Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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.

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
2022 Katrina Faccenda
(Labour)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]

Leith - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
SNP Adam McVey (incumbent) 32.6% 2,754
Scottish Green Chas Booth (incumbent) 25.7% 2,169
Labour Katrina Faccenda 21.4% 1,804
Conservative Teresa Perchard 9.0% 764
Independent Andy MacKenzie 4.4% 370
Liberal Democrats Robin Thomas Rea 4.3% 360
Alba Euan McGlynn 1.5% 129
Scottish Family Jacqueline Mary Isseri 1.1% 92
Electorate: 19,420   Valid: 8,442   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 2,111   Turnout: 44.0%  

    2017 Election

    2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[6]

    Leith - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    SNP Adam McVey (incumbent) 36.16% 2,753      
    Scottish 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 2,106
    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

      2007 Council election: Leith - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Labour Gordon Munro (incumbent) 32.1% 2010            
      Scottish 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

        2007 Council election: Leith
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        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
        Scottish 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

          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. ↑ Explore Leith with our interactive map, Leith Local History Society
          4. ↑ Electoral Ward: Leith, Scottish Government Statistics
          5. ↑ "Local Government Election 2022 results". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. ↑ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
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