Leith (Edinburgh ward)
Leith is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council.[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects three councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Its territory is located north-east of the city centre bounded by the coast on the Firth of Forth, pertaining to the heart of the port and former independent burgh of Leith (outer parts of which fall into other wards).[3] In 2019, the ward had a population of 24,207.[4]
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Marjorie Thomas (Liberal Democrats) |
Rob Munn (SNP) |
Gordon Munro (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | Chas Booth (Greens) |
Adam McVey (SNP) | ||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
Election Results
2017 Election
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Adam McVey (incumbent) | 36.16% | 2,753 | ||||
| Green | Chas Booth (incumbent) | 22.26% | 1,695 | 2,213 | |||
| Labour | Gordon John Munro (incumbent) | 20.35% | 1,549 | 1,690 | 1,821 | 2,106 | |
| Conservative | Paul Penman | 15.93% | 1,213 | 1,236 | 1,246 | 1,354 | |
| Liberal 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%) | |||||||
2012 Election
2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Gordon Munro (incumbent) | 32.1% | 2010 | |||||||
| Green | Chas Booth | 18.9% | 1181 | 1306 | 1331 | 1427 | 1780 | |||
| SNP | Adam McVey | 17.6% | 1104 | 1140 | 1145 | 1163 | 1228 | 1280 | 2240 | |
| SNP | 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% | ||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Rob Munn | 27.4 | 2,333 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Thomas | 21.8 | 1,854 | 1,891.37 | 1,912.39 | 1,976.82 | 2,191.85 | |||
| Labour | Gordon Munro | 18.1 | 1,544 | 1,569.18 | 1,586.49 | 1,617.60 | 1,694.31 | 1,705.06 | 2,243.18 | |
| Green | Chas Booth | 11.2 | 957 | 1,010.38 | 1,090.54 | 1,132.27 | 1,205.39 | 1,238.08 | 1,325.58 | |
| Labour | Matthew Wilson | 8.7 | 741 | 751.27 | 763.58 | 778.09 | 801.59 | 818.81 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Robertson | 7.1 | 604 | 614.37 | 616.18 | 632.39 | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Hill | 2.4 | 208 | 224.62 | 234.93 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Grzegorz J Rybak | 1.8 | 150 | 169.14 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,178 Valid: 8,391 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 2,098 Turnout: 52.6% | ||||||||||
References
- "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
- "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Explore Leith with our interactive map, Leith Local History Society
- Electoral Ward: Leith, Scottish Government Statistics
- "Local Government Election 2017 results".
External links
- Listed Buildings in Leith Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings
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