Drum Brae/Gyle (Edinburgh ward)

Drum Brae/Gyle 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 within Edinburgh[1]

The ward covers an area in the far west of the city, bounded generally by Corstorphine Hill, the Queensferry Road (A90), Maybury Road (A902) and Edinburgh City Bypass (A720) roads, and the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line railway; it includes the Bughtlin, Clermiston, Clerwood, Craigmount, Drumbrae, East Craigs, Gogarloch, Maybury, North Gyle, Parkgrove, South Gyle and West Craigs neighbourhoods,[3] as well as the Edinburgh Park commercial district. A minor boundary change in 2017 caused the loss of the Wester Broom neighbourhood and the addition of Forrester with a negligible effect on the population, which in 2019 stood at 23,534.[4]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Colin Keir
(SNP)		 Robert Aldridge
(Liberal Democrats)		 Jenny Dawe
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Ron Cairns
(SNP)		 Karen Keil
(Labour)
2017 Claire Bridgman
(SNP)		 Mark Brown
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]

Drum Brae/Gyle Ward - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Liberal Democrats Robert Christopher Aldridge (incumbent) 33.5% 3,176  
SNP Claire Bridgman 26.8% 2,541  
Conservative Mark Brown 22.0% 2,084 2,411
Labour Karen Ann Keil (incumbent) 13.3% 1,262 1,483
Green Phyl Meyer 4.3% 411 521
Electorate: 18,321   Valid: 9,474   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 2,369   Turnout: 52.2%

    On 17 July 2018, SNP councillor Claire Bridgman resigned from the party for undisclosed reasons and became an Independent.[6]

    2012 Election

    2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

    Drum Brae/Gyle Ward - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    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
    SNP 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  
    SNP Alison Lindsay 8.66% 648 657 661 699 750      
    Independent Steven Binney 6.92% 518 532 588 663        
    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%)

      2007 Election

      2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

      2007 Council election: Drum Brae/Gyle Ward
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Liberal Democrats Robert Aldridge 25.2 2,630              
      Liberal Democrats Jenny Dawe 19.6 2,049 2,078.99 2,100.27 2,113.31 2,234.21 2,702.55    
      SNP Colin G Keir 18.4 1,917 1,920.20 1,939.32 1,956.32 2,018.71 2,263.43 2,287.23 2,725.43
      Conservative Steven Binney 16.1 1,676 1,679.60 1,684.67 1,687.67 1,716.86 1,865.21 1,889.87  
      Labour Cameron Day 14.8 1,545 1,549.01 1,559.12 1,576.19 1,631.28      
      Green Fiona A Paterson 3.2 330 331.94 337.99 361.09        
      Scottish Socialist Iain Pendreich 0.8 88 88.24 89.26          
      Liberal Roy Isserlis 0.8 85 85.84            
      Electorate: 17,364   Valid: 10,320   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 2,581   Turnout: 60.1%

        References
        1. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
        2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
        3. News Index, Edinburgh Liberal Democrats
        4. Electoral Ward: Drum Brae/Gyle, Scottish Government Statistics
        5. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
        6. "Conservatives are biggest party in Edinburgh after third SNP councillor quits". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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