Inverleith ward
Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

Inverleith 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 four Councillors.

It covers an area to the north-west of the city centre, with the northern boundary mostly on Ferry Road and much of the southern boundary formed by the Water of Leith (the main exception being the Stockbridge neighbourhood on its right bank), including Blackhall, Comely Bank, Craigleith, Dean Village, Drylaw, Inverleith, Orchard Brae and Warriston,[3] as well as part of Canonmills which is split with the Leith Walk ward. Although its residential parts are mostly fairly compact and densely populated, the ward also includes several open areas, including the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, three cemeteries, a golf course and playing fields for numerous schools. A minor 2017 boundary change saw the loss of a residential area (between Roseburn Footpath and Stewart's Melville College) with a negligible effect on the population, which in 2019 was recorded at 34,236.[4]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Stuart McIvor
(SNP)		 Tim McKay
(Liberal Democrats)		 Lesley Hinds
(Labour)		 Iain Whyte
(Conservative)
2012 Gavin Barrie
(SNP)		 Nigel Bagshaw
(Greens)
2017 Hal Osler
(Liberal Democrats)		 Max Mitchell
(Conservative)
2022[5] Vicky Nicolson
(SNP)		 Jule Bandel
(Greens)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[6]

Inverleith - 4 seats [7]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Liberal Democrats Hal Osler (incumbent) 23.2% 3,117
SNP Vicky Nicolson 19.7% 2,641
Conservative Max Mitchell (incumbent) 13.7% 1,836
Scottish Green Jule Bandel 12.8% 1,714
Labour Mhairi Munro-Brian 12.6% 1,684
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Alexander Wood 10.5% 1,405
Conservative Stuart Herring 6.4% 853
Scottish Family Phil Holden 0.7% 96
Libertarian Tam Laird 0.4% 53
Independent Stephen McNamara 0.1% 17
Electorate: 24,608   Valid: 13,416   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 2,684   Turnout: 55.0%  

    2017 Election

    2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[8]

    Inverleith - 4 seats[9]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Liberal 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 3,103
    Scottish Green 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%  

      On 23 April 2018, 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.[10]

      2012 Election

      2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

      Inverleith - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      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
      SNP 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  
      SNP John Young 7.19% 792 820    
      Electorate: 23,235   Valid: 11,009   Spoilt: 118 (1.06%)   Quota: 2,202   Turnout: 11,127 (47.9%)  

        2007 Election

        2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

        2007 Council election: Inverleith
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567891011
        Labour Lesley A Hinds 18.2 2,689 2,706 2,714 2,724 2,743 2,904 3,025        
        Conservative Lindsay Paterson 14.1 2,085 2,087 2,089 2,102 2,114 2,166 2,284 2,288.52 2,411.12 2,449.96  
        Conservative Iain Whyte 13.5 1,986 1,986 1,988 1,999 1,999 2,022 2,346 2,349.91 2,465.52 2,498.29 4,277.64
        SNP Stuart McIvor 13.3 1,961 1,970 1,990 2,010 2,036 2,239 2,406 2,418.74 2,563.85 2,614.11 2,729.02
        Liberal Democrats Tim McKay 11.1 1,644 1,648 1,656 1,666 1,710 2,020 2,223 2,246.26 3,269.54    
        Liberal Democrats Tom Ponton 9.1 1,339 1,340 1,347 1,355 1,376 1,529 1,744 1,755.80      
        Independent Kristina Woolnough 9.0 1,323 1,324 1,329 1,364 1,367 1,449          
        Scottish Green Melanie A M Main 7.5 1,113 1,135 1,165 1,177 1,192            
        Liberal Seumas MacMhicean 1.0 148 151 151 162              
        Independent John Y Anderson 0.9 129 131 134                
        Solidarity Raymond Watt 0.7 103 117                  
        Scottish Socialist Sean H Donnelly 0.6 92                    
        Electorate: 22,903   Valid: 14,612   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 2,923   Turnout: 64.4%  

          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: Inverleith, Scottish Government Statistics
          5. ↑ https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/30999/ward-5-inverleith-results-2022
          6. ↑ "Local Government Election 2022 results". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          7. ↑ "Local Government Election 2022 results". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          8. ↑ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
          9. ↑ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election results 2017". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
          10. ↑ "Senior councillor Gavin Barrie quits SNP". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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