Leith (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Leith 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.

Its territory is located north-east of the city centre bounded by the coast on the Firth of Forth, pertaining to the heart of the port and former independent burgh of Leith (outer parts of which fall into other wards). ^[3] In 2019, the ward had a population of 24,207. ^[4]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Marjorie Thomas (Liberal Democrats)		Rob Munn (SNP)		Gordon Munro (Labour)
2012		Chas Booth (Greens)	Adam McVey (SNP)
2017
2022	Katrina Faccenda (Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election

Leith - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Adam McVey (incumbent)	32.6	2,754
	Scottish Green	Chas Booth (incumbent)	25.7	2,169
	Labour	Katrina Faccenda	21.4	1,804	2,025	2,056	2,077	2,111
	Conservative	Teresa Perchard	9.0	764	773	774	793	806
	Independent	Andy MacKenzie	4.4	370	413	418	439	513
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Thomas Rea	4.3	360	434	443	448	470
	Alba	Euan McGlynn	1.5	129	206	208	214
	Scottish Family	Jacqueline Mary Isseri	1.1	92	103	104
Electorate: 19,420  Valid: 8,442  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 2,111  Turnout: 44.0%

Source: ^{[5] [6]}

2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election ^[7]

Leith - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	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

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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. "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. Explore Leith with our interactive map, Leith Local History Society
4. Electoral Ward: Leith ^{[ permanent dead link ]}, Scottish Government Statistics
5. "Ward 13 Leith Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
6. "Ward 13 Leith Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
7. "Local Government Election 2017 results".

External links

• Listed Buildings in Leith Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings