ranked.vote // London, Ontario Ward 10 Councilor

The London, Ontario Municipal Election was held on October 22, 2018. Paul Van Meerbergen was the winner out of 5 candidates after 1 elimination round.

Paul Van Meerbergen was also the Condorcet winner.

Paul Van MeerbergenVirginia RidleyKevin MayEliminated in round 1Gary ManleyEliminated in round 1Thomas RisleyEliminated in round 1

Runoff 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 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 2Paul Van MeerbergenVirginia RidleyKevin MayGary ManleyThomas RisleyExhausted51.5%35.5%4.7%54.1%38.6%7.3%Paul Van MeerbergenVirginia RidleyExhausted

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.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Paul Van Meerbergen
Virginia Ridley
Kevin May
Gary Manley
Thomas Risley
Paul Van Meerbergen58.4%83%89.2%92.8%
Virginia Ridley41.6%81.9%81.4%88.1%
Kevin May17%18.1%56.7%70.8%
Gary Manley10.8%18.6%43.3%66.5%
Thomas Risley7.2%11.9%29.2%33.5%

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
Paul Van Meerbergen
Virginia Ridley
Kevin May
Gary Manley
Thomas Risley
Exhausted
Paul Van Meerbergen23.1%7.3%9.3%5%55.3%
Virginia Ridley26.8%18.2%4.9%3.3%46.9%
Kevin May16.3%38.6%8.2%5.4%31.4%
Gary Manley21.1%17.8%16.1%15.4%29.5%
Thomas Risley29.3%7.1%3.6%20.7%39.3%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
All Candidates
(8,284 voters)
49.9%21.0%29.1%
Paul Van Meerbergen
(4,402 voters)
55.3%18.3%26.4%
Virginia Ridley
(3,040 voters)
46.9%24.4%28.7%
Kevin May
(404 voters)
31.4%25.7%42.8%
Gary Manley
(298 voters)
29.5%20.1%50.3%
Thomas Risley
(140 voters)
39.3%24.3%36.4%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Paul Van Meerbergen
Virginia Ridley
Exhausted
Kevin May20.5%41.8%37.6%
Gary Manley31.2%25.5%43.3%
Thomas Risley36.4%9.3%54.3%

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