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Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart is one of the 17 wards of the City of Edinburgh Council. It elects three councillors. Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it covers a compact suburban area south-west of the centre of Edinburgh including the Chesser, Craiglockhart, Greenbank Village, Hutchison, Kingsknowe (added in a minor boundary change in 2017) and Slateford neighbourhoods, and a thin, densely populated corridor leading towards the centre taking in Fountainbridge and North Merchiston / Shandon. In 2019, the ward had a population of 23,715.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Gordon Buchan (Conservative) |
Andrew Burns (Labour) |
Jim Lowrie (Liberal Democrats) | |||
| 2012 | Gavin Corbett (Green) |
David Key (SNP) | ||||
| 2017 | Andrew Johnston (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Val Walker (Labour) |
Christopher Cowdy (Conservative) | ||||
Election results
2022 election
Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Christopher Cowdy | 26.6 | 2,399 | |||||||
| SNP | David Key (incumbent) | 22.7 | 2,051 | 2,053 | 2,058 | 2,064 | 2,121 | 2,145 | 3,546 | |
| Labour | Val Walker | 22.4 | 2,026 | 2,061 | 2,067 | 2,083 | 2,408 | |||
| Scottish Green | Megan McHaney | 19.9 | 1,800 | 1,805 | 1,812 | 1,824 | 1,971 | 2,026 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Fraser John Ashmore Graham | 7.1 | 642 | 691 | 700 | 719 | ||||
| Scottish Family | Fraser Kenneth Ramsay | 0.8 | 69 | 76 | 85 | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Gregor Masson | 0.5 | 41 | 44 | ||||||
| Electorate: 18,284 Valid: 9,028 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 2,258 Turnout: 49.8% | ||||||||||
Source:
2017 election
Main article: 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Johnston | 31.80% | 2,908 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Gavin Corbett (incumbent) | 27.61% | 2,525 | ||||||
| SNP | David Key (incumbent) | 21.04% | 1,924 | 1,939 | 2,028 | 2,043 | 2,125 | 2,755 | |
| Labour | Anne Wimberley | 13.84% | 1,266 | 1,395 | 1,458 | 1,482 | 1,864 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jenni Lang | 5.04% | 461 | 659 | 705 | 732 | |||
| Independent | Rojan Subramani | 0.68% | 62 | 91 | 101 | ||||
| Electorate: 17,032 Valid: 9,146 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 2,287 Turnout: 9,205 (54.0%) | |||||||||
2012 election
Main article: 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Gavin Corbett | 24.07% | 1,789 | 1,801 | 2,004 | |||
| SNP | David Key | 23.54% | 1,750 | 1,755 | 1,811 | 1,848 | 1,861 | |
| Labour | Andrew Burns (incumbent) | 23.24% | 1,728 | 1,734 | 1,851 | 1,905 | ||
| Conservative | Will Searle | 21.15% | 1,572 | 1,578 | 1,714 | 1,731 | 1,738 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Lowrie (incumbent) | 7.34% | 546 | 561 | ||||
| Liberal | Tim Strode | 0.66% | 49 | |||||
| Electorate: 17,069 Valid: 7,434 Spoilt: 70 (0.93%) Quota: 1,859 Turnout: 7,504 (44%) | ||||||||
2007 election
Main article: 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Gordon Buchan | 27.1 | 2,729 | |||||||
| Labour | Andrew Burns | 22.6 | 2,272 | 2,297.42 | 2,308.51 | 2,327.68 | 2,568.58 | |||
| SNP | Denis C Dixon | 18.6 | 1,875 | 1,900.25 | 1,919.42 | 1,948.60 | 2,157.10 | 2,169.89 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Lowrie | 17.1 | 1,725 | 1,799.83 | 1,811.09 | 1,843.70 | 2,357.16 | 2,387.72 | 3,430.41 | |
| Scottish Green | Jeni MacKay | 11.2 | 1,123 | 1,146.09 | 1,165.35 | 1,215.70 | ||||
| Solidarity | Anne Edmonds | 1.4 | 142 | 143.64 | 163.90 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Barbara J. Scott | 1.0 | 105 | 106.90 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,800 Valid: 9,970 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 2,493 Turnout: 59.9% | ||||||||||
References
- "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs". The City of Edinburgh Council.
- Electoral Ward: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, Scottish Government Statistics
- https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31004/ward-9-fountainbridge-craiglockhart-results-2022
- "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.
External links
- Listed Buildings in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings
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