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City of Edinburgh Council election, 2017

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4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
  
2022 →

Corstorphine/Murrayfield
  
Southside/Newington

18 seats, 26.87%
  
11 seats, 19.75%

Frank Ross
  
Cameron Rose

20 seats, 28.13%
  
18 seats, 26.87%

21
  
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The next elections to the City of Edinburgh Council will be held on Thursday 4th May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It will be the third successive Local Council election to run under the STV electoral system.

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Following the implementation of changes recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland the number of councillors to be elected will increase from 58 to 63. This will also be the first election contested on new boundaries since the 2007 election. While the number of wards will remain at 17, five wards:

will now elect 4 councillors instead of 3. The Meadows/Morningside ward has also been renamed as Morningside.

2012 Results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

A Labour-SNP coalition administration was formed after the 2012 election.

Almond

2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem

Pentland Hills

2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon

Drum Brae/Gyle

2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem

Forth

  • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
  • Inverleith

  • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xGreen
  • Corstorphine/Murrayfield

  • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
  • Sighthill/Gorgie

    2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP

    Colinton/Fairmilehead

  • 2012: 2xCon; 1xSNP
  • Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

  • 2012: 1xGrn; 1xLab; 1xSNP
  • Morningside

  • 2012: 1xCon; 1xGRN; 1xLab; 1xSNP
  • = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.
  • City Centre

  • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
  • Leith Walk

  • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN
  • 2012-2017 Change:
  • Leith

  • 2012: 1xLab; 1xGRN; 1xSNP
  • Craigentinny/Duddingston

  • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
  • Southside/Newington

  • 2012: 1xGrn; 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
  • Liberton/Gilmerton

  • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
  • Portobello/Craigmillar

  • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
  • References

    City of Edinburgh Council election, 2017 Wikipedia