stv.vote // South Lanarkshire, Scotland Cambuslang West

The South Lanarkshire, 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 (1,434 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. Margaret Walker
  2. John Bradley
  3. Ann le Blond

Votes needed to win: 1,434 votes ⌊5,7353+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{5,735}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,434Margaret WalkerElected in round 1John BradleyElected in round 3Ann le BlondElected in round 6Gillian SutherlandEliminated in round 5Norman RaeEliminated in round 4Tom Aylwin LaucknerEliminated 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 5Margaret WalkerJohn BradleyGillian SutherlandAnn le BlondNorman RaeTom Aylwin LaucknerExhausted30.1%24.1%14.9%12.9%12.7%5.2%25%24.6%15.2%15.9%13.5%5.8%25%26%17.4%16.2%14.7%25%25%18.4%16.2%14.8%25%25%21.2%21.8%7%Margaret WalkerJohn BradleyGillian SutherlandAnn le BlondExhausted

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.

BradleyLaucknerBlondRaeSutherlandWalkerLegendElectedNot 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
Margaret Walker
Ann le Blond
John Bradley
Gillian Sutherland
Norman Rae
Tom Aylwin Lauckner
Margaret Walker0%76.3%53.1%55%66.4%66.2%
Ann le Blond23.7%0%35.1%36.7%32.3%40.8%
John Bradley46.9%64.9%0%56.7%54.6%70.2%
Gillian Sutherland45%63.3%43.3%0%52.8%65.3%
Norman Rae33.6%67.7%45.4%47.2%0%56.9%
Tom Aylwin Lauckner33.8%59.2%29.8%34.7%43.1%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
Margaret Walker
Ann le Blond
John Bradley
Gillian Sutherland
Norman Rae
Tom Aylwin Lauckner
Exhausted
Margaret Walker0%16.2%7.5%9.2%32.9%9%25.2%
Ann le Blond37.8%0%0.9%0.8%37.9%1.8%20.8%
John Bradley5.7%0.8%0%72.5%2.8%13.2%5%
Gillian Sutherland5%0.5%83.5%0%2.3%6.2%2.5%
Norman Rae36.3%22.9%5.3%5.6%0%12.3%17.5%
Tom Aylwin Lauckner19.6%3.3%26.6%29.6%12.6%0%8.3%

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