STV MODELLING OF ELECTION RESULTS FOR SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL
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     The all-up elections in 2004 with three seats up in every ward gives an
     opportunity to extrapolate the actual voting figures to see what sort of
     result a different election system might have given. These are some
     calculations based on giving each ward a number of members from each party
     that stood as a direct proportion of that party's total vote share in that
     ward.

                     LibDem       Labour    Conservative    Green
                  Share Seats  Share Seats  Share Seats  Share Seats
Arbourthorne      28.7%   1    53.9%   2    12.3%         3.1%
Beauchief         42.7%   2    33.2%   1    15.5%         3.2%
Beighton          13.5%        52.1%   2    25.8%   1     4.1%
Birley            19.8%   1    57.4%   2    18.8%         4.0%
Broomhill         43.1%   2    21.9%   1    13.9%        21.1%
Burngreave        18.3%   1    59.9%   2    11.0%         6.4%
Central           25.6%   1    32.3%   1    10.8%        31.4%   1
Crookes           48.6%   2    21.9%   1    21.7%         7.8%
Darnall           30.0%   1    47.7%   2    11.6%         3.8%
Dore & Totley     42.4%   1     9.4%        45.3%   2     2.9%
East Ecclesfield  43.9%   2    36.1%   1     9.7%         3.4%
Ecclesall         52.2%   2    13.5%        29.0%   1     5.3%
Firth Park        14.8%        62.5%   3    16.8%         5.9%
Fulwood           49.2%   2    12.7%        31.1%   1     4.8%
Gleadless Valley  27.9%   1    40.9%   2    11.0%        20.3%
Graves Park       46.2%   2    30.0%   1    18.6%         5.2%
Hillsborough      36.6%   1    47.6%   2    10.3%         5.5%
Manor & Castle    14.0%        61.6%   3     9.6%        14.8%
Mosborough        26.9%   1    45.1%   2    24.7%         3.2%
Nether Edge       42.0%   2    26.8%   1    13.6%        17.5%
Richmond          18.0%   1    52.4%   2    13.8%         5.4%
Shiregreen        15.5%   1    59.7%   2    10.6%         3.7%
Southey           14.6%        62.1%   3    10.3%         3.3%
Stannington       43.6%   2    29.4%   1    21.9%         5.1%
Stocksbridge      49.7%   2    29.7%   1    15.1%         5.4%
Walkley           40.992% 2    40.985% 1    10.2%         7.9%
West Ecclesfield  45.2%   2    38.6%   1    12.7%         3.5%
Woodhouse         12.3%   1    59.3%   2    11.5%         3.0%
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TOTAL                  36           42            5            1

Notes:
In this model seats allocated as follows:

Votes cast are put in bands of:
 0-19.9% : 0 seats
20-39.9% : 1 seat
40-59.9% : 2 seats
60-79.9% : 3 seats

The largest vote share is allocated seats according to the above bands. The
next largest vote share is allocated any remaining seats up to the maximum
allowed by their vote share. Each next largest vote share is allocated until
no more vote share is left. Any remaining seat is allocated to the remaining
largest vote share.

For example:
In Walkley, the LibDems with 40.992% of the vote get 2 seats. Labour, with
40.985% of the vote would also get 2 seats, but there is only 1 left, so
they get 1 seat.

In Birley, Labour with 57.4% get 2 seats. There are no more votes cast that
qualify for a seat. The remaining 1 seat is allocated to the LibDems with
19.8% of the vote.