stv.vote // South Lanarkshire, Scotland Hamilton South

The South Lanarkshire, 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 (1,462 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. John Ross
  2. Gavin Wylie Keatt
  3. Celine Handibode
  4. Helen Toner

Votes needed to win: 1,462 votes ⌊7,3064+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{7,306}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,462Celine HandibodeElected in round 1Gavin Wylie KeattElected in round 1John RossElected in round 1Helen TonerElected in round 2Lynne NailonEliminated 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 2John RossGavin Wylie KeattCeline HandibodeHelen TonerLynne NailonExhausted26.3%23.1%22.3%15.1%13.1%20%20%20%22.5%14.6%John RossGavin Wylie KeattCeline HandibodeHelen TonerLynne NailonExhausted

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.

HandibodeKeattNailonRossTonerLegendElectedNot 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
John Ross
Celine Handibode
Gavin Wylie Keatt
Helen Toner
Lynne Nailon
John Ross0%45.6%45.3%64.4%66.5%
Celine Handibode54.4%0%50%55.8%79.2%
Gavin Wylie Keatt54.7%50%0%56.4%79.9%
Helen Toner35.6%44.2%43.6%0%65.3%
Lynne Nailon33.5%20.8%20.1%34.7%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
John Ross
Celine Handibode
Gavin Wylie Keatt
Helen Toner
Lynne Nailon
Exhausted
John Ross0%3.2%4.1%87.8%0.9%4%
Celine Handibode3.4%0%86%1.7%2.4%6.5%
Gavin Wylie Keatt3.7%85.2%0%2%3.9%5.3%
Helen Toner88.3%3.6%3.1%0%0.4%4.6%
Lynne Nailon5%22.1%33.8%1%0%38.1%

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