Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

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Location of the ward within Edinburgh

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart is one of the 17 wards of the City of Edinburgh Council.[1] It elects three councillors.[2] 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.[3]

Councillors[edit]

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[4] Val Walker
(Labour)
Christopher Cowdy
(Conservative)

Election results[edit]

2022 election[edit]

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Conservative Christopher Cowdy 26.6% 2,399
SNP David Key (incumbent) 22.7% 2,051
Labour Val Walker 22.4% 2,026
Scottish Green Megan McHaney 19.9% 1,800
Liberal Democrats Fraser John Ashmore Graham 7.1% 642
Scottish Family Fraser Kenneth Ramsay 0.8% 69
Libertarian Gregor Masson 0.5% 41
Electorate: 18,284   Valid: 9,028   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 2,258   Turnout: 9,112  

2017 election[edit]

2017 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats[6]
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[edit]

2012 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats
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[edit]

2007 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart (3 seats)
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[edit]

  1. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs". The City of Edinburgh Council.
  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. ^ https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31004/ward-9-fountainbridge-craiglockhart-results-2022
  5. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.

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