The total vote is 758. The voting papers are sorted according to first preferences for the eleven candidates. Three voting papers are marked with several crosses, and two have the figure '1' against more than one candidate. These five invalid papers are set aside. The vote for each candidate is entered onto the vote record forms and on the election result sheet. The total valid vote is 753. The number of places to be filled is six. The Quota is determined by dividing the total valid vote by one more than the number of places to be filled, seven, continuing the calculation to two decimal places, and rounding up.

753/7 = 107.57142      Quota = 107.58

Smith has 134 papers for review, of which 123 prove to be transferable. Since the total present value of these papers, 123, exceeds the surplus of 26.42, this surplus is shared between the transferable papers, to give, for each paper, a transfer value to two decimal places of:

26.42/123 = 0.21

Each of the candidates is credited on their vote record form with the value of the papers received, at the transfer value of 0.21, and these credits, together with the non-transferable difference arising from the neglected remainder

26.42 - (123 x 0.21) = 26.42 - 25.83 = 0.59

are recorded on the result sheet, which again shows the total valid vote at 753.

Duke now has a surplus of 108.68 - 107.58 = 1.10. This is less than the difference between the votes of the two candidates now last,

32.25 - 30.51 = 1.74

and is also less than the difference between the total vote of the last two candidates and the candidate next above,

64.21 - (32.25 + 30.51) = 64.21 - 62.76 = 1.45

Thus, because the transfer of the surplus could not change the order of the last two candidates or of the last three candidates, on either ground the transfer of the surplus is deferred.

The last two candidates are now excluded together, because their total vote, together with the untransferred surplus, is

(32.25 + 30.51) + 1.10= 62.76 + 1.10 = 63.86

which is less than the vote of the candidate next above, at 64.21 while the total vote of the last three candidates, together with the untransferred surplus, is

(32.25 + 30.51 + 64.21) + 1.10 = 128.07

which is much greater than the vote of the candidate next above, at 64.84.

Their papers are arranged in descending order of transfer value,

Carpenter and Duke now both have surpluses whose total value is

14.77 + 1.10 = 15.87

This exceeds the difference between the votes of the two candidates now last

68.26 - 67.10 = 1.16

Since the transfer of these surpluses could change the order of the last two candidates, the larger surplus is transferred.

Carpenter's surplus has arisen through the exclusion of Glazier and Wright. The transfer of Carpenter's surplus is thus in effect the completion of the exclusion of these two candidates. Hence the papers for review are the 34 papers last received, of which 8 prove to be transferable. Since the total present value of these papers, 8 does not exceed the surplus of 14.77, these papers are transferred at a transfer value equal to the value at which they were received.

Each candidate is credited on his vote record form with the value of the papers received, and these credits together with the non-transferable difference:

14.77 - 8 = 6.77

are entered as before on the result sheet.

A further line of the lower part of the Count Control form is completed. The reduced vote required for election is now 104.18. This is exceeded by Prince's vote of 104.31. Prince is therefore deemed elected and a fourth line of the upper part of the Count Control form is now completed. A third line of the lower part of the Count Control form calculates the new reduced vote required for election, confirming that no-one else can be deemed elected yet.

Duke still has a surplus of 1.10. This is less than the difference between the votes of the last two candidates,

70.26 - 68.10 = 2.16

Because the transfer of the surplus could not change the order of the last two candidates, the transfer of the surplus is again deferred. The candidate now last, Abbot, is excluded.

Abbot‘s papers are arranged in descending order of transfer value,

Artisans

Nobles

Clerics

Independent

Smith

134

Duke

105

Abbot

59

Freeman

90

Carpenter

81

Prince

91

Vicar

55

Wright

27

Baron

64

Monk

23

Glazier

  24

266

260

137

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