City Centre (Edinburgh ward)

City Centre is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Charles C Dundas
(Liberal Democrats)		 Joanna Mowat
(Conservative)		 David Beckett
(SNP)		 3 seats
2012 Karen Doran
(Labour)		 Alasdair Rankin
(SNP)
2017 Claire Miller
(Greens)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

City Centre - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Conservative Jo Mowat (incumbent) 32.68% 2,904          
SNP Alasdair Rankin (incumbent) 25.07% 2,228          
Scottish Green Claire Miller 20.52% 1,823          
Labour Karen Doran (incumbent) 13.25% 1,177 1,372 1,512 1,534 1,566 2,424
Liberal Democrats David Stevens 8.00% 711 1,185 1,304 1,318 1,388  
Libertarian Peter Sidor 0.48% 43 91 135 137    
Electorate: 20,451   Valid: 8,886   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,776   Turnout: 8,938 (43.7%)

    2012 Election

    2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

    City Centre - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
    Conservative Joanna Mowat (incumbent) 27.69% 1,402          
    SNP Alasdair Rankin (incumbent) 24.97% 1,264 1,272        
    Labour Karen Doran 21.33% 1,080 1,093 1,094 1,101 1,235 1,777
    Scottish Green Julita Mazurek 17.06% 864 887 890 907 1,111  
    Liberal Democrats Iain Coleman 7.94% 402 439 440 463    
    Liberal Karen Hetherington 1.01% 51 58 59      
    Electorate: 13,943   Valid: 5,063   Spoilt: 38 (0.74%)   Quota: 1,266   Turnout: 5,101 (36.6%)

      2007 Election

      2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

      2007 Council election: City Centre
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
      SNP David Beckett 20.3 1,630 1,644 1,661 1,688 1,983 2,027.02    
      Conservative Joanna Mowat 20.1 1,614 1,628 1,665 1,670 1,742 1,783.63 1,788.75 2,221.13
      Liberal Democrats Charles C Dundas 19.7 1,587 1,605 1,627 1,637 2,225      
      Labour Bill Cunningham 17.9 1,437 1,446 1,454 1,468 1,705 1,774.35 1,782.67  
      Scottish Green Gavin N Corbett 16.8 1,352 1,363 1,384 1,450        
      Scottish Socialist Catriona Grant 1.8 142 143 146          
      Independent Brian R Ferrier 1.6 130 133            
      Liberal Karen M Hetherington 1.0 83              
      Electorate: 15,829   Valid: 7,975   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,994   Turnout: 50.8%
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        References
        1. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13922/map-of-city-of-edinburgh-wards-councillors-and-msps
        2. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017
        3. Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election results 2017". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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