The elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland.[1] It was the third successive Local Council election to run under the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system.
The election saw the SNP become the largest party on the council for the first time, whilst the Conservative party overcame Labour to become the second largest party. Following the election Leith councillor Adam McVey took over control of the SNP group from Frank Ross. Conservative group leader Cameron Rose was similarly replaced by Iain Whyte. The Labour group elected Cammy Day as their leader.[2]
The Labour-SNP administration formed in 2012 lost their majority however were able to continue in office in a minority administration, with Labour now being the junior partner to the SNP.
Following the implementation of changes recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland the number of councillors to be elected was increased from 58 to 63. This was also the first election contested on new boundaries since the 2007 election. While the number of wards remained at 17, five wards:
Almond
Pentland Hills
City Centre
Craigentinny/Duddingston
Portobello/Craigmillar
elected four councillors instead of three.
The fourth placed and losing candidate in four wards was SNP and one ward a Lib Dem. In a re-run of the 2017 election the boundary changes would have likely lead to an increase of +4 SNP Councillors and +1 Liberal Democrat.
The Meadows/Morningside ward was also renamed as Morningside.[3][4]
Election result
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election Electorate: 370,692 Turnout: 187,157 (50.5%) Total Valid: 184,627[5]
† On 20 February 2018, Leith Walk SNP councillor Lewis Ritchie resigned from the party and became an Independent, following complaints about his behaviour arising out of allegedly punching someone in a taxi.[7]
†† On 23 April 2018, Inverleith SNP councillor Gavin Barrie resigned from the party and became an Independent, after losing his position in the ruling administration as Economy Convener, following a vote at the SNP group AGM.[8]
††† On 4 July 2018, Sighthill/Gorgie Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk resigned from the party and became an Independent, saying the UK government’s policies on disability issues and social justice are “incompatible with her beliefs and conscience”.[9]
†††† On 17 July 2018, Drum Brae/Gyle SNP councillor Claire Bridgman resigned from the party for undisclosed reasons and became an Independent.[10]
††††† On 28 January 2019, Leith Walk Labour councillor Marion Donaldson announced she was resigning from the Council citing reports of internal party tensions. A by-election was held on 11 April 2019 and was won by Robb Munn of the SNP.[11][12][13]
†††††† On 21 February 2020, SNP Craigentinny/Duddingston councillor Ian Campbell stood down due to health reasons. A by-election was held on 12 November 2020 and was won by the SNP's Ethan Young.[14]
††††††† On 30 July 2020, SNP Liberton/Gilmerton councillor Derek Howie resigned from the SNP Group to become an Independent.[15]
† Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate. †† Originally elected as a Scottish National Party candidate.
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Main article 2017 Scottish local elections The elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland 1 It was the third successive Local Council election to run under the single transferable vote STV electoral system 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election 2012 4 May 2017 2017 05 04 2022 All 63 seats to City of Edinburgh Council32 seats needed for a majorityTurnout50 5 7 9 First party Second party Third party Leader Adam McVey Cameron Rose Cammy DayParty SNP Conservative LabourLeader s seat Leith Southside Newington ForthLast election 18 seats 26 87 11 seats 19 75 20 seats 28 13 Seats before 17 11 21Seats after 19 18 12Seat change 1 7 8Popular vote 49 994 51 212 33 916Percentage 27 1 27 7 18 4 Swing 0 2 8 8 9 8 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Steve BurgessParty Green Liberal DemocratsLeader s seat Southside Newington Corstorphine MurrayfieldLast election 6 seats 11 44 3 seats 9 34 Seats before 5 2Seats after 8 6Seat change 2 3Popular vote 22 907 25 154Percentage 12 4 13 6 Swing 1 0 4 3 Overall ResultSNP vote share by wardsConservative vote share by wardsLabour vote share by wardsGreen vote share by wardsLiberal Democrats share by wardsElection result by council wardsLeader of the Council before electionAndrew BurnsLabour Leader of the Council after election Adam McVeySNPThe election saw the SNP become the largest party on the council for the first time whilst the Conservative party overcame Labour to become the second largest party Following the election Leith councillor Adam McVey took over control of the SNP group from Frank Ross Conservative group leader Cameron Rose was similarly replaced by Iain Whyte The Labour group elected Cammy Day as their leader 2 The Labour SNP administration formed in 2012 lost their majority however were able to continue in office in a minority administration with Labour now being the junior partner to the SNP Contents 1 Boundary changes 2 Election result 3 Ward summary 4 Ward results 4 1 Almond 4 2 City Centre 4 3 Colinton Fairmilehead 4 4 Corstorphine Murrayfield 4 5 Craigentinny Duddingston 4 6 Drum Brae Gyle 4 7 Forth 4 8 Fountainbridge Craiglockhart 4 9 Inverleith 4 10 Leith 4 11 Leith Walk 4 12 Liberton Gilmerton 4 13 Morningside 4 14 Pentland Hills 4 15 Portobello Craigmillar 4 16 Sighthill Gorgie 4 17 Southside Newington 5 Changes since 2017 6 By elections since 2017 7 Retiring Councillors 8 References 9 External linksBoundary changes EditFollowing the implementation of changes recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland the number of councillors to be elected was increased from 58 to 63 This was also the first election contested on new boundaries since the 2007 election While the number of wards remained at 17 five wards AlmondPentland HillsCity CentreCraigentinny DuddingstonPortobello Craigmillar elected four councillors instead of three The fourth placed and losing candidate in four wards was SNP and one ward a Lib Dem In a re run of the 2017 election the boundary changes would have likely lead to an increase of 4 SNP Councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat The Meadows Morningside ward was also renamed as Morningside 3 4 Election result Edit2017 City of Edinburgh Council electionElectorate 370 692Turnout 187 157 50 5 Total Valid 184 627 5 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes SNP 19 3 2 1 30 16 27 08 49 994 0 21 Conservative 18 7 0 7 28 57 27 73 51 212 8 82 Labour 12 1 9 8 19 05 18 37 33 916 9 76 Green 8 3 1 2 12 70 12 41 22 907 0 97 Liberal Democrats 6 3 0 3 9 52 13 62 25 154 4 28 Independent 0 0 0 0 00 0 67 1 239 1 17 Libertarian 0 0 0 0 00 0 11 201 New UKIP 0 0 0 0 00 0 07 134 0 27 Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 00 0 04 66 NewWard summary EditResults of the 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election by ward Ward Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats TotalLabour SNP Conservative Green Lib Dem OthersAlmond 5 53 0 22 60 1 16 86 1 2 64 0 50 80 2 1 57 0 4Pentland Hills 20 63 1 28 83 1 41 27 2 4 32 0 4 95 0 0 00 0 4Drum Brae Gyle 13 32 0 26 82 1 22 00 1 4 34 0 33 52 1 0 0 0 3Forth 20 73 1 31 31 2 28 38 1 9 99 0 7 81 0 1 78 0 4Inverleith 12 37 0 18 96 1 36 91 2 12 30 0 16 59 1 2 87 0 4Corstorphine Murrayfield 7 68 0 21 65 1 33 41 1 5 23 0 30 64 1 1 38 0 3Sighthill Gorgie 21 64 1 40 17 2 19 09 1 14 88 0 3 91 0 0 32 0 4Colinton Fairmilehead 20 59 1 20 73 0 49 76 2 4 28 0 4 64 0 0 00 0 3Fountainbridge Craiglockhart 13 84 0 21 04 1 31 80 1 27 61 1 5 04 0 0 68 0 3Morningside 18 21 1 17 87 0 29 54 1 19 36 1 15 02 1 0 00 0 4City Centre 13 25 1 25 07 1 32 68 1 20 52 1 8 00 0 0 48 0 4Leith Walk 22 49 1 34 46 2 14 42 0 19 69 1 3 74 0 5 19 0 4Leith 20 35 1 36 16 1 15 93 0 22 26 1 5 29 0 0 00 0 3Craigentinny Duddingston 23 25 1 37 11 1 23 72 1 11 70 1 4 21 0 0 00 0 4Southside Newington 20 12 1 20 54 1 26 93 1 20 35 1 12 05 0 0 00 0 4Liberton Gilmerton 32 27 1 33 80 2 23 24 1 5 17 0 5 52 0 0 00 0 4Portobello Craigmillar 30 39 1 32 56 1 19 48 1 15 10 1 2 47 0 0 00 0 4Total 18 37 12 27 08 19 27 74 18 12 41 8 13 62 6 0 89 0 63Ward results EditAlmond Edit 2012 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLib Dem 2017 2xLib Dem 1xCon 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change One Lib Dem gain Almond 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Liberal Democrats Kevin Lang 42 8 6 079 Liberal Democrats Louise Young 8 0 1 138 3 652 Conservative Graham Hutchison 16 9 2 395 2 727 2 995 SNP Norrie Work incumbent 13 9 1 971 2 055 2 105 2 108 2 111 2 117 2 123 2 225 2 387 3 744SNP Pamela Mitchell 8 7 1 240 1 286 1 306 1 309 1 321 1 326 1 342 1 485 1 691 Labour Bruce Whitehead 5 5 786 869 966 985 996 1 014 1 037 1 167 Green Iain McKinnon Waddell 2 6 375 430 495 502 510 537 558 Libertarian Daniel Fraser 0 7 99 113 119 123 134 139 Independent John Longstaff 0 4 56 69 89 102 120 UKIP Otto Inglis 0 5 68 79 85 100 Electorate 25 455 Valid 14 207 Spoilt 129 Quota 2 842 Turnout 56 3 Candidate votes by stage City Centre Edit 2012 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLab 2017 1xCon 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change One Green gain City Centre 4 seats 6 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Conservative Jo Mowat incumbent 32 68 2 904 SNP Alasdair Rankin incumbent 25 07 2 228 Green Claire Miller 20 52 1 823 Labour Karen Doran incumbent 13 25 1 177 1 372 1 512 1 534 1 566 2 424Liberal Democrats David Stevens 8 00 711 1 185 1 304 1 318 1 388 Libertarian Peter Sidor 0 48 43 91 135 137 Electorate 20 451 Valid 8 886 Spoilt 52 Quota 1 776 Turnout 8 938 43 7 Candidate votes by stage Colinton Fairmilehead Edit 2012 2xCon 1xSNP 2017 2xCon 1xLab 2012 2017 Change One Labour gain from SNPColinton Fairmilehead 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Conservative Jason Rust incumbent 33 25 3 783 Labour Scott Arthur 20 59 2 343 2 423 2 541 2 855 Conservative Philip Doggart 16 51 1 879 2 580 2 602 2 724 2 727 3 430SNP Richard John Lewis incumbent 20 73 2 359 2 387 2 610 2 712 2 714 Liberal Democrats David Richard Walker 4 64 528 584 680 Green Sara Marsden 4 28 487 500 Electorate 19 085 Valid 11 379 Spoilt 111 Quota 2 845 Turnout 60 2 Candidate votes by stage Corstorphine Murrayfield Edit 2012 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2017 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2012 2017 Change No change Corstorphine Murrayfield 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Conservative Scott Douglas 33 41 3 819 Liberal Democrats Gillian Gloyer 30 64 3 502 SNP Frank Ross incumbent 21 65 2 474 2 503 2 566 2 577 2 680 2 956Labour June Whitelaw 7 68 878 1 089 1 289 1 316 1 386 1 633Green Kate Nevens 5 23 598 670 780 792 852 Independent John Ferguson Scott 0 80 92 221 281 316 UKIP James Nisbet 0 58 66 150 165 Electorate 19 328 Valid 11 429 Spoilt 101 Quota 2 858 Turnout 11 530 59 7 Candidate votes by stage Craigentinny Duddingston Edit 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 2017 1xCon 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change One Labour loss one Conservative gain and one Green gain Craigentinny Duddingston 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Conservative John McLellan 23 7 2 521 SNP Ian Campbell 23 1 2 458 Labour Co op Joan Griffiths incumbent 17 4 1 845 1 910 2 1 928 9 2 095 5 2 124 2 2 727 4 Green Alex Staniforth 11 7 1 244 1 266 8 1 286 6 1 427 3 1 579 3 1 623 6 1 785 8 2 656 4SNP Alex Lunn incumbent elected as Labour 7 6 813 819 4 1 049 4 1 076 3 1 602 6 1 615 5 1 675 8 SNP Mridul Wadhwa 6 3 674 676 8 716 8 731 4 Labour Co op Lyndsay Martin 5 9 627 660 6 665 6 740 5 747 2 Liberal Democrats Patrick Hadfield 4 2 448 548 6 554 9 Electorate 22 793 Valid 10 630 Spoilt 262 Quota 2 127 Turnout 10 892 Drum Brae Gyle Edit 2012 1xLab 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2017 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2012 2017 Change One Conservative gain from Labour Drum Brae Gyle 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Liberal Democrats Robert Christopher Aldridge incumbent 33 5 3 176 SNP Claire Bridgman 26 8 2 541 Conservative Mark Brown 22 0 2 084 2 411Labour Karen Ann Keil incumbent 13 3 1 262 1 483Green Phyl Meyer 4 3 411 521Electorate 18 321 Valid 9 474 Spoilt 82 Quota 2 369 Turnout 52 2 Forth Edit 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2017 2xSNP 1xCon 1xLab 2012 2017 Change One SNP gain from Labour Forth 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Conservative Jim Campbell 28 38 2 951 Labour Cammy Day incumbent 15 18 1 579 1 710 1 731 2 157 SNP Eleanor Bird 17 94 1 866 1 879 1 894 1 917 1 923 2 313 SNP George Gordon 13 37 1 390 1 402 1 421 1 457 1 463 1 638 1 836 2 207Liberal Democrats Tim Wight 7 81 812 1 073 1 149 1 200 1 220 1 572 1 582 Green Gillian Mackay 9 99 1 039 1 085 1 130 1 165 1 178 Labour Heather Pugh 5 55 577 623 651 Independent Nicola Ross 1 78 185 269 Electorate 23 348 Valid 10 399 Spoilt 214 Quota 2 080 Turnout 45 5 Fountainbridge Craiglockhart Edit 2012 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 2017 1xCon 1xGreen 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change One Conservative gain from Labour Fountainbridge Craiglockhart 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Conservative Andrew Johnston 31 80 2 908 Green Gavin Corbett incumbent 27 61 2 525 SNP David Key incumbent 21 04 1 924 1 939 2 028 2 043 2 125 2 755Labour Anne Wimberley 13 84 1 266 1 395 1 458 1 482 1 864 Liberal Democrats Jenni Lang 5 04 461 659 705 732 Independent Rojan Subramani 0 68 62 91 101 Electorate 17 032 Valid 9 146 Spoilt 59 Quota 2 287 Turnout 9 205 54 0 Inverleith Edit 2012 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLab 1xGreen 2017 2xCon 1xLib Dem 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change One Conservative amp Liberal Democrat gain from Labour and Green Inverleith 4 seats 6 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Liberal Democrats Hal Osler 16 59 2 251 2 253 2 388 2 870 Conservative Max Mitchell 19 79 2 685 2 691 2 707 2 840 SNP Gavin Barrie incumbent 18 96 2 572 2 576 2 611 2 811 Conservative Iain Whyte incumbent 17 12 2 323 2 325 2 371 2 411 2 459 2 571 2 573 3 103Green Nigel Bagshaw incumbent 12 30 1 669 1 674 1 748 2 182 2 244 2 248 2 316 Labour James Dalgleish 12 39 1 678 1 681 1 704 Independent Tina Woolnough 2 63 357 362 Libertarian Tom Laird 0 24 32 Electorate 24 275 Valid 13 567 Spoilt 147 Quota 2 714 Turnout 56 5 Leith Edit 2012 1xLab 1xGreen 1xSNP 2017 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change No change Leith 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4SNP Adam McVey incumbent 36 16 2 753 Green Chas Booth incumbent 22 26 1 695 2 213 Labour Co op Gordon John Munro incumbent 20 35 1 549 1 690 1 821 2 106Conservative Paul Penman 15 93 1 213 1 236 1 246 1 354Liberal Democrats Sanne Dijkstra Downie 5 29 403 448 552 Electorate 17 432 Valid 7 613 Spoilt 62 Quota 1 904 Turnout 7 675 44 0 Leith Walk Edit 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 1xGreen 2017 2xSNP 1xGreen 1xLab 2012 2017 Change One SNP gain from Labour Leith Walk 4 seats 6 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Green Susan Rae 19 69 2 097 2 105 2 125 2 246 SNP Lewis Ritchie incumbent 17 84 1 900 1 901 1 903 1 923 1 949 4 2 052 2 2 090 4 2 125 9 2 209 4SNP Amy McNeese Mechan 16 62 1 770 1 772 1 777 1 788 1 817 5 1 870 9 1 912 9 1 971 4 2 107 7Labour Marion Donaldson incumbent 15 04 1 602 1 605 1 617 1 692 1 715 9 1 821 6 2 529 8 Conservative Cristina Marga 14 42 1 536 1 541 1 544 1 600 1 602 6 1 683 2 1 719 3 1 784 5 Labour Nick Gardner incumbent 7 45 793 795 803 839 849 3 912 7 Independent Harald Tobermann 4 06 432 459 463 511 522 6 Liberal Democrats Vita Zaporozcenko 3 74 398 400 403 Socialist Labour David Don Jacobsen 0 62 66 67 Independent Alan Gordon Melville 0 52 55 Electorate 24 160 Valid 10 649 Spoilt 167 Quota 2 130 Turnout 10 816 44 8 Liberton Gilmerton Edit 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2017 2xSNP 1xCon 1xLab 2012 2017 Change One SNP gain from Labour Liberton Gilmerton 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Labour Lezley Marion Cameron 24 81 2 911 Conservative Stephanie Smith 23 24 2 726 SNP Derek Howie 17 49 2 052 2 086 2 093 2 200 2 292 2 564SNP Lesley MacInnes 16 17 1 913 1 931 1 938 2 095 2 168 2 401Labour Tim Pogson 7 46 875 1 295 1 376 1 511 1 881 Liberal Democrats John Christopher Knox 5 52 648 682 794 941 Green John Nichol 5 17 606 617 637 Electorate 25 648 Valid 11 731 Spoilt 264 Quota 2 347 Turnout 11 995 46 8 Morningside Edit 2012 1xCon 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 2017 1xCon 1xGreen 1xLib Dem 1xLab 2012 2017 Change One Liberal Democrat gain from SNP Morningside 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5Conservative Nick Cook 22 17 3 010 Green Melanie Main incumbent 19 36 2 629 2 631 2 721 Liberal Democrats Neil Ross 15 02 2 039 2 054 2 508 2 510 3 477Labour Mandy Watt 18 21 2 473 2 480 2 699 2 701 3 441SNP Sandy Howat incumbent 17 87 2 427 2 429 2 450 2 452 Conservative Chris Land 7 37 1 001 1 260 Electorate 23 861 Valid 13 579 Spoilt 103 Quota 2 716 Turnout 13 682 57 3 Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward Pentland Hills Edit 2012 1xSNP 1xLab 1xCon 2017 2xCon 1xLab 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change One Conservative gain Pentland Hills 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Conservative Graeme Bruce 27 2 3 083 SNP Neil Gardiner 21 1 2 382 Labour Ricky Henderson incumbent 20 6 2 334 Conservative Susan Webber 14 0 1 587 2 293SNP Ernesta Noreikiene 7 8 880 888Liberal Democrats Emma Farthing 4 9 560 608Green Evelyn Weston 4 3 489 499Electorate 22 920 Valid 11 315 Spoilt 262 Quota 2 264 Turnout 50 5 Portobello Craigmillar Edit 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 2017 1xCon 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change One Labour loss one Conservative gain and one Green gain Portobello Craigmillar 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Labour Maureen Child incumbent 22 80 2 378 Conservative Callum Laidlaw 19 48 2 032 2 057 2 114 SNP Kate Campbell 16 96 1 769 1 785 1 799 1 800 1 906 3 355Green Mary Campbell 15 10 1 575 1 621 1 702 1 705 1 950 2 073SNP Mike Bridgman incumbent 15 60 1 627 1 640 1 652 1 653 1 749 Labour David Walker incumbent 7 59 792 941 1 001 1 010 Liberal Democrats Callum Leslie 2 47 258 271 Electorate 22 360 Valid 10 431 Spoilt 223 Quota 2 087 Turnout 10 654 47 6 Sighthill Gorgie Edit 2012 2xLab 2xSNP 2017 2xSNP 1xCon 1xLab 2012 2017 Change One Conservative gain from Labour Sighthill Gorgie 4 seats 6 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7SNP Catherine Fullerton incumbent 18 5 1 574 1 575 1 582 1 888 Conservative Ashley Graczyk 19 09 1 621 1 625 1 694 1 701 Labour Donald Wilson incumbent 11 69 993 995 1 048 1 063 1 071 4 1 071 7 1 821 9SNP Denis Dixon incumbent 14 01 1 190 1 191 1 204 1 452 1 596 7 1 596 8 1 621 8Green Dan Heap 14 9 1 264 1 269 1 356 1 405 1 421 3 1 421 6 1 471 4Labour Carmel Smith 9 94 844 845 902 909 914 914 5 SNP Simon Hayter 7 63 648 648 653 Liberal Democrats Devin Scott Scobie 3 91 332 338 Libertarian Calum Strange 0 32 27 Electorate 21 885 Valid 8 493 Spoilt 219 Quota 1 699 Turnout 8 712 39 8 Southside Newington Edit 2012 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2017 1xCon 1xGreen 1xLab 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change No Change Southside Newington 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count1Conservative Cameron Rose incumbent 26 93 3 151SNP Alison Dickie 20 54 2 403Green Steve Burgess incumbent 20 35 2 381Labour Ian Perry incumbent 20 12 2 354Liberal Democrats Dan Farthing 12 05 1 410Electorate 22 338 Valid 11 699 Spoilt 73 Quota 2 340 Turnout 11 772 52 7 Changes since 2017 Edit On 20 February 2018 Leith Walk SNP councillor Lewis Ritchie resigned from the party and became an Independent following complaints about his behaviour arising out of allegedly punching someone in a taxi 7 On 23 April 2018 Inverleith SNP councillor Gavin Barrie resigned from the party and became an Independent after losing his position in the ruling administration as Economy Convener following a vote at the SNP group AGM 8 On 4 July 2018 Sighthill Gorgie Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk resigned from the party and became an Independent saying the UK government s policies on disability issues and social justice are incompatible with her beliefs and conscience 9 On 17 July 2018 Drum Brae Gyle SNP councillor Claire Bridgman resigned from the party for undisclosed reasons and became an Independent 10 On 28 January 2019 Leith Walk Labour councillor Marion Donaldson announced she was resigning from the Council citing reports of internal party tensions A by election was held on 11 April 2019 and was won by Robb Munn of the SNP 11 12 13 On 21 February 2020 SNP Craigentinny Duddingston councillor Ian Campbell stood down due to health reasons A by election was held on 12 November 2020 and was won by the SNP s Ethan Young 14 On 30 July 2020 SNP Liberton Gilmerton councillor Derek Howie resigned from the SNP Group to become an Independent 15 By elections since 2017 EditLeith Walk By election 11 April 2019 16 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11SNP Rob Munn 35 7 2 596 2 598 2 598 2 598 2 612 2 616 2 630 2 721 2 763 3 021 4 487Green Lorna Slater 25 5 1 855 1 856 1 856 1 856 1 865 1 869 1 904 2 093 2 223 2 765 Labour Nick Gardner 15 5 1 123 1 124 1 124 1 126 1 136 1 140 1 157 1 320 1 497 Conservative Dan McCroskrie 10 7 777 777 779 781 784 811 825 912 Liberal Democrats Jack Caldwell 8 6 623 624 624 626 628 633 652 Independent Kevin Illingworth 1 5 110 112 112 122 126 143 UKIP Steven Alexander 1 2 85 88 97 97 98 Socialist Labour David Jacobsen 0 8 56 56 56 56 Independent John Scott 0 2 16 16 17 For Britain Paul Stirling 0 2 14 14 Libertarian Tom Laird 0 2 12 Electorate 24 197 Valid 7 267 Spoilt 67 Quota 3 634 Turnout 30 3 Craigentinny Dunningston By election 12 November 2020 17 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6SNP Ethan Young 38 9 2 920 2 924 2 936 3 004 3 716 3 818Conservative Eleanor Price 18 9 1 420 1 428 1 448 1 582 1 620 Labour Margaret Graham 16 1 1 205 1 205 1 216 1 359 1 682 2 085Green Benjamin Parker 15 8 1 185 1 189 1 203 1 340 Liberal Democrats Elaine Ford 8 4 631 634 647 Independent Andrew McDonald 1 2 93 100 Libertarian Tam Laird 0 6 42 Electorate 23 972 Valid 7 496 Spoilt 86 Quota 3 749 Turnout 31 6 Retiring Councillors EditCouncil Ward Departing Councillor PartyAlmond Lindsay Paterson 18 ConservativeAlmond Alastair Shields 19 IndependentCorstorphine Murrayfield Jeremy Balfour 18 ConservativeCorstorphine Murrayfield Paul Edie 20 Liberal DemocratColinton Fairmilehead Elaine Aitken 18 ConservativeCraigentinny Duddingston Stefan Tymkewycz 21 Scottish National PartyDrum Brae Gyle Ronald Cairns Scottish National PartyFountainbridge Craiglockhart Andrew Burns 22 LabourForth Allan Jackson 23 ConservativeInverleith Lesley Hinds 24 LabourLiberton Gilmerton Norma Austin Hart LabourLiberton Gilmerton Keith Robson LabourMeadows Morningside Paul Godzik LabourMeadows Morningside Mark McInnes 25 ConservativePentland Hills Bill Henderson 26 Scottish National PartyPentland Hills Dominic Heslop 18 ConservativeSighthill Gorgie Eric Milligan 26 LabourSouthside Newington Jim Orr Independent Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate Originally elected as a Scottish National Party candidate References Edit King Hannah Upcoming elections www edinburgh gov uk Archived from the original on 19 March 2017 Retrieved 3 February 2017 Adam McVey to replace Frank Ross as SNP group leader www edinburghnews scotsman com Retrieved 6 February 2019 Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland Fifth Electoral Reviews City of Edinburgh www lgbc scotland gov uk Retrieved 6 February 2019 Edinburgh to have five more councillors from next year Phyllis Stephen The Edinburgh Reporter 14 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next year www edinburghnews scotsman com Retrieved 6 February 2019 SNP councillor to quit at May local elections www edinburghnews scotsman com Retrieved 6 February 2019 Edinburgh leader to stand down from post BBC News 18 August 2016 Retrieved 6 February 2019 via www bbc co uk Tory stalwart to join exodus from Edinburgh council www edinburghnews scotsman com Retrieved 6 February 2019 City transport leader to stand down BBC News 22 August 2016 Retrieved 6 February 2019 via www bbc co uk Edinburgh Conservative councillor gets peerage in David Cameron s honours list Holyrood Magazine 5 August 2016 Archived from the original on 7 February 2019 Retrieved 6 February 2019 a b Edinburgh s longest serving councillor to stand down in 2017 www edinburghnews scotsman com Retrieved 6 February 2019 External links Edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election amp oldid 1123105929, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
