%13.7%13.3%
John Reid Stubbs20.2%21.4%2.5%30%14.4%0%11.5%

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