Almond (Edinburgh ward)

Almond is one of the 17 wards of the City of Edinburgh Council. It elects 4 councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Norman Work (SNP)		Kate Mackenzie (Conservative)		George Grubb (Liberal Democrats)	3 seats
2012	Lindsay Paterson (Conservative)		Alastair Sheilds (Liberal Democrats)
2017	Graham Hutchison (Conservative)		Kevin Lang (Liberal Democrats)		Louise Young (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

Almond - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Lang	42.8%	6,079
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Young	8.0%	1,138	3,652
	Conservative	Graham Hutchison	16.9%	2,395	2,727	2,995
	SNP	Norrie Work (incumbent)	13.9%	1,971	2,055	2,105	2,108	2,111	2,117	2,123	2,225	2,387	3,744
	SNP	Pamela Mitchell	8.7%	1,240	1,286	1,306	1,309	1,321	1,326	1,342	1,485	1,691
	Labour	Bruce Whitehead	5.5%	786	869	966	985	996	1,014	1,037	1,167
	Scottish Green	Iain McKinnon-Waddell	2.6%	375	430	495	502	510	537	558
	Libertarian	Daniel Fraser	0.7%	99	113	119	123	134	139
	Independent	John Longstaff	0.4%	56	69	89	102	120
	UKIP	Otto Inglis	0.5%	68	79	85	100
Electorate: 25,455   Valid: 14,207   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 2,842   Turnout: 56.3%

2012 Election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

2012 Council election: Almond - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Norman Work (incumbent)	32.55%	2,722
	Conservative	Lindsay Paterson	26.24%	2,194
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Shields††††††	15.89%	1,329	1,460	1,500	1,515	1,579	1,804	2,426
	Labour	Billy Fitzpatrick	14.92%	1,248	1,350	1,356	1,373	1,421	1,623
	Scottish Green	Moira Dunworth	6.17%	516	651	657	683	768
	Independent	John Longstaff	2.49%	208	268	276	338
	UKIP	Otto Inglis	1.73%	145	168	181
Electorate: 18,996   Valid: 8,362   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 2,091   Turnout: 8,413 (44.3%)

2007 Election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Almond
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Kate Mackenzie	28.1	3,352
	Liberal Democrats	George Grubb	23.6	2,809	2,864.78	2,884.14	3,076.36
	SNP	Norman Work	18.2	2,164	2,193.84	2,219.08	2,325.21	2,341.37	2,568.21	3,300.77
	Liberal Democrats	Neil MacLean	13.0	1,548	1,654.82	1,664.94	1,761.03	1,823.11	2,351.21
	Labour	John Longstaff	10.7	1,280	1,298.24	1,317.36	1,382.61	1,399.23
	Scottish Green	Jill Boulton	4.4	520	548.42	586.54
	Scottish Socialist	Ross Clark	1.2	144	145.42
Electorate: 18,779   Valid: 11,817   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 2,955   Turnout: 62.93%

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