Sighthill/Gorgie (ward)

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Location of the ward within Edinburgh [1]

Sighthill/Gorgie is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council, established in 2007 along with the other wards. Its territory comprises a corridor of land in the west of the city with a northern boundary formed by the railway lines between the Haymarket and Edinburgh Park stations, encompassing the Broomhouse, Dalry, Gorgie, Longstone, Parkhead, Saughton, Sighthill and Stenhouse neighbourhoods. It elects four Councillors (a minor boundary change in 2017 caused the loss of the Calders neighbourhood and the northern parts of Wester Hailes, with a small decrease in population but no change to the number of councillors). In 2019, the ward had a population of 33,826. [2]

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Joanna Toomey
(Liberal Democrats)		Nick Elliott-Canon
(SNP)		Donald C Wilson
(Labour)		Eric Milligan
(Labour)
2012 Catherine Fullerton
(SNP)		Denis Dixon
(SNP)
2017 Ashley Graczyk
(Conservative)
2022 Ross McKenzie
(Labour)		Dan Heap
(Green)

Election results

2022 election

Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Labour Ross McKenzie [note 1] 23.01,929       
SNP Catherine Fullerton (incumbent)18.71,5671,588 1,618 1,649 1,814   
SNP Denis Dixon (incumbent)17.51,4621,480 1,514 1,530 1,592 1,701  
Scottish Green Dan Heap13.31,1161,151 1,169 1,258 1,520 1,532 1,544 1,762
Conservative Mark Hooley11.89861,011 1,023 1,131 1,285 1,286 1,287  
Independent Ashley Graczyk (incumbent)9.5797820 857 935     
Liberal Democrats Devin Scobie4.2354421 439      
Alba David Henry2.0164170       
Electorate: 23,850  Valid: 8,375  Spoilt: 182  Quota: 1,676  Turnout: 35.9%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [6]

    Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats [7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SNP Catherine Fullerton (incumbent)18.5%1,5741,575 1,582 1,888   
    Conservative Ashley Graczyk19.09%1,6211,625 1,694 1,701   
    Labour Donald Wilson (incumbent)11.69%993995 1,048 1,063 1,071.4 1,071.7 1,821.9
    SNP Denis Dixon (incumbent)14.01%1,1901,191 1,204 1,452 1,596.7 1,596.8 1,621.8
    Scottish Green Dan Heap14.9%1,2641,269 1,356 1,405 1,421.3 1,421.6 1,471.4
    Labour Carmel Smith9.94%844845 902 909 914 914.5  
    SNP Simon Hayter7.63%648648 653     
    Liberal Democrats Devin Scott Scobie3.91%332338      
    Scottish Libertarian Calum Strange0.32%27      
    Electorate: 21,885  Valid: 8,493  Spoilt: 219  Quota: 1,699  Turnout: 8,712 (39.8%)  

      On 4 July 2018, Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk resigned from the party and became an Independent, saying the UK government's policies on disability issues and social justice were "incompatible with my beliefs and conscience". [8]

      2012 election

      2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

      Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Labour Eric Milligan (incumbent)28.32,266     
      SNP Catherine Fullerton20.31,624     
      SNP Denis Dixon17.11,3681,389 1,396 1,414 1,462 1,688
      Labour Donald Wilson (incumbent)13.81,1071,677    
      Conservative Susan Dewhurst9.2736745 749 750 808 917
      Scottish Green Lindsay Ashford8.2658674 690 691 776  
      Liberal Democrats Neil MacLean3.2253260 267 267   
      Electorate: 23,877  Valid: 8,012  Spoilt: 240 (2.91%)  Quota: 1,603  Turnout: 8,252 (34.6%)  

        2007 election

        2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

        2007 Council election: Sighthill/Gorgie
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        SNP Nick Elliott-Canon30.93,785        
        Labour Eric Milligan26.03,185        
        Liberal Democrats Joanna Toomey 10.61,3001,510.76 1,562.88 1,581.62 1,612.21 1,649.38 1,713.14 2,158.92 2,618.40
        Conservative Iain G. Gibson9.61,1801,257.57 1,271.31 1,285.52 1,296.09 1,341.93 1,358.27 1,432.83  
        Labour Donald C Wilson9.31,1421,270.43 1,718.61 1,746.99 1,769.54 1,810.64 1,877.65 2,027.13 2,158.60
        Scottish Green James N. G. Mackenzie5.7702891.91 919.34 941.22 1,007.12 1,063.20 1,172.87   
        Solidarity Jason J Mangan1.9238349.60 362.97 368.67 431.73 463.41    
        Independent Keith J. Bell1.7209289.50 300.63 334.49 347.87     
        Scottish Socialist Gerry Corbett1.4168249.96 263.70 267.17      
        Independent Tam Smith1.0127156.27 164.33       
        Electorate: 24,717  Valid: 11,996  Spoilt: 236  Quota: 2,400  Turnout: 49.5%  

          Notes

          1. ↑ Cllr McKenzie resigned from the Labour group in February 2023. [3]

          References

          1. ↑ "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
          2. ↑ Electoral Ward: Sighthill/Gorgie, Scottish Government Statistics
          3. ↑ Swanson, Ian (23 February 2023). "Edinburgh Budget: Councillor Ross McKenzie dramatically quits Labour in middle of full council meeting". Edinburgh Evening News . Archived from the original on 21 March 2023.
          4. ↑ "Ward 7 Sighthill/Gorgie Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
          5. ↑ "Ward 7 Sighthill/Gorgie Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
          6. ↑ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
          7. ↑ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election results 2017". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
          8. ↑ "Edinburgh Tory councillor quits in protest at benefit changes". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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