Leith (ward)

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

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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

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2022 election

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Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election
Leith - 3 seats
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%  

Source: [5][6]

2017 election

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2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[7]

Leith - 3 seats
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

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2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Leith - 3 seats
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

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2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Leith
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

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  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. ^ "Ward 13 Leith Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Ward 13 Leith Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
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