What is the Supplementary Vote? The system used at Manchester mayoral election

Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Greater Manchester mayoral election has gone to a second round, with Labour’s Bev Craig and Reform UK candidate Sian Astley still in the running to succeed Andy Burnham in the role.The by-election is using a voting system called supplementary vote (SV), which sees voters mark their ballot papers with a first and second choice, and if any candidate wins more than 50% of the first-choice votes, they are declared the winner.That has not happened in Greater Manchester, so the top two candidates move to a second round.The ballot papers of the eliminated candidates are counted again and if there are any second-choice votes for the two remaining candidates, these are added to their first-choice totals.The candidate with the highest overall total of first- and second-choice votes is declared the winner.In fullGreater Manchester mayoral election live: First results announced as Labour’s Bev Craig and Reform UK’s Sian Astley go to second roundMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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