Organizations using Choice Voting (STV)

Many British organizations use choice voting (called the single transferable vote in the United Kingdom) for their elections. Here is a partial list, as of June 2008 -- note that there is a slight chance that some of these organizations either use a different ranked ballot system or have changed their election method recently.

Organizations:

3M   
AA   
Abbey National Group Union   
Amnesty International ASLEF Association for Physical Education   
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland    
Association of British Clinical Diabetologists        
Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists      
BAA  
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust       
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals     
BECTU BFAWU Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust  
BMA - GPC    
BMA Consultants Committee    
BMA Council  
BMA Junior Doctors Committee BMA Medical Students Committee       
BMA Science & Education      
BMA Scotland Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust       
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust     
BRIT Awards Ltd      
British Airways Pensions     
British Computer Society     
British Humanist Association British Medical Journal      
British Transplant Society   
Cemex Centrica plc Chartered Institute of Linguists     
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy   
Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust      
CIMA Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust       
Community    
Conservative Party   
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust    
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council   
Crown Estate CSC  
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East London & The City Mental Health NHS Trust       
EDF Energy   
Educational Institute of Scotland    
Electoral Reform Society     
Ernst & Young Eversheds    
Family Law Bar Association   
First ScotRail       
First TransPennine Express   
FSA  
Fujitsu      
Gallions Housing Association General Council of the Bar   
General Teaching Council for England General Teaching Council Wales       
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust       
GMB  
Goitre Tower Anthracite Ltd  
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust  
HAVCO (Haringey Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations)
Higher Education Academy     
Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust       
HSBC IBM United Kingdom Pensions Trust Limited    
IET  
Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)   
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) IOSH Kings Fund   
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Lancashire Care NHS Trust    
Lancashire Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust Law Society  
Liberal Democrats    
Liberty      
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust       
London Civic Forum   
London Metropolitan University       
Londonwide Local Medical Committee   
Mensa International  
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust     
Milk Link Limited    
MS Society   
MS Society Scotland  
National Autistic Society    
National Grid National Housing Federation  
National Union of Teachers   
NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations  
New Cross Gate NDC   
NISA Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust    
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (prospective)   
North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust Northern Bank Pension Trust Limited  
Northern Circuit     
Northern Ireland Water       
NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
NUJ - NEC    
NUT  
Octavia Housing & Care       
Open University      
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust  
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust       
Partnership of East London Co-operatives (PELC) Limited      
Pensions Management Institute Pensions Trust       
Pensions Trust, The  
Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust       
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust       
Princess Royal Trust for Carers, The PwC  
PwC Hong Kong Rail Safety & Standards Board
RAISE
Reading University Students' Union   
RIBA RMT  
Royal Academy of Engineering Royal Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust     
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust    
Royal British Legion Royal College of General Practitioners        
Royal College of Midwives    
Royal College of Nursing     
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Royal College of Physicians  
Royal College of Psychiatrists        
Royal College of Surgeons    
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust       
Royal Town Planning Institute Sanofi Aventis       
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations  
Scottish Tobacco Control Alliance    
Senior Council for Devon     
SFLA (Solicitors Family Law Association)     
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Shell Pensions Trust Ltd     
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland       
Society of Operations Engineers      
South Essex Partnership NHS Trust    
South Staffordshire Healthcare FT    
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust       
T & G Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust       
Telegraph Media Group
Terence Higgins Trust
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference      
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   
Theatrical Management Association    
Turkish/British Chamber of Commerce  
UCATT UCLH NHS Foundation Trust    
UCU (University and College Union)   
UK Athletics UK Athletics Ltd     
UNISON       
Universities Personnel Association   
University & College Union - Open University Branch  
University of Birmingham     
University of Central Lancashire     
University of London Union   
University of the Arts London
Vegan Society
Whitehead Mann LLP  
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust   
 
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