Leith (Edinburgh ward)

Leith 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 Marjorie Thomas
(Liberal Democrats)		 Rob Munn
(SNP)		 Gordon Munro
(Labour)
2012 Chas Booth
(Greens)		 Adam McVey
(SNP)
2017

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

Leith - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
SNP Adam McVey (incumbent) 36.16% 2,753      
Scottish Green Chas Booth (incumbent) 22.26% 1,695 2,213    
Labour Co-op Gordon John Munro (incumbent) 20.35% 1,549 1,690 1,821 2,106
Conservative Paul Penman 15.93% 1,213 1,236 1,246 1,354
Liberal Democrats Sanne Dijkstra-Downie 5.29% 403 448 552  
Electorate: 17,432   Valid: 7,613   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 1,904   Turnout: 7,675 (44.0%)

    2012 Election

    2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

    2007 Council election: Leith - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Labour Gordon Munro (incumbent) 32.1% 2010            
    Scottish Green Chas Booth 18.9% 1181 1306 1331 1427 1780    
    SNP Adam McVey 17.6% 1104 1140 1145 1163 1228 1280 2240
    SNP Rob Munn (incumbent) 14.8% 926 984 993 1013 1135 1169  
    Liberal Democrats Marjorie Thomas (incumbent) 9.0% 565 618 641 825      
    Conservative Nicola Ross 6.5% 405 428 433        
    Liberal Irvine McMinn 1.1% 71 85          
    Electorate: 16,972   Valid: 6262   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1566   Turnout: 32.6%

      2007 Election

      2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

      2007 Council election: Leith
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SNP Rob Munn 27.4 2,333            
      Liberal Democrats Marjorie Thomas 21.8 1,854 1,891.37 1,912.39 1,976.82 2,191.85    
      Labour Gordon Munro 18.1 1,544 1,569.18 1,586.49 1,617.60 1,694.31 1,705.06 2,243.18
      Scottish Green Chas Booth 11.2 957 1,010.38 1,090.54 1,132.27 1,205.39 1,238.08 1,325.58
      Labour Matthew Wilson 8.7 741 751.27 763.58 778.09 801.59 818.81  
      Conservative Andrew Robertson 7.1 604 614.37 616.18 632.39      
      Liberal Joseph Hill 2.4 208 224.62 234.93        
      Scottish Socialist Grzegorz J Rybak 1.8 150 169.14          
      Electorate: 16,178   Valid: 8,391   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 2,098   Turnout: 52.6%

        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
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