diff --git a/app/search/nomination_stats_search.rb b/app/search/nomination_stats_search.rb
index cd05edb16..015f4189b 100644
--- a/app/search/nomination_stats_search.rb
+++ b/app/search/nomination_stats_search.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class NominationStatsSearch < Search
   ]
 
   FETCH_QUERY = %Q{
+    ceremonial_counties.id AS ceremonial_county_id,
     CASE WHEN ceremonial_counties.name IS NULL THEN 'Not assigned' ELSE ceremonial_counties.name END AS ceremonial_county_name,
     #{TRACKED_STATES.map { |s| "COUNT(CASE WHEN form_answers.state = '#{s}' THEN 1 END) AS #{s}_count" }.join(',')},
     COUNT(CASE WHEN form_answers.state IN (#{TRACKED_STATES.map { |s| "'#{s}'" }.join(',')}) THEN 1 END) AS total_count
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class NominationStatsSearch < Search
 
   def self.default_search
     {
-      sort: "ceremonial_county_name",
+      sort: "name",
       search_filter: {
         year: "all_years",
         assigned_ceremonial_county: FormAnswerStatus::AdminFilter.values('assigned county')
@@ -29,13 +30,36 @@ def self.default_search
   end
 
   def results
-    super
+    @search_results = scope
 
-    @search_results = @search_results
+    if !!filter_params[:year].presence
+      @search_results = filter_by_year(@search_results, filter_params[:year].presence)
+    end
+
+    cte_query = @search_results
       .select(FETCH_QUERY)
       .left_joins(:ceremonial_county)
-      .group("ceremonial_counties.name")
+      .group("ceremonial_counties.id, ceremonial_counties.name")
+
+    base_query = CeremonialCounty.select(:id, :name)
+    base_scope = base_query.from("(#{base_query.to_sql} UNION ALL (SELECT NULL AS id, 'Not assigned' AS name)) AS ceremonial_counties")
+
+    if !!filter_params[:assigned_ceremonial_county].presence
+      base_scope = filter_by_assigned_ceremonial_county(base_scope, filter_params[:assigned_ceremonial_county].presence)
+    end
+
+    desc = params.fetch(:sort, "").split(".")&.last == "desc"
+    base_scope = sort_by_ceremonial_county_name(base_scope, desc)
 
+    @search_results = base_scope.with(data: cte_query)
+      .select(%Q{
+        ceremonial_counties.id,
+        ceremonial_counties.name,
+        #{TRACKED_STATES.map { |s| "COALESCE(data.#{s}_count, 0) AS #{s}_count" }.join(',')},
+        COALESCE(data.total_count, 0) AS total_count
+      }.squish)
+      .joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN data ON data.ceremonial_county_id = ceremonial_counties.id")
+  
     @search_results
   end
 
@@ -51,11 +75,11 @@ def filter_by_assigned_ceremonial_county(scoped_results, value)
     value = value.map do |v|
       v == "not_assigned" ? nil : v
     end
-    scoped_results.where(ceremonial_county_id: value)
+
+    scoped_results.where(id: value)
   end
 
   def sort_by_ceremonial_county_name(scoped_results, desc = false)
-    scoped_results.order("ceremonial_counties.name #{sort_order(desc)}")
+    scoped_results.order("name #{sort_order(desc)}")
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/statistics/nominations/_list.html.slim b/app/views/admin/statistics/nominations/_list.html.slim
index 62d71c2cb..78f416a78 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/statistics/nominations/_list.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/admin/statistics/nominations/_list.html.slim
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ div role="region" aria-labelledby="table-list-nomination-statistics-caption" tab
     thead.govuk-table__head
       tr.govuk-table__row
         th.sortable.govuk-table__header.kavs-table__header--dense.kavs-table__header--border-right scope="col" rowspan="2"
-          = sort_link f, 'Lieutenancy', object, :ceremonial_county_name
+          = sort_link f, 'Lieutenancy', object, :name
         th.govuk-table__header.kavs-table__header--dense.kavs-table__header--border-right scope="col" rowspan="2"
           | Submitted nominations
         th.govuk-table__header.kavs-table__header--dense.kavs-table__header--border-right.text-center scope="col" colspan="4"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ div role="region" aria-labelledby="table-list-nomination-statistics-caption" tab
       - results.each do |row|
         tr.govuk-table__row
           th.govuk-table__header.kavs-table__header--dense.kavs-table__header--border-right
-            = row[:ceremonial_county_name]
+            = row[:name]
           td.govuk-table__cell.kavs-table__cell--dense.kavs-table__cell--border-right
             = row[:submitted_count]
           td.govuk-table__cell.kavs-table__cell--dense.kavs-table__cell--border-right