Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

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

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

2022 election

Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Christopher Cowdy 26.6 2,399            
SNP David Key (incumbent) 22.7 2,051 2,053 2,058 2,064 2,121 2,145 3,546
Labour Val Walker 22.4 2,026 2,061 2,067 2,083 2,408    
Scottish Green Megan McHaney 19.9 1,800 1,805 1,812 1,824 1,971 2,026  
Liberal Democrats Fraser John Ashmore Graham 7.1 642 691 700 719      
Scottish Family Fraser Kenneth Ramsay 0.8 69 76 85        
Scottish Libertarian Gregor Masson 0.5 41 44          
Electorate: 18,284   Valid: 9,028   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 2,258   Turnout: 49.8%  

Source: [5][6]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
2017 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats[7]
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

Main article: 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
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

Main article: 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
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

  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. ^ "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  7. ^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.