Sentences with phrase «preference votes»

Any candidate who has reached or exceeded the threshold with first preference votes shall be declared elected.

We then look at the second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates.

However, mainstream parties would have to try harder to pick up lower preference votes from minor party supporters.

AV therefore opens the door to MPs being elected even though they have fewer first preference votes.

The second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates are then looked at.

For example, the single transferable vote redistributes first preference votes for candidates below the threshold.

I will, however, be giving my second preference vote in the mayoral election to Lutfur Rahman.

For the Tories, the constituency link is maintained and they may benefit from 2nd preference votes from UKIP and even LD in some places.

In the forty constituencies that they contested, the People Before Profit Alliance won 5.2 % of the first preference votes cast in these.

Some analysts think the YouGov poll putting Ed Miliband in the lead got the weighting wrong for the union affiliates, while others claim it underestimated the level of second preference votes going to Ed Miliband.

Liz Kendall urges her supporters not to give Jeremy Corbyn their second or third preference votes in the election.

First preference votes need to be filtered through the system of the United Kingdom's general election constituencies.

Millions of Londoners will use the second preference voting system as they vote in the London mayoral election.

In two of the twelve constituencies in 1987 where Labour won seats — Dublin South - Central, Dublin South - West, Galway West and Wexford — vote transfers were crucial in ensuring Labour won these these seats — i.e. Labour candidates were outside the seat positions on the first count but overtook candidates with higher first preference votes as counts progressed due to transfers from other candidates.

Estimate of first preference votes across Edinburgh South West — difficult as large ward boundaries tend to be split between multiple constituencies — I've taken all of Fountainbridge / Craiglockhart, Pentland Hills, Sighthill / Gorgie and an estimated 50 % of Fairmilehead / Colinton — this would give estimated figures of Con 35 %, SNP 28 %, Lab 19 %, Grn 13 %, LD 5 %

Round 2: (after Abbas and Sirajul eliminated and second preference votes redistributed): John Biggs 328, Rachael 319.

Percentage of first preference votes by party from 2000 to 2012.

If no - one gets enough first preference votes candidates with the fewest votes are knocked out and their second preferences are redistributed.

A new poll published on Monday has given Sadiq Khan an eight point lead in first preference votes over rival Zac Goldsmith in the race to become the next mayor of London.

@Pureferret, if one location / bloc of choices is particularly favoured by voters above others, then preference voting will tend to limit itself within that bloc.

Parties who gained a very small first preference vote look set to be elected to Victoria's upper house.

For example, seeing which candidates are declared elected on first preference votes alone can be shown as follows:

But there was a modest setback for Sinn Féin which saw its representation fall by one Assembly member and its share of first preference votes dipped 2.9 per cent to 24 per cent.

Labour won 121,900 first preference votes at the 2014 Local Elections.

Boris is pulling ahead as I mentioned (albeit with second preference votes caveats) but Labour looks set to make big gains on the London Assembly.

On second preference votes Ken now 4,000 ahead of Boris.

Greens / UKIP having (even) massive second preference vote tallies will not translate into even a tiny increase in their seat total (Green) or even one seat (UKIP).

Harriet Harman won the contest, her victory heavily depending on support from individual party members with preference votes narrowing her opponent's lead and she only led in the final round.

Eliminations can occur with or without allowing and applying preference votes to choose the final two candidates.

In the 2017 local elections, Labour's share of first preference votes fell from 31.4 % to 20.2 %, while it lost over 130 seats.

In STV elections, winning the quota (ballots / (seats +1)-RRB- of first preference votes assures election.

Do we really want a system where the casual 7th preference vote of someone staring down the ballot paper and thinking «Who have I not voted for yet?»

Roberts was elected to Australia's upper house in 2016 thanks to the country's unfathomably complicated preference voting system.

22:57 - Simon Hughes, deputy Liberal Democrat leader, just told Iain Dale's LBC programme he cast his second preference vote for Siobhan Benita.

The irony is I think there is a fair chance Ed Miliband will win on 2nd preference votes.

Running 43 candidates (four more candidates than the Anti Austerity Alliance did), the People Before Profit Alliance won 29,081 votes across the state, amounting to 1.7 % of the first preference votes cast nationally.

In 2007 Baston looked at 256 opinion polls, and at the election results that would have been produced by three electoral systems: first past the post, and two AV scenarios — one in which the Liberal Democrat votes went to the Tories and Labour, and another in which the Lib Dem second preference votes went to Labour.

Liz Kendall's warning comes as she and fellow contender Yvette Copper urge their supporters not to give their second and third preference vote to Mr Corbyn.

The detailed YouGov results provide much information about second and subsequent preferences, although they predict a rather unrealistic low switch in allegiance in AV first preference votes from FPTP voting intentions — both Labour and Tories, for example, are predicted to retain 96 % of their FPTP voters as first preferences which must understate the switch to UKIP and the Greens, for example.

First preference votes need to be filtered through the system of Irish electoral constituencies (and the different numbers of seats that are apportioned to these).

The most recent election is such an example because one party (CDU / CSU) won 231 of the directly elected seats, while only receiving approximately 34.7 % of the (eligible) party - preference votes across Germany.

This is a seat where Labor has often trailed on first preference votes in recent years, only to win on the preferences of Australian Democrat and Green candidates.

However, many of these are second preference votes for people already voting for Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone.

For example, in a three - party election where voters for both the left and right prefer the centrist candidate to stop the «enemy» candidate winning, those voters who care more about defeating the «enemy» than electing their own candidate may cast a tactical first preference vote for the centrist candidate.

Goldsmith may not be exactly white - hot on Khan's tail, but in the outer reaches of the capital his popularity has steadily increased from 27 to 30 %, and his total share of second preference votes is up on last month.

But in 1978, he took only nine first - preference votes, and finished just six points ahead of Austrian Hans Krankl.

In 1979, Keegan picked up 18 of the 26 first - preference votes and finished with a score of 118 points, 66 points ahead of Bayern Munich's Karl - Heinz Rummenigge.

Cruyff came first with 15 first - preference votes and a total of 116 points; Beckenbauer came second with ten first - preference votes and 105 points.