Inverleith (Edinburgh ward)

Inverleith is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. It elects 4 Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Stuart McIvor (SNP)		Tim McKay (Liberal Democrats)		Lesley Hinds (Labour)		Ian Whyte (Conservative)
2012	Gavin Barrie (SNP)		Nigel Bagshaw (Greens)
2017			Hal Osler (Liberal Democrats)		Max Mitchell (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

Inverleith - 4 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Liberal Democrats	Hal Osler	16.59%	2,251	2,253	2,388	2,870
	Conservative	Max Mitchell	19.79%	2,685	2,691	2,707	2,840
	SNP	Gavin Barrie (incumbent)††	18.96%	2,572	2,576	2,611	2,811
	Conservative	Iain Whyte (incumbent)	17.12%	2,323	2,325	2,371	2,411	2,459	2,571	2,573	3,103
	Scottish Green	Nigel Bagshaw (incumbent)	12.30%	1,669	1,674	1,748	2,182	2,244	2,248	2,316
	Labour	James Dalgleish	12.39%	1,678	1,681	1,704
	Independent	Tina Woolnough	2.63%	357	362
	Libertarian	Tom Laird	0.24%	32
Electorate: 24,275   Valid: 13,567   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 2,714   Turnout: 56.5%

2012 Election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Inverleith - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour	Lesley Hinds (incumbent)	24.99%	2,751
	Conservative	Iain Whyte (incumbent)	17.77%	1,956	1,989	2,019	2,279
	Scottish Green	Nigel Bagshaw	14.92%	1,642	1,815	1,865	2,325
	SNP	Gavin Barrie	13.03%	1,434	1,489	2,148	2,264
	Conservative	Scott Douglas	11.73%	1,291	1,312	1,326	1,487
	Liberal Democrats	Tim McKay (incumbent)	10.38%	1,143	1,226	1,252
	SNP	John Young	7.19%	792	820
Electorate: 23,235   Valid: 11,009   Spoilt: 118 (1.06%)   Quota: 2,202   Turnout: 11,127 (47.9%)

2007 Election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Inverleith
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Labour	Lesley A Hinds	18.2	2,689	2,706	2,714	2,724	2,743	2,904	3,025
	Conservative	Lindsay Paterson	14.1	2,085	2,087	2,089	2,102	2,114	2,166	2,284	2,288.52	2,411.12	2,449.96
	Conservative	Iain Whyte	13.5	1,986	1,986	1,988	1,999	1,999	2,022	2,346	2,349.91	2,465.52	2,498.29	4,277.64
	SNP	Stuart McIvor	13.3	1,961	1,970	1,990	2,010	2,036	2,239	2,406	2,418.74	2,563.85	2,614.11	2,729.02
	Liberal Democrats	Tim McKay	11.1	1,644	1,648	1,656	1,666	1,710	2,020	2,223	2,246.26	3,269.54
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Ponton	9.1	1,339	1,340	1,347	1,355	1,376	1,529	1,744	1,755.80
	Independent	Kristina Woolnough	9.0	1,323	1,324	1,329	1,364	1,367	1,449
	Scottish Green	Melanie A M Main	7.5	1,113	1,135	1,165	1,177	1,192
	Liberal	Seumas MacMhicean	1.0	148	151	151	162
	Independent	John Y Anderson	0.9	129	131	134
	Solidarity	Raymond Watt	0.7	103	117
	Scottish Socialist	Sean H Donnelly	0.6	92
Electorate: 22,903   Valid: 14,612   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 2,923   Turnout: 64.4%

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.