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]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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%

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.