Forth (Edinburgh ward)

Forth 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 Steve Cardownie
(SNP)		 Elaine P Morris
(Liberal Democrats)		 Elizabeth Maginnis
(Labour)		 Allan Jackson
(Conservative)
2008 by Cammy Day
(Labour)
2012
2017 Eleanor Bird
(SNP)		 George Gordon
(SNP)		 Jim Campbell
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

Forth - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
Conservative Jim Campbell 28.38% 2,951              
Labour Cammy Day (incumbent) 15.18% 1,579 1,710 1,731 2,157        
SNP Eleanor Bird 17.94% 1,866 1,879 1,894 1,917 1,923 2,313    
SNP George Gordon 13.37% 1,390 1,302 1,421 1,457 1,463 1,638 1,836 2,207
Liberal Democrats Tim Wight 7.81% 812 1,073 1,149 1,200 1,220 1,572 1,582  
Scottish Green Gillian MacKay 9.99% 1,039 1,085 1,130 1,165 1,178      
Labour Heather Pugh 5.55% 577 623 651          
Independent Nicola Ross 1.78% 185 269            
Electorate: 23,348   Valid: 10,399   Spoilt: 214   Quota: 2,080   Turnout: 45.5%

    2012 Election

    2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

    Forth - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
    Labour Cammy Day (incumbent) 27.54% 2,230              
    Conservative Allan Jackson (incumbent) 22.64% 1,833              
    SNP Steve Cardownie (incumbent) 17.01% 1,377 1,407 1,422 1,432 1,443 1,482 1,554 2,377
    SNP George Gordon 12.05% 976 1,008 1,017 1,019 1,034 1,070 1,187  
    Scottish Green Kate Joester 7.08% 573 598 626 637 683 850    
    Labour Vicki Redpath 6.47% 524 962 976 987 1,009 1,099 1,347 1,446
    Liberal Democrats Tim Wight 5.06% 410 423 473 495 500      
    TUSC Ruth Ann Henderson 1.44% 117 127 130 132        
    Liberal Seumas Stiubhard MacMhicean 0.70% 57 64 73          
    Electorate: 21,796   Valid: 8,097   Spoilt: 136 (1.65%)   Quota: 1,620   Turnout: 8,233 (37.8%)

      2008 By-election
      Forth By-Election (6 November 2008) - 1 seat[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
      Labour Cammy Day 29.53 2,013 2,014 2,023 2,042 2,134 2,228 2,543 2,810 3,735
      SNP George Gordon 27.01 1,841 1,843 1,849 1,861 1,920 2,005 2,259 2,529  
      Conservative Iain McGill 17.31 1,180 1,184 1,187 1,188 1,199 1,225 1,453    
      Liberal Democrats Sanne C Djikstra-Downie 14.45 985 987 989 995 1,033 1,155      
      Scottish Green Kate Joester 5.06 341 343 360 373 410        
      Independent John Loughton 4.36 297 303 307 323          
      Solidarity Willie Black 1.17 80 80 84            
      Scottish Socialist Robert Richard 1.0 53 54              
      Independent James G MacLean 0.05 26                
      Labour hold Swing
      Electorate: 21,560   Valid: 6,816   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 3,409   Turnout: 6,886

        2007 Election

        2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

        2007 Council election: Forth
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
        SNP Steve Cardownie 22.67 2,472                
        Conservative Allan Jackson 20.23 2,206                
        Liberal Democrats Elaine P Morris† 17.91 1,953 2,000.44 2,008.23 2,020.41 2,059.83 2,094.96 2,436.61    
        Labour Elizabeth Maginnis 14.82 1,616 1,640.13 1,642.50 1,650.86 1,676.12 1,694.00 1,795.54 1,856.72 3,100.78
        Labour Billy Fitzpatrick 14.19 1,547 1,581.61 1,582.56 1,588.91 1,612.69 1,672.18 1,755.67 1,797.68  
        Scottish Green Kate Joester 5.75 627 670.55 672.98 698.89 744.24 822.04      
        Independent Fred Marinello 1.84 201 217.44 218.71 225.06          
        Solidarity Willie Black 1.81 197 227.49 227.70 246.67 270.03        
        Scottish Socialist Marilyn Sangster 0.77 84 92.95 93.03            
        Electorate: 20,744   Valid: 10,903   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 2,181   Turnout: 53.4%
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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. "Forth By-Election Result (2008)" (PDF). City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 8 September 2019.


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