stv.vote // West Lothian, Scotland Linlithgow

The West Lothian, 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 (1,780 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. Pauline Orr
  2. Sally Pattle
  3. Tom Conn

Votes needed to win: 1,780 votes ⌊7,1173+1⌋+1\left\lfloor \frac{7,117}{3 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,780Pauline OrrElected in round 1Sally PattleElected in round 4Tom ConnElected in round 5Chris HorneEliminated in final roundPamela BarnesEliminated in round 3Rik SmithEliminated 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 5Pauline OrrSally PattleChris HorneTom ConnPamela BarnesRik SmithExhausted26.3%20.3%19.8%19.5%13.2%25%20.6%19.9%19.7%13.8%25%20.8%20.3%19.9%13.9%25%27%20.9%24.4%25%25%21.3%26%Pauline OrrSally PattleChris HorneTom ConnExhausted

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.

BarnesConnHorneOrrPattleSmithLegendElectedNot 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
Sally Pattle
Pauline Orr
Tom Conn
Chris Horne
Pamela Barnes
Rik Smith
Sally Pattle0%56.5%52.1%64.3%57.9%92.6%
Pauline Orr43.5%0%46.4%55.3%52.4%84.5%
Tom Conn47.9%53.6%0%63.5%53.9%91.3%
Chris Horne35.7%44.7%36.5%0%43.1%84%
Pamela Barnes42.1%47.6%46.1%56.9%0%87.4%
Rik Smith7.4%15.5%8.7%16%12.6%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
Sally Pattle
Pauline Orr
Tom Conn
Chris Horne
Pamela Barnes
Rik Smith
Exhausted
Sally Pattle0%10%29.8%20.6%24.2%1.3%14.1%
Pauline Orr11.3%0%16.4%1.9%52.5%1.5%16.3%
Tom Conn35.1%10.8%0%21.6%13.7%2.5%16.4%
Chris Horne36.1%2.5%30.7%0%3.9%4.3%22.6%
Pamela Barnes27.5%45.2%16.5%3.2%0%1.2%6.5%
Rik Smith13.8%1.7%12.1%55.2%6.9%0%10.3%

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