The main feature of the elections was the near obliteration of the Scottish Liberal Democrats as they collapsed from 17 seats on the city council to just 3, which saw them occupying the position as the smallest party. Their leader, and the leader of the council, Jenny Dawe, lost her seat in Meadows/Morningside, epitomising the poor performance. Scottish Labour replaced the Lib Dems as the largest party as they made 5 gains, winning 20 seats in total. The Scottish National Party became the second largest party, gaining 6 seats and 18 seats in total. The Scottish Conservatives retained 11 seats on the council while the Scottish Greens doubled their seat numbers to 6.
After the election a coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the SNP. This replaced the previous Lib Dem – SNP Coalition which had existed from 2007 to 2012.
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Ward summaryedit
Map of Council Wards showing parties elected in each ward
Results of the 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election by ward
† Liberton/Gilmerton SNP councillor Tom Buchanan died on 3 April 2013. A by-election was held on 20 June 2013 and was won by Labour's Keith John Robson.[2]
†† Craigentinny/Duddingston Labour councillor Alex Dunn defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP on 4 December 2013.[3]
††† On 1 March 2014 Southside/Newington SNP councillor Jim Orr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing disillusionment with internal political spats.[4]
†††† Leith Walk SNP councillor Deidre Brock was elected as an MP for Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency) on 7 May 2015 and resigned her Council seat on 24 June 2015.[5] Leith Walk Green councillor Maggie Chapman resigned her seat on 30 June 2015 to focus her efforts on winning a Scottish Parliament seat in North East Scotland.[6] A by-election for both seats was held on 10 September 2015, Lewis Ritchie defending the SNP seat and Labour's Marion Donaldson taking the other.[7]
†††††† Almond Liberal Democrat councillor Alastair Shields resigned from the party and became an Independent after having been de-selected. He originally indicated that he would contest the 2017 local elections as an Independent, but ruled this out in October 2016.[8][9]
By Elections since 2012edit
Liberton/Gilmerton By-election (20 June 2013)[1]- 1 Seat
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External linksedit
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Main article 2012 Scottish local elections Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2012 the same day as the 2012 Scottish local elections The election was the second using 17 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance Scotland Act 2004 each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation system of election 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election 2007 3 May 2012 2012 05 03 2017 All 58 seats to City of Edinburgh Council30 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Andrew Burns Steve Cardownie Jeremy Balfour Party Labour Scottish National Conservative Leader s seat Fountainbridge Craiglockhart Forth Corstorphine Murrayfield Last election 15 seats 22 93 12 seats 20 32 11 seats 22 08 Seats before 15 13 11 Seats won 20 18 11 Seat change 5 6 0 Popular vote 39 286 37 537 27 588 Percentage 28 13 26 87 19 75 Swing 5 45 6 55 2 33 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Maggie Chapman and Steve Burgess Paul Edie Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats Leader s seat Leith Walk Southside Newington Corstorphine Murrayfield Last election 3 seats 8 23 17 seats 21 99 Seats before 3 17 Seats won 6 3 Seat change 3 14 Popular vote 15 978 13 040 Percentage 11 44 9 34 Swing 3 21 12 65 Map of council wardsLeader of the Council before election Jenny Dawe defeated Liberal Democrats Leader of the council after election Andrew Burns Labour The main feature of the elections was the near obliteration of the Scottish Liberal Democrats as they collapsed from 17 seats on the city council to just 3 which saw them occupying the position as the smallest party Their leader and the leader of the council Jenny Dawe lost her seat in Meadows Morningside epitomising the poor performance Scottish Labour replaced the Lib Dems as the largest party as they made 5 gains winning 20 seats in total The Scottish National Party became the second largest party gaining 6 seats and 18 seats in total The Scottish Conservatives retained 11 seats on the council while the Scottish Greens doubled their seat numbers to 6 After the election a coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the SNP This replaced the previous Lib Dem SNP Coalition which had existed from 2007 to 2012 Contents 1 Election result 2 Ward summary 3 Ward results 3 1 Almond 3 2 Pentland Hills 3 3 Drum Brae Gyle 3 4 Forth 3 5 Inverleith 3 6 Corstorphine Murrayfield 3 7 Sighthill Gorgie 3 8 Colinton Fairmilehead 3 9 Fountainbridge Craiglockhart 3 10 Meadows Morningside 3 11 City Centre 3 12 Leith Walk 3 13 Leith 3 14 Craigentinny Duddingston 3 15 Southside Newington 3 16 Liberton Gilmerton 3 17 Portobello Craigmillar 4 Post election changes 5 By Elections since 2012 6 References 7 External linksElection result edit2012 City of Edinburgh Council electionElectorate 331 954Turnout 141 552 42 6 Total Valid 139 684 1 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Labour 20 6 1 nbsp 5 34 48 28 13 39 286 nbsp 5 45 Scottish National 18 6 0 nbsp 6 31 03 26 87 37 537 nbsp 6 55 Conservative 11 1 1 nbsp 0 18 97 19 75 27 588 nbsp 2 33 Scottish Green 6 3 0 nbsp 3 10 34 11 44 15 978 nbsp 3 21 Liberal Democrats 3 0 14 nbsp 14 5 17 9 34 13 040 nbsp 12 65 Independent 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 00 1 84 2 565 New UKIP 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 00 0 34 480 New TUSC 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 00 0 33 463 New Liberal 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 00 0 26 368 New Scottish Socialist 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 00 0 16 228 New Pirate 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 00 0 14 195 New Note Votes are the first preference votes The net gain loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007 This may differ from other published sources showing gain loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland s councils Ward summary edit nbsp Map of Council Wards showing parties elected in each ward Results of the 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election by ward Ward Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats Total Labour SNP Conservative Green Lib Dem Others Almond 14 92 0 32 55 1 26 24 1 6 17 0 15 89 1 4 22 0 3 Pentland Hills 28 85 1 29 16 1 27 70 1 4 05 0 4 66 0 5 59 0 3 Drum Brae Gyle 26 46 1 27 00 1 16 04 0 3 62 0 18 77 1 8 12 0 3 Forth 34 01 2 29 06 1 22 64 1 7 08 0 5 06 0 2 14 0 4 Inverleith 24 99 1 20 22 1 29 50 1 14 92 1 10 38 0 4 Corstorphine Murrayfield 20 45 0 24 74 1 24 96 1 6 11 0 22 77 1 1 96 0 3 Sighthill Gorgie 42 1 2 37 4 2 9 2 0 8 2 0 3 2 0 4 Colinton Fairmilehead 17 87 0 20 59 1 52 00 2 4 91 0 3 62 0 1 01 0 3 Fountainbridge Craiglockhart 23 24 1 23 54 1 21 15 0 24 07 1 7 34 0 0 66 0 3 Meadows Morningside 19 64 1 15 78 1 29 90 1 19 75 1 12 30 0 2 63 0 4 City Centre 21 33 1 24 97 1 27 69 1 17 06 0 7 94 0 1 01 0 3 Leith Walk 33 24 2 28 48 1 8 11 0 20 28 1 5 09 0 4 81 0 4 Leith 32 1 1 32 4 1 6 5 0 18 9 1 9 0 0 1 1 0 3 Craigentinny Duddingston 36 2 2 36 9 1 10 2 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 1 8 0 3 Southside Newington 19 78 1 18 34 1 16 72 1 19 97 1 13 97 0 11 22 0 4 Liberton Gilmerton 40 9 2 31 6 1 12 3 1 5 2 0 7 6 0 2 5 0 4 Portobello Craigmillar 47 4 2 32 0 1 7 2 0 8 5 0 1 9 0 2 9 0 3 Total 28 13 20 26 87 18 19 75 11 11 55 6 9 34 3 0 58Ward results editAlmond edit 2007 1xCon 1xLib Dem 1xSNP 2012 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLib Dem 2007 2012 Change No Change 2012 Council election Almond 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Scottish National Norman Work incumbent 32 55 2 722 Conservative Lindsay Paterson 26 24 2 194 Liberal Democrats Alastair Shields 15 89 1 329 1 460 1 500 1 515 1 579 1 804 2 426 Labour Billy Fitzpatrick 14 92 1 248 1 350 1 356 1 373 1 421 1 623 Scottish Green Moira Dunworth 6 17 516 651 657 683 768 Independent John Longstaff 2 49 208 268 276 338 UKIP Otto Inglis 1 73 145 168 181 Electorate 18 996 Valid 8 362 Spoilt 51 Quota 2 091 Turnout 8 413 44 3 Pentland Hills edit 2007 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLab 2012 1xSNP 1xLab 1xCon 2007 2012 Change No Change Pentland Hills 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Scottish National Bill Henderson 29 16 2 317 Labour Ricky Henderson incumbent 28 85 2 293 Conservative Dominic Heslop 15 09 1 199 1 224 1 249 1 335 1 397 1 502 2 446 Conservative Shelia Low 12 61 1 002 1 017 1 040 1 099 1 154 1 240 Scottish Green Phyl Meyer 4 05 322 400 468 607 840 Independent Mike Professor Pongoo Ferrigan 5 59 444 491 531 590 Liberal Democrats Stuart Bridges 4 66 370 414 462 Electorate 18 002 Valid 7 947 Spoilt 51 Quota 1 987 Turnout 7 998 44 4 Drum Brae Gyle edit 2007 2xLib Dem 1xSNP 2012 1xLab 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Drum Brae Gyle 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Labour Karen Keil 26 46 1 981 Liberal Democrats Robert Aldridge incumbent 18 77 1 405 1 425 1 431 1 490 1 636 1 695 1 735 2 312 Scottish National Ron Cairns 18 34 1 373 1 383 1 386 1 406 1 466 2 052 Conservative Mark Brown 16 04 1 201 1 207 1 212 1 233 1 349 1 370 1 383 Scottish National Alison Lindsay 8 66 648 657 661 699 750 Independent Steven Binney 6 92 518 532 588 663 Scottish Green Linda Hendry 3 62 271 285 296 Independent John Scott 1 20 90 95 Electorate 17 123 Valid 7 487 Spoilt 78 Quota 1 872 Turnout 7 565 44 2 Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward Forth edit 2007 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLib Dem 1xLab 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Forth 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Labour Cammy Day incumbent 27 54 2 230 Conservative Allan Jackson incumbent 22 64 1 833 Scottish National Steve Cardownie incumbent 17 01 1 377 1 407 1 422 1 432 1 443 1 482 1 554 2 377 Scottish National George Gordon 12 05 976 1 008 1 017 1 019 1 034 1 070 1 187 Scottish Green Kate Joester 7 08 573 598 626 637 683 850 Labour Vicki Redpath 6 47 524 962 976 987 1 009 1 099 1 347 1 446 Liberal Democrats Tim Wight 5 06 410 423 473 495 500 TUSC Ruth Ann Henderson 1 44 117 127 130 132 Liberal Seumas Stiubhard MacMhicean 0 70 57 64 73 Electorate 21 796 Valid 8 097 Spoilt 136 1 65 Quota 1 620 Turnout 8 233 37 8 Inverleith edit 2007 1xLab 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2012 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLab 1xGreen 2007 2012 Change Green gain one seat from Lib Dem Inverleith 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 Labour Lesley Hinds incumbent 24 99 2 751 Conservative Iain Whyte incumbent 17 77 1 956 1 989 2 019 2 279 Scottish Green Nigel Bagshaw 14 92 1 642 1 815 1 865 2 325 Scottish National Gavin Barrie 13 03 1 434 1 489 2 148 2 264 Conservative Scott Douglas 11 73 1 291 1 312 1 326 1 487 Liberal Democrats Tim McKay incumbent 10 38 1 143 1 226 1 252 Scottish National John Young 7 19 792 820 Electorate 23 235 Valid 11 009 Spoilt 118 1 06 Quota 2 202 Turnout 11 127 47 9 Corstorphine Murrayfield edit 2007 2xLib Dem 1xCon 2012 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2007 2012 Change SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Corstorphine Murrayfield 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conservative Jeremy Balfour incumbent 24 96 2 050 2 100 Scottish National Frank Ross 24 74 2 032 2 053 2 056 Liberal Democrats Paul Edie incumbent 21 77 1 788 1 798 1 817 1 818 1 993 2 798 Labour Tom McInally 20 45 1 679 1 698 1 702 1 702 1 884 Scottish Green Dominic Hinde 6 11 502 526 530 530 UKIP James Nisbet 1 96 161 Electorate 17 445 Valid 8 212 Spoilt 56 0 68 Quota 2 054 Turnout 8 268 47 4 Sighthill Gorgie edit 2007 2xLab 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2012 2xLab 2xSNP 2007 2012 Change SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Sighthill Gorgie 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Labour Eric Milligan incumbent 28 3 2 266 Scottish National Catherine Fullerton 20 3 1 624 Scottish National Denis Dixon 17 1 1 368 1 389 1 396 1 414 1 462 1 688 Labour Donald Wilson incumbent 13 8 1 107 1 677 Conservative Susan Dewhurst 9 2 736 745 749 750 808 917 Scottish Green Lindsay Ashford 8 2 658 674 690 691 776 Liberal Democrats Neil MacLean 3 2 253 260 267 267 Electorate 23 877 Valid 8 012 Spoilt 240 2 91 Quota 1 603 Turnout 8 252 34 6 Colinton Fairmilehead edit 2007 2xCon 1xLab 2012 2xCon 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change SNP gain one seat from Lab Colinton Fairmilehead 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Jason Rust incumbent 28 71 2 692 Conservative Elaine Aitken incumbent 23 29 2 184 2 427 Scottish National Richard Lewis 20 59 1 931 1 953 1 962 1 975 2 021 2 187 2 816 Labour Eric Barry incumbent 17 87 1 676 1 699 1 708 1 724 1 831 2 070 Scottish Green Andy Saunders 4 91 460 474 484 501 647 Liberal Democrats Alan Beal 3 62 339 350 365 368 UKIP Malcolm MacKay 1 01 95 100 105 Electorate 18 521 Valid 9 377 Spoilt 74 0 78 Quota 2 345 Turnout 9 451 51 Fountainbridge Craiglockhart edit 2007 1xCon 1xLab 1xLib Dem 2012 1xGrn 1xLab 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change Grn and SNP gain one seat each from Con and Lib Dem 2007 Council election Fountainbridge Craiglockhart 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 Scottish Green Gavin Corbett 24 07 1 789 1 801 2 004 Scottish National David Key 23 54 1 750 1 755 1 811 1 848 1 861 Labour Andrew Burns incumbent 23 24 1 728 1 734 1 851 1 905 Conservative Will Searle 21 15 1 572 1 578 1 714 1 731 1 738 Liberal Democrats Jim Lowrie incumbent 7 34 546 561 Liberal Tim Strode 0 66 49 Electorate 17 069 Valid 7 434 Spoilt 70 0 93 Quota 1 859 Turnout 7 504 44 Meadows Morningside edit 2007 1xCon 1xLib Dem 1xGRN 1xLab 2012 1xCon 1xGRN 1xLab 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Meadows Morningside 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Mark McInnes incumbent 29 90 3 125 Scottish Green Melanie Main 19 75 2 064 2 209 Labour Paul Godzik incumbent 19 64 2 053 2 171 2171 Scottish National Sandy Howat 15 79 1 650 1 723 1 754 1 767 1 784 1 857 2 390 Liberal Democrats Jenny Dawe 12 30 1 285 1 574 1 615 1 639 1 661 1 730 Pirate Phil Hunt 1 87 195 211 224 230 264 UKIP William Macadam 0 76 79 170 173 175 Electorate 22 328 Valid 10 451 Spoilt 39 Quota 2 091 Turnout 10 490 47 Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward City Centre edit 2007 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLib Dem 2012 1xCon 1xSNP 1xLab 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem City Centre 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conservative Joanna Mowat incumbent 27 69 1 402 Scottish National Alasdair Rankin incumbent 24 97 1 264 1 272 Labour Karen Doran 21 33 1 080 1 093 1 094 1 101 1 235 1 777 Scottish Green Julita Mazurek 17 06 864 887 890 907 1 111 Liberal Democrats Iain Coleman 7 94 402 439 440 463 Liberal Karen Hetherington 1 01 51 58 59 Electorate 13 943 Valid 5 063 Spoilt 38 0 74 Quota 1 266 Turnout 5 101 36 6 Leith Walk edit 2007 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 1xLab 1xGRN 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 1xGRN 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Leith Walk 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Scottish National Deidre Brock incumbent 22 1 1735 Labour Angela Blacklock incumbent 21 3 1674 Scottish Green Maggie Chapman incumbent 20 3 1593 Labour Nick Gardner 11 9 937 947 1029 1035 1050 1065 1089 1115 1225 1350 1519 Conservative Miles Briggs 8 1 637 640 644 645 651 653 656 675 784 816 Scottish National Seumas Ross Skinner 6 4 502 630 632 635 639 649 674 708 741 Liberal Democrats Jamie Paterson 5 1 400 403 406 410 424 429 434 445 TUSC John McArdle 1 4 109 110 111 113 119 128 Independent Alex Wilson 1 4 109 110 110 111 112 153 181 Independent Jimmy McIntosh 1 2 91 92 93 93 97 Liberal John Hein 0 9 69 71 72 72 Electorate 22 147 Valid 7 856 Spoilt 156 Quota 1572 Turnout 35 47 Leith edit 2007 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 1xLab 2012 1xLab 1xGRN 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change GRN gain one seat from Lib Dem 2007 Council election Leith 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labour Gordon Munro incumbent 32 1 2010 Scottish Green Chas Booth 18 9 1181 1306 1331 1427 1780 Scottish National Adam McVey 17 6 1104 1140 1145 1163 1228 1280 2240 Scottish National Rob Munn incumbent 14 8 926 984 993 1013 1135 1169 Liberal Democrats Marjorie Thomas incumbent 9 0 565 618 641 825 Conservative Nicola Ross 6 5 405 428 433 Liberal Irvine McMinn 1 1 71 85 Electorate 16 972 Valid 6262 Spoilt 122 Quota 1566 Turnout 32 6 Craigentinny Duddingston edit 2007 1xLab 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Craigentinny Duddingston 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Scottish National Stefan Tymkewycz incumbent 25 8 2180 Labour Joan Griffiths 25 7 2174 Scottish National Colin Williamson 11 1 937 989 991 1008 1138 1260 1354 Labour Alex Lunn 10 5 886 887 935 954 1080 1261 1430 1740 Conservative Jason Lingiah 10 2 866 867 868 877 911 1080 Liberal Democrats Gary Peacock incumbent 8 0 673 675 677 688 836 Scottish Green John Palmer 7 0 590 592 594 661 TUSC Kevin Furguson 1 8 150 150 151 Electorate 18 871 Valid 8 456 Spoilt 212 Quota 2115 Turnout 45 9 Southside Newington edit 2007 1xLab 1xCon 1xLib Dem 1xGRN 2012 1xGrn 1xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2007 2012 Change SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Southside Newington 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Scottish Green Steve Burgess incumbent 19 97 1 869 1 883 Labour Ian Perry incumbent 19 78 1 851 1 856 1 858 1 886 Scottish National Jim Orr 18 34 1 717 1 723 1 725 1 742 1 744 1 886 Conservative Cameron Rose incumbent 16 72 1 565 1 568 1 568 1 570 1 571 1 855 1 857 2 501 Liberal Democrats Gordon MacKenzie incumbent 13 97 1 308 1 341 1 343 1 348 1 351 1 548 1 551 Independent Gordon Murdie 9 53 892 895 896 921 923 TUSC William Black 0 93 87 90 91 Liberal Margaret Lea 0 76 71 Electorate 20 821 Valid 9 360 Spoilt 67 0 71 Quota 1 873 Turnout 9 427 45 3 Liberton Gilmerton edit 2007 2xLab 1xSNP 1xLib Dem 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2007 2012 Change Con gain one seat from Lib Dem Liberton Gilmerton 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Labour Norma Austin Hart incumbent 21 4 1 941 Scottish National Tom Buchanan incumbent 19 6 1 780 1 789 1 794 1 826 Labour Bill Cook incumbent 19 5 1 768 1 868 Conservative Nick Cook 12 3 1 111 1 112 1 115 1 124 1 125 1 171 1 455 1 696 Scottish National Derek Howie 12 0 1 084 1 086 1 090 1 127 1 138 1 268 1 441 Liberal Democrats John Knox 7 6 687 689 694 711 711 848 Scottish Green Joan Carter 5 2 469 473 480 549 550 Scottish Socialist Colin Fox 2 5 228 229 233 Electorate 23 187 Valid 9 068 Spoilt 191 2 06 Quota 1 814 Turnout 9 259 39 9 Portobello Craigmillar edit 2007 1xSNP 1xLab 1xLib Dem 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Portobello Craigmillar 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Labour Maureen Child incumbent 36 6 2 645 Scottish National Michael A Bridgeman incumbent 20 4 1 477 1 559 1 565 1 607 1 649 2 381 Scottish National David Manson 11 6 837 879 891 921 953 Labour David Walker 10 8 784 1 212 1 237 1 270 1 319 1 356 1 431 1 744 Scottish Green Peter McColl 8 5 615 723 768 825 974 1 059 1 203 Conservative Henry Christian 7 2 523 549 574 601 Independent Norrie Davies 2 9 213 253 261 Liberal Democrats Martin Veart 1 9 137 155 Electorate 17 603 Valid 7 231 Spoilt 169 2 28 Quota 1 808 Turnout 7 400 42 Post election changes edit Liberton Gilmerton SNP councillor Tom Buchanan died on 3 April 2013 A by election was held on 20 June 2013 and was won by Labour s Keith John Robson 2 Craigentinny Duddingston Labour councillor Alex Dunn defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP on 4 December 2013 3 On 1 March 2014 Southside Newington SNP councillor Jim Orr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing disillusionment with internal political spats 4 Leith Walk SNP councillor Deidre Brock was elected as an MP for Edinburgh North and Leith UK Parliament constituency on 7 May 2015 and resigned her Council seat on 24 June 2015 5 Leith Walk Green councillor Maggie Chapman resigned her seat on 30 June 2015 to focus her efforts on winning a Scottish Parliament seat in North East Scotland 6 A by election for both seats was held on 10 September 2015 Lewis Ritchie defending the SNP seat and Labour s Marion Donaldson taking the other 7 Almond Liberal Democrat councillor Alastair Shields resigned from the party and became an Independent after having been de selected He originally indicated that he would contest the 2017 local elections as an Independent but ruled this out in October 2016 8 9 By Elections since 2012 editLiberton Gilmerton By election 20 June 2013 1 1 Seat Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labour Keith John Robson 39 47 2 892 2 896 2 906 2 941 3 070 3 255 3 448 Scottish National Derek Howie 30 69 2 249 2 251 2 256 2 287 2 403 2 523 2 633 Conservative Stephanie Murray 11 23 823 824 836 903 934 1 098 Liberal Democrats John Christopher Knox 8 26 605 611 616 625 708 Scottish Green Alys Mumford 5 62 412 430 440 471 UKIP Jonathan Stanley 3 21 235 239 251 Independent John Scott 0 87 64 70 Pirate Phil Hunt 0 64 47 Electorate 24 177 Valid 7 246 Spoilt 81 Quota 3 664 Turnout 7 327 30 6 Leith Walk By election 10 September 2015 2 2 Seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Scottish National John Ritchie 36 2 2 290 Labour Marion Donaldson 25 7 1 623 1 650 1 1 653 1 1 659 6 1 661 7 1 680 4 1 697 6 1 798 2 1 990 2 2 717 3 Scottish Green Susan Rae 21 8 1 381 1 464 6 1 469 8 1 483 4 1 495 3 1 502 7 1 576 1 1 653 3 1 729 9 Conservative Gordon Murdie 7 9 501 503 8 505 8 506 9 507 540 2 541 2 574 6 Liberal Democrats Mo Hussain 4 255 261 6 263 265 3 265 3 267 4 271 6 UKIP Alan Melville 1 6 102 105 6 105 6 106 8 106 8 Scottish Socialist Natalie Reid 1 5 97 107 7 107 7 108 2 122 125 2 Left Unity Bruce Whitehead 0 5 32 33 6 33 7 33 9 Independent John Scott 0 4 26 29 30 Libertarian Tom Laird 0 3 17 17 9 Electorate 25 521 Valid 6 324 Spoilt 83 Quota 2 109 Turnout 6 407 25 1 References edit Council Election Results 2012 The City of Edinburgh Council edinburgh gov uk Archived from the original on 5 April 2016 Information for the Public Ward 16 Liberton Gilmerton By Election City of Edinburgh Council 25 June 2013 Archived from the original on 25 June 2013 councillor Alex Lunn defects from Labour to SNP Edinburgh Evening News edinburghnews scotsman com 4 December 2013 Archived from the original on 6 December 2013 McCann David 1 March 2014 Jim Orr quits SNP over internal spats Edinburgh Evening News edinburghnews scotsman com Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 BROCK STEPS DOWN FROM 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