Liberal Youth: here today, GEM tomorrow

Alright, so the abbreviation of General Executive Member is pretty tempting. And so I include a nice picture of Colombia's third most well-known export (I understand that the first two are brought to you by the letter C).

But this isn't getting the result declared, is it? Time to get on...

With ten candidates for six places, the first task was to calculate the quota. There were seventy valid ballots cast, with one spoilt by the use of three crosses and no numbers. As a result, the quota was determined as 10.01.

The first preferences were as follows;

Sophie Bertrand - 7 votes
Robson Brown - 19 votes
Cara Drury - 11 votes
Charlotte Harris - 10 votes
Thomas Hemsley - 3 votes
Usaama Kaweesa - 7 votes
Callum Leslie - 2 votes
Callum Morton - 3 votes
Ed Sanderson - 8 votes
Callum Stanland - no votes

This meant that Robson Brown and Cara Drury were elected at the first count.

Robson's surplus was transferred at a value of 0.47 (this is where the mathematics gets interesting), and the result after the second count was;

Sophie Bertrand - 8.41 votes

Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Cara Drury - 11 votes (elected)

Charlotte Harris - 11.41 votes

Thomas Hemsley - 3.94 votes

Usaama Kaweesa - 8.41 votes

Callum Leslie - 2.47 votes

Callum Morton - 4.41 votes

Ed Sanderson - 9.88 votes

Callum Stanland - no votes
rounding loss - 0.06 votes

Accordingly, Charlotte Harris was elected at the second count.

The third count saw Cara Drury's surplus transferred at a value of 0.09, and the result after this was;

Sophie Bertrand - 8.59 votes

Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Charlotte Harris - 11.41 votes (elected)

Thomas Hemsley - 4.12 votes

Usaama Kaweesa - 8.59 votes

Callum Leslie - 2.65 votes

Callum Morton - 4.5 votes

Ed Sanderson - 9.97 votes

Callum Stanland - no votes

rounding loss - 0.06 votes

This having not elected anyone, the fourth count saw the transfer of Charlotte Harris's surplus at a value of 0.12. The result was;

Sophie Bertrand - 8.97 votes

Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Charlotte Harris - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Thomas Hemsley - 4.48 votes

Usaama Kaweesa - 9.17 votes

Callum Leslie - 2.65 votes

Callum Morton - 4.5 votes

Ed Sanderson - 10.09 votes

Callum Stanland - no votes

rounding loss - 0.11 votes

This meant that Ed Sanderson was elected at the fourth count.

Unfortunately, his surplus was insufficient to make a difference, and the fifth count saw the elimination of Callum Stanland and Callum Leslie. The result was;

Sophie Bertrand - 9.06 votes

Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Charlotte Harris - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Thomas Hemsley - 6.48 votes

Usaama Kaweesa - 9.26 votes

Callum Leslie - eliminated

Callum Morton - 4.97 votes

Ed Sanderson - 10.09 votes (elected)

Callum Stanland - eliminated

rounding loss - 0.11 votes

The next to be eliminated was Callum Morton, and the result of the sixth count was;

Sophie Bertrand - 11.06 votes

Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Charlotte Harris - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)

Thomas Hemsley - 6.95 votes

Usaama Kaweesa - 10.82 votes

Callum Leslie - eliminated

Callum Morton - eliminated

Ed Sanderson - 10.09 votes (elected)

Callum Stanland - eliminated

rounding loss - 0.11 votes

non-transferable - 0.94 votes

This meant that Sophie Bertrand and Usaama Kaweesa were elected, leaving Thomas Hemsley as the first runner-up.

So, this set of elections is over, pending any appeal. Good night, sleep well...