Leith (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
[edit]| 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
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Adam McVey (incumbent) | 32.6 | 2,754 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Chas Booth (incumbent) | 25.7 | 2,169 | |||||
| Labour | Katrina Faccenda | 21.4 | 1,804 | 2,025 | 2,056 | 2,077 | 2,111 | |
| Conservative | Teresa Perchard | 9.0 | 764 | 773 | 774 | 793 | 806 | |
| Independent | Andy MacKenzie | 4.4 | 370 | 413 | 418 | 439 | 513 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Thomas Rea | 4.3 | 360 | 434 | 443 | 448 | 470 | |
| Alba | Euan McGlynn | 1.5 | 129 | 206 | 208 | 214 | ||
| Scottish Family | Jacqueline Mary Isseri | 1.1 | 92 | 103 | 104 | |||
| Electorate: 19,420 Valid: 8,442 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 2,111 Turnout: 44.0% | ||||||||
2017 election
[edit]2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 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
[edit]2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
| 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 | |||
| 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
[edit]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 | |
| 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
[edit]- ^ "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
- ^ "Ward 13 Leith Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Ward 13 Leith Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
External links
[edit]- Listed Buildings in Leith Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings