Corstorphine/Murrayfield (Edinburgh ward)

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

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Paul Edie (Liberal Democrats)		Phil Wheeler (Liberal Democrats)		Jeremy Balfour (Conservative)
2012			Frank Ross (SNP)
2017	Gillian Gloyer (Liberal Democrats)	Scott Douglas (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [1]

Corstorphine/Murrayfield - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Scott Douglas	33.41%	3,819
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Gloyer	30.64%	3,502
	SNP	Frank Ross (incumbent)	21.65%	2,474	2,503	2,566	2,577	2,680	2,956
	Labour	June Whitelaw	7.68%	878	1,089	1,289	1,316	1,386	1,633
	Scottish Green	Kate Nevens	5.23%	598	670	780	792	852
	Independent	John Ferguson Scott	0.80%	92	221	281	316
	UKIP	James Nisbet	0.58%	66	150	165
Electorate: 19,328   Valid: 11,429   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 2,858   Turnout: 11,530 (59.7%)

2012 Election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Corstorphine/Murrayfield - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Jeremy Balfour (incumbent)	24.96%	2,050	2,100
	SNP	Frank Ross	24.74%	2,032	2,053	2,056
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Edie (incumbent)	21.77%	1,788	1,798	1,817	1,818	1,993	2,798
	Labour	Tom McInally	20.45%	1,679	1,698	1,702	1,702	1,884
	Scottish Green	Dominic Hinde	6.11%	502	526	530	530
	UKIP	James Nisbet	1.96%	161
Electorate: 17,445   Valid: 8,212   Spoilt: 56 (0.68%)   Quota: 2,054   Turnout: 8,268 (47.4%)

2007 Election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Corstorphine/Murrayfield
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Jeremy Balfour	25.7	2,972
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Edie	21.1	2,444	2,474.88	2,481.88	2,633.48	3,046.01
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Wheeler	16.6	1,915	1,927.83	1,936.87	2,054.48	2,459.35	2,578.54	3,536.57
	Labour	Daniel Donaldson	15.2	1,757	1,762.90	1,773.90	1,863.38	2,136.86	2,164.33
	SNP	Robin J A MacCormick	14.9	1,727	1,734.77	1,750.92	1,852.76
	Scottish Green	Charles Kennedy	4.8	556	565.68	582.75
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Weir	0.7	80	80.29
Electorate: 17,531   Valid: 11,451   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 2,863   Turnout: 66.0%

References

1. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017