Corstorphine/Murrayfield (ward)

Location of the ward within Edinburgh ^[1]

Corstorphine/Murrayfield is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. ^[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects three Councillors.

As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around the suburban communities of Corstorphine and Murrayfield in the west of the city, also including Balgreen, Broomhall, Carrick Knowe, Ravelston and Roseburn, Saughtonhall, ^[3] with four large open areas comprising two golf courses, Edinburgh Zoo and the playing fields surrounding Murrayfield Stadium. A minor boundary change in 2017 saw the loss of the Forrester and West Coates neighbourhoods but the addition of Wester Broom and Orchard Brae South (between Roseburn Footpath and Stewart's Melville College) – there was a slight increase in the population, which in 2019 stood at 24,192. ^[4]

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)
2022	Alan Christopher Beal (Liberal Democrats)			Euan Robert Davidson (Liberal Democrats)
2023 by-election			Fiona Bennett (Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2023 by-election

Corstorphine/Murrayfield by-election (9 March 2023) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Bennett	56.0	4,577
	SNP	Donald Rutherford	13.3	1,086
	Conservative	Hugh Findlay	9.6	788
	Labour	Richard Parker	7.0	568
	Scottish Green	Chris Young	5.1	417
	Independent	Elaine Miller	3.7	327
	Independent	Pete Gregson	3.6	295
	Scottish Family	Richard Fettes	1.1	90
	Scottish Libertarian	Gary Smith	0.2	20
Electorate: 19,435  Valid: 8,168  Spoilt: 57  Quota: 4,085  Turnout: 42.3%

Source: ^{[5] [6]}

2022 election

Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election

Corstorphine/Murrayfield - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Christopher Beal	34.2	3,897
	SNP	Frank Ross (incumbent)	18.7	2,132	2,152	2,163	2,567	2,570	2,941
	Conservative	Hugh Findlay	16.0	1,818	1,856	1,878	1,894	1,905	2,015
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Robert Davidson	15.6	1,772	2,691	2,716	2,883
	Labour	Richard Parker	7.8	893	918	928	1,090	1,099
	Scottish Green	Connal Hughes	6.9	784	804	810
	Scottish Family	Norman David Colville	0.8	88	94
Electorate: 19,533  Valid: 11,384  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 2,847  Turnout: 58.8%

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election ^[9]

Corstorphine/Murrayfield - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	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	2	3	4	5	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	2	3	4	5	6	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. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
3. News Index, Edinburgh Liberal Democrats
4. Electoral Ward: Corstorphine/Murrayfield, Scottish Government Statistics
5. "Ward 6 Corstorphine/Murrayfield Decleration of Results Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
6. "Ward 6 Corstorphine/Murrayfield Candidate Votes Per Stage Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
7. "Ward 6 Corstorphine/Murrayfield Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
8. "Ward 6 Corstorphine/Murrayfield Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
9. "Local Government Election 2017 results".

External links

• Listed Buildings in Corstorphine/Murrayfield Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings