Colinton/Fairmilehead (Edinburgh ward)

Colinton/Fairmilehead is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Elaine Aitken (Conservative)		Jason Rust (Conservative)		Eric Barry (Labour)
2012			Richard Lewis (SNP)
2017	Philip Doggart (Conservative)		Scott Arthur (Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

Colinton/Fairmilehead - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Jason Rust (incumbent)	33.25%	3,783
	Labour	Scott Arthur	20.59%	2,343	2,423	2,541	2,855
	Conservative	Philip Doggart	16.51%	1,879	2,580	2,602	2,724	2,727	3,430
	SNP	Richard John Lewis (incumbent)	20.73%	2,359	2,387	2,610	2,712	2,714
	Liberal Democrats	David Richard Walker	4.64%	528	584	680
	Scottish Green	Sara Marsden	4.28%	487	500
Electorate: 19,085   Valid: 11,379   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 2,845   Turnout: 60.2%

2012 Election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Colinton/Fairmilehead - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Jason Rust (incumbent)	28.71%	2,692
	Conservative	Elaine Aitken (incumbent)	23.29%	2,184	2,427
	SNP	Richard Lewis	20.59%	1,931	1,953	1,962	1,975	2,021	2,187	2,816
	Labour	Eric Barry (incumbent)	17.87%	1,676	1,699	1,708	1,724	1,831	2,070
	Scottish Green	Andy Saunders	4.91%	460	474	484	501	647
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beal	3.62%	339	350	365	368
	UKIP	Malcolm MacKay	1.01%	95	100	105
Electorate: 18,521   Valid: 9,377   Spoilt: 74 (0.78%)   Quota: 2,345   Turnout: 9,451 (51%)

2007 Election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

References

1. Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs – The City of Edinburgh Council
2. Local Government Election 2017 results – The City of Edinburgh Council

2007 Council election: Colinton/Fairmilehead
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Elaine Aitken	23.1	2,877	2,878	2,907	3,111
	Conservative	Jason Rust	22.6	2,815	2,816	2,844	2,994	3,012.70	3,595.21
	Labour	Eric Barry	18.7	2,332	2,41	2,442	2,758	2,760.15	3,639.03
	SNP	Thomas Kielty	14.9	1,861	1,881	1,983
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bridges	14.8	1,842	1,845	2,020	2,589	2,593.21
	Scottish Green	Alastair J Tibbitt	4.2	517	546
	Scottish Socialist	Robert Mathie	0.6	80
Electorate: 18,413   Valid: 12,324   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 3,082   Turnout: 67.6%