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)			Lesley Hinds (Labour)
2017	Gavin Barrie (SNP)		Hal Osler (Liberal Democrats)		Max Mitchell (Conservative)
2022^[5]	Vicky Nicolson (SNP)		Hal Osler (Liberal Democrats)	Jule Bandel (Greens)	Max Mitchell (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Inverleith - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Liberal Democrats	Hal Osler (incumbent)	23.2	3,117
	SNP	Vicky Nicolson	19.7	2,641	2,657	2,659	2,663	2,668	2,683	2,937
	Conservative	Max Mitchell (incumbent)	13.7	1,836	1,878	1,879	1,884	1,897	2,644	2,768
	Scottish Green	Jule Bandel	12.8	1,714	1,740	1,740	1,741	1,752	1,768	2,222	2,380	2,384	2,959
	Labour	Mhairi Munro-Brian	12.6	1,684	1,713	1,715	1,721	1,736	1,755
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Alexander Wood	10.5	1,405	1,701	1,703	1,712	1,725	1,765	2,276	2,303	2,338
	Conservative	Stuart Herring	6.4	853	863	863	867	889
	Scottish Family	Phil Holden	0.7	96	97	98	109
	Scottish Libertarian	Tam Laird	0.4	53	54	54
	Independent	Stephen McNamara	0.1	17	17
Electorate: 24,608 Valid: 13,416 Spoilt: 126 Quota: 2,684 Turnout: 55.0%

Source: ^[6]^[7]

2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election^[8]

Inverleith - 4 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	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
	Scottish 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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	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

^ "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.
^ News Index Archived 4 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Edinburgh Liberal Democrats
^ Electoral Ward: Inverleith, Scottish Government Statistics
^ https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/30999/ward-5-inverleith-results-2022
^ "Ward 5 Inverleith Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Ward 5 Inverleith Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election results 2017". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "Senior councillor Gavin Barrie quits SNP". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

External links

Listed Buildings in Inverleith Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings

[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 Archived 4 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Edinburgh Liberal Democrats

[4] Electoral Ward: Inverleith, Scottish Government Statistics

[5] ttps://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/30999/ward-5-inverleith-results-2022

[6] "Ward 5 Inverleith Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[7] "Ward 5 Inverleith Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[8] "Local Government Election 2017 results".

[Council_results-9] Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election results 2017". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. 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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