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Sighthill/Gorgie ward
Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

Sighthill/Gorgie is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council, established in 2007 along with the other wards. Its territory comprises a corridor of land in the west of the city with a northern boundary formed by the railway lines between the Haymarket and Edinburgh Park stations, encompassing the Broomhouse, Dalry, Gorgie, Longstone, Parkhead, Saughton, Sighthill and Stenhouse neighbourhoods. It elects four Councillors (a minor boundary change in 2017 caused the loss of the Calders neighbourhood and the northern parts of Wester Hailes, with a small decrease in population but no change to the number of councillors). In 2019, the ward had a population of 33,826.[2]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Joanna Toomey
(Liberal Democrats) 		Nick Elliott-Canon
(SNP) 		Donald C Wilson
(Labour) 		Eric Milligan
(Labour)
2012 Catherine Fullerton
(SNP) 		Denis Dixon
(SNP)
2017 Ashley Graczyk
(Conservative)
2022 Ross McKenzie
(Labour) 		Dan Heap
(Green)

Election results

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2022 election

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Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election
Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Ross McKenzie[note 1] 23.0 1,929              
SNP Catherine Fullerton (incumbent) 18.7 1,567 1,588 1,618 1,649 1,814      
SNP Denis Dixon (incumbent) 17.5 1,462 1,480 1,514 1,530 1,592 1,701    
Scottish Green Dan Heap 13.3 1,116 1,151 1,169 1,258 1,520 1,532 1,544 1,762
Conservative Mark Hooley 11.8 986 1,011 1,023 1,131 1,285 1,286 1,287  
Independent Ashley Graczyk (incumbent) 9.5 797 820 857 935        
Liberal Democrats Devin Scobie 4.2 354 421 439          
Alba David Henry 2.0 164 170            
Electorate: 23,850   Valid: 8,375   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,676   Turnout: 35.9%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

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2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[6]

Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Catherine Fullerton (incumbent) 18.5% 1,574 1,575 1,582 1,888      
Conservative Ashley Graczyk 19.09% 1,621 1,625 1,694 1,701      
Labour Donald Wilson (incumbent) 11.69% 993 995 1,048 1,063 1,071.4 1,071.7 1,821.9
SNP Denis Dixon (incumbent) 14.01% 1,190 1,191 1,204 1,452 1,596.7 1,596.8 1,621.8
Scottish Green Dan Heap 14.9% 1,264 1,269 1,356 1,405 1,421.3 1,421.6 1,471.4
Labour Carmel Smith 9.94% 844 845 902 909 914 914.5  
SNP Simon Hayter 7.63% 648 648 653        
Liberal Democrats Devin Scott Scobie 3.91% 332 338          
Scottish Libertarian Calum Strange 0.32% 27            
Electorate: 21,885   Valid: 8,493   Spoilt: 219   Quota: 1,699   Turnout: 8,712 (39.8%)  

On 4 July 2018, Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk resigned from the party and became an Independent, saying the UK government's policies on disability issues and social justice were "incompatible with my beliefs and conscience".[8]

2012 election

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2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Eric Milligan (incumbent) 28.3 2,266          
SNP Catherine Fullerton 20.3 1,624          
SNP Denis Dixon 17.1 1,368 1,389 1,396 1,414 1,462 1,688
Labour Donald Wilson (incumbent) 13.8 1,107 1,677        
Conservative Susan Dewhurst 9.2 736 745 749 750 808 917
Scottish Green Lindsay Ashford 8.2 658 674 690 691 776  
Liberal Democrats Neil MacLean 3.2 253 260 267 267    
Electorate: 23,877   Valid: 8,012   Spoilt: 240 (2.91%)   Quota: 1,603   Turnout: 8,252 (34.6%)  

2007 election

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2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Sighthill/Gorgie
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Nick Elliott-Canon 30.9 3,785                
Labour Eric Milligan 26.0 3,185                
Liberal Democrats Joanna Toomey 10.6 1,300 1,510.76 1,562.88 1,581.62 1,612.21 1,649.38 1,713.14 2,158.92 2,618.40
Conservative Iain G. Gibson 9.6 1,180 1,257.57 1,271.31 1,285.52 1,296.09 1,341.93 1,358.27 1,432.83  
Labour Donald C Wilson 9.3 1,142 1,270.43 1,718.61 1,746.99 1,769.54 1,810.64 1,877.65 2,027.13 2,158.60
Scottish Green James N. G. Mackenzie 5.7 702 891.91 919.34 941.22 1,007.12 1,063.20 1,172.87    
Solidarity Jason J Mangan 1.9 238 349.60 362.97 368.67 431.73 463.41      
Independent Keith J. Bell 1.7 209 289.50 300.63 334.49 347.87        
Scottish Socialist Gerry Corbett 1.4 168 249.96 263.70 267.17          
Independent Tam Smith 1.0 127 156.27 164.33            
Electorate: 24,717   Valid: 11,996   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 2,400   Turnout: 49.5%  

Notes

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  1. ^ Cllr McKenzie resigned from the Labour group in February 2023.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
  2. ^ Electoral Ward: Sighthill/Gorgie, Scottish Government Statistics
  3. ^ Swanson, Ian (23 February 2023). "Edinburgh Budget: Councillor Ross McKenzie dramatically quits Labour in middle of full council meeting". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Ward 7 Sighthill/Gorgie Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Ward 7 Sighthill/Gorgie Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Edinburgh Tory councillor quits in protest at benefit changes". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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