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]
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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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) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Labour | Ross McKenzie [note 1] | 23.0 | 1,929 | ||||||||
SNP | Catherine Fullerton (incumbent) | 18.7 | 1,567 | 1,588 | 1,618 | 1,649 | 1,814 | ||||
SNP | Denis Dixon (incumbent) | 17.5 | 1,462 | 1,480 | 1,514 | 1,530 | 1,592 | 1,701 | |||
Scottish Green | Dan Heap | 13.3 | 1,116 | 1,151 | 1,169 | 1,258 | 1,520 | 1,532 | 1,544 | 1,762 | |
Conservative | Mark Hooley | 11.8 | 986 | 1,011 | 1,023 | 1,131 | 1,285 | 1,286 | 1,287 | ||
Independent | Ashley Graczyk (incumbent) | 9.5 | 797 | 820 | 857 | 935 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Devin Scobie | 4.2 | 354 | 421 | 439 | ||||||
Alba | David Henry | 2.0 | 164 | 170 | |||||||
Electorate: 23,850 Valid: 8,375 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,676 Turnout: 35.9% |
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [6]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Catherine Fullerton (incumbent) | 18.5% | 1,574 | 1,575 | 1,582 | 1,888 | ||||
Conservative | Ashley Graczyk | 19.09% | 1,621 | 1,625 | 1,694 | 1,701 | ||||
Labour | Donald Wilson (incumbent) | 11.69% | 993 | 995 | 1,048 | 1,063 | 1,071.4 | 1,071.7 | 1,821.9 | |
SNP | Denis Dixon (incumbent) | 14.01% | 1,190 | 1,191 | 1,204 | 1,452 | 1,596.7 | 1,596.8 | 1,621.8 | |
Scottish Green | Dan Heap | 14.9% | 1,264 | 1,269 | 1,356 | 1,405 | 1,421.3 | 1,421.6 | 1,471.4 | |
Labour | Carmel Smith | 9.94% | 844 | 845 | 902 | 909 | 914 | 914.5 | ||
SNP | Simon Hayter | 7.63% | 648 | 648 | 653 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Devin Scott Scobie | 3.91% | 332 | 338 | ||||||
Scottish Libertarian | Calum Strange | 0.32% | 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 City of Edinburgh Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Labour | Eric Milligan (incumbent) | 28.3 | 2,266 | ||||||
SNP | Catherine Fullerton | 20.3 | 1,624 | ||||||
SNP | Denis Dixon | 17.1 | 1,368 | 1,389 | 1,396 | 1,414 | 1,462 | 1,688 | |
Labour | Donald Wilson (incumbent) | 13.8 | 1,107 | 1,677 | |||||
Conservative | Susan Dewhurst | 9.2 | 736 | 745 | 749 | 750 | 808 | 917 | |
Scottish Green | Lindsay Ashford | 8.2 | 658 | 674 | 690 | 691 | 776 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Neil MacLean | 3.2 | 253 | 260 | 267 | 267 | |||
Electorate: 23,877 Valid: 8,012 Spoilt: 240 (2.91%) Quota: 1,603 Turnout: 8,252 (34.6%) |
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SNP | Nick Elliott-Canon | 30.9 | 3,785 | |||||||||
Labour | Eric Milligan | 26.0 | 3,185 | |||||||||
Liberal Democrats | Joanna Toomey | 10.6 | 1,300 | 1,510.76 | 1,562.88 | 1,581.62 | 1,612.21 | 1,649.38 | 1,713.14 | 2,158.92 | 2,618.40 | |
Conservative | Iain G. Gibson | 9.6 | 1,180 | 1,257.57 | 1,271.31 | 1,285.52 | 1,296.09 | 1,341.93 | 1,358.27 | 1,432.83 | ||
Labour | Donald C Wilson | 9.3 | 1,142 | 1,270.43 | 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. Mackenzie | 5.7 | 702 | 891.91 | 919.34 | 941.22 | 1,007.12 | 1,063.20 | 1,172.87 | |||
Solidarity | Jason J Mangan | 1.9 | 238 | 349.60 | 362.97 | 368.67 | 431.73 | 463.41 | ||||
Independent | Keith J. Bell | 1.7 | 209 | 289.50 | 300.63 | 334.49 | 347.87 | |||||
Scottish Socialist | Gerry Corbett | 1.4 | 168 | 249.96 | 263.70 | 267.17 | ||||||
Independent | Tam Smith | 1.0 | 127 | 156.27 | 164.33 | |||||||
Electorate: 24,717 Valid: 11,996 Spoilt: 236 Quota: 2,400 Turnout: 49.5% |
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