2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 17 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation.^[1] The new wards replace 58 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

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All 58 seats to Edinburgh City Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Labour SNP Last election 15 seats, 26.9% 30 seats, 27.4%' 0 seats, 15.6% Seats won 17 15 12 Seat change 2 15 12 Popular vote 42,657 44,489 39,431 Percentage 22.0% 22.9% 20.3% Swing 5.00% 4.5% 4.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Scottish Green Last election 12 seats, 24.7% New party Seats won 11 3 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 42,840 15,959 Percentage 22.1% 8.2% Swing 2.6% New
Map of council wards

Aggregate results

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	17	N/A	N/A	+2	29.31	21.99	42,657	-5.00
	Labour	15	N/A	N/A	-15	25.86	22.93	44,489	-4.75
	SNP	12	N/A	N/A	+12	20.69	20.32	39,431	+4.60
	Conservative	11	N/A	N/A	-1	18.97	22.08	42,840	-1.91
	Scottish Green	3	N/A	N/A	+3	5.17	8.23	15,959	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.00	1.07	2,077	-3.10
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.00	0.85	1,651	New
	Liberal	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.00	0.63	1,221	+0.42
	Independent	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.00	1.90	3,681	+0.70

Following the election, a Liberal Democrat-SNP minority administration was formed.^[2]

Ward summary

Results of the 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election by ward

Ward	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	Total
	Lib Dem		Labour		SNP		Conservative		Green		Others
Almond	36.6	1	10.7	0	18.2	1	28.1	1	4.4	0	1.2	0	3
Pentland Hills	11.4	0	19.5	1	20.3	1	41.7	1	4.3	0	2.0	0	3
Drum Brae/Gyle	44.8	2	14.8	0	18.4	1	16.1	0	3.2	0	1.6	0	3
Forth	17.9	1	29.0	1	22.7	1	20.2	1	5.8	0	4.4	0	4
Inverleith	20.2	1	18.2	1	13.3	1	27.6	1	7.5	0	11.2	0	4
Corstorphine/Murrayfield	37.7	2	15.2	0	14.9	0	25.7	1	4.8	0	2.7	0	3
Sighthill/Gorgie	10.6	1	35.3	2	30.9	1	9.6	0	5.7	0	6.0	0	4
Colinton/Fairmilehead	14.8	0	18.7	1	14.9	0	45.7	2	4.2	0	0.6	0	3
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart	17.1	1	22.6	1	18.6	0	27.1	1	11.2	0	2.4	0	3
Meadows/Morningside	30.8	1	14.0	1	10.5	0	26.4	1	15.2	1	1.4	0	4
City Centre	19.7	1	17.9	0	20.3	1	20.1	1	16.8	0	4.4	0	3
Leith Walk	19.0	1	26.9	1	22.3	1	9.7	0	15.3	1	3.4	0	4
Leith	21.8	1	26.8	1	27.4	1	7.1	0	11.2	0	4.2	0	3
Craigentinny/Duddingston	10.0	1	34.2	1	29.2	1	14.4	0	5.9	0	5.0	0	3
Southside/Newington	31.0	1	18.6	1	13.1	0	18.5	1	14.1	1	2.7	0	4
Liberton/Gilmerton	14.2	1	34.7	2	26.0	1	14.3	0	3.5	0	5.1	0	4
Portobello/Craigmillar	08.3	1	30.8	1	28.0	1	11.0	0	6.7	0	13.2	0	3
Total	22.0	17	22.9	15	20.3	12	22.1	11	8.2	3	4.5	0	58

Ward results

Almond

2007 Council election: Almond (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Kate Mackenzie	28.1	3,352
	Liberal Democrats	George Grubb	23.6	2,809	2,864.78	2,884.14	3,076.36
	SNP	Norman Work	18.2	2,164	2,193.84	2,219.08	2,325.21	2,341.37	2,568.21	3,300.77
	Liberal Democrats	Neil MacLean	13.0	1,548	1,654.82	1,664.94	1,761.03	1,823.11	2,351.21
	Labour	John Longstaff	10.7	1,280	1,298.24	1,317.36	1,382.61	1,399.23
	Scottish Green	Jill Boulton	4.4	520	548.42	586.54
	Scottish Socialist	Ross Clark	1.2	144	145.42
Electorate: 18,779   Valid: 11,817   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 2,955   Turnout: 62.93%

Pentland Hills

2007 Council election: Pentland Hills (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Alastair S Paisley	22.9	2,523	2,532	2,536	2,565	2,718	4,401
	SNP	Ronald Cairns	20.3	2,238	2,247	2,274	2,374	2,661	2,789
	Labour	Ricky Henderson	19.5	2,148	2,161	2,181	2,263	2,663	2,798
	Conservative	Andy MacIver	18.8	2,074	2,081	2,084	2,113	2,285
	Liberal Democrats	Iain J Coleman	11.4	1,255	1,281	1,299	1,471
	Scottish Green	Shonagh McEwan	4.3	479	488	518
	Scottish Socialist	Alister H Black	1.1	116	117
	Liberal	Irvine McMinn	0.9	94
Electorate: 17,390   Valid: 10,927   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 2,732   Turnout: 62.83%

Drum Brae/Gyle

2007 Council election: Drum Brae/Gyle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Aldridge	25.2	2,630
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Dawe	19.6	2,049	2,078.99	2,100.27	2,113.31	2,234.21	2,702.55
	SNP	Colin G Keir	18.4	1,917	1,920.20	1,939.32	1,956.32	2,018.71	2,263.43	2,287.23	2,725.43
	Conservative	Steven Binney	16.1	1,676	1,679.60	1,684.67	1,687.67	1,716.86	1,865.21	1,889.87
	Labour	Cameron Day	14.8	1,545	1,549.01	1,559.12	1,576.19	1,631.28
	Scottish Green	Fiona A Paterson	3.2	330	331.94	337.99	361.09
	Scottish Socialist	Iain Pendreich	0.8	88	88.24	89.26
	Liberal	Roy Isserlis	0.8	85	85.84
Electorate: 17,364   Valid: 10,320   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 2,581   Turnout: 60.1%

Forth

2007 Council election: Forth (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Steve Cardownie	22.67	2,472
	Conservative	Allan Jackson	20.23	2,206
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine P Morris†	17.91	1,953	2,000.44	2,008.23	2,020.41	2,059.83	2,094.96	2,436.61
	Labour	Elizabeth Maginnis	14.82	1,616	1,640.13	1,642.50	1,650.86	1,676.12	1,694.00	1,795.54	1,856.72	3,100.78
	Labour	Billy Fitzpatrick	14.19	1,547	1,581.61	1,582.56	1,588.91	1,612.69	1,672.18	1,755.67	1,797.68
	Scottish Green	Kate Joester	5.75	627	670.55	672.98	698.89	744.24	822.04
	Independent	Fred Marinello	1.84	201	217.44	218.71	225.06
	Solidarity	Willie Black	1.81	197	227.49	227.70	246.67	270.03
	Scottish Socialist	Marilyn Sangster	0.77	84	92.95	93.03
Electorate: 20,744   Valid: 10,903   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 2,181   Turnout: 53.4%

Inverleith

2007 Council election: Inverleith (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Lesley A Hinds	18.2	2,689	2,706	2,714	2,724	2,743	2,904	3,025
	Conservative	Lindsay Paterson	14.1	2,085	2,087	2,089	2,102	2,114	2,166	2,284	2,288.52	2,411.12	2,449.96
	Conservative	Iain Whyte	13.5	1,986	1,986	1,988	1,999	1,999	2,022	2,346	2,349.91	2,465.52	2,498.29	4,277.64
	SNP	Stuart McIvor	13.3	1,961	1,970	1,990	2,010	2,036	2,239	2,406	2,418.74	2,563.85	2,614.11	2,729.02
	Liberal Democrats	Tim McKay	11.1	1,644	1,648	1,656	1,666	1,710	2,020	2,223	2,246.26	3,269.54
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Ponton	9.1	1,339	1,340	1,347	1,355	1,376	1,529	1,744	1,755.80
	Independent	Kristina Woolnough	9.0	1,323	1,324	1,329	1,364	1,367	1,449
	Scottish Green	Melanie A M Main	7.5	1,113	1,135	1,165	1,177	1,192
	Liberal	Seumas MacMhicean	1.0	148	151	151	162
	Independent	John Y Anderson	0.9	129	131	134
	Solidarity	Raymond Watt	0.7	103	117
	Scottish Socialist	Sean H Donnelly	0.6	92
Electorate: 22,903   Valid: 14,612   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 2,923   Turnout: 64.4%

Corstorphine/Murrayfield

2007 Council election: Corstorphine/Murrayfield (3 seats)

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%

Sighthill/Gorgie

2007 Council election: Sighthill/Gorgie (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%

Colinton/Fairmilehead

2007 Council election: Colinton/Fairmilehead (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Elaine Aitken	23.1	2,877	2,878	2,907	3,111
	Conservative	Jason Rust	22.6	2,815	2,816	2,844	2,994	3,012.70	3,595.21
	Labour	Eric Barry	18.7	2,332	2,41	2,442	2,758	2,760.15	3,639.03
	SNP	Thomas Kielty	14.9	1,861	1,881	1,983
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bridges	14.8	1,842	1,845	2,020	2,589	2,593.21
	Scottish Green	Alastair J Tibbitt	4.2	517	546
	Scottish Socialist	Robert Mathie	0.6	80
Electorate: 18,413   Valid: 12,324   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 3,082   Turnout: 67.6%

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

2007 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Gordon Buchan	27.1	2,729
	Labour	Andrew Burns	22.6	2,272	2,297.42	2,308.51	2,327.68	2,568.58
	SNP	Denis C Dixon	18.6	1,875	1,900.25	1,919.42	1,948.60	2,157.10	2,169.89
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Lowrie	17.1	1,725	1,799.83	1,811.09	1,843.70	2,357.16	2,387.72	3,430.41
	Scottish Green	Jeni MacKay	11.2	1,123	1,146.09	1,165.35	1,215.70
	Solidarity	Anne Edmonds	1.4	142	143.64	163.90
	Scottish Socialist	Barbara J Scott	1.0	105	106.90
Electorate: 16,800   Valid: 9,970   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 2,493   Turnout: 59.9%

Meadows/Morningside

2007 Council election: Meadows/Morningside (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Mark McInnes	26.4	3,844
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyne Angela MacLaren	19.3	2,817	3,021.25
	Scottish Green	Alison Johnstone	15.2	2,209	2,309.16	2,329.46	2,353.12	2,386.31	2,477.31	3,070.46
	Labour	Paul Godzik	14.0	2,043	2,108.95	2,122.35	2,126.64	2,142.19	2,168.09	2,358.63	2,396.23	3,103.04
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Tritton	11.5	1,683	1,811.71	1,879.14	1,889.71	1,927.65	1,937.82	2,235.48	2,301.73
	SNP	Richard Lewis	10.5	1,529	1,584.86	1,592.03	1,609.31	1,624.52	1,649.46
	Scottish Socialist	Helga Janzen	0.9	137	139.71	140.51	179.76	184.00
	Solidarity	Pat Smith	0.8	122	125.94	126.40
	Independent	Duncan Thorp	0.7	105	151.76	152.93	157.98
Electorate: 23,263   Valid: 14,489   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 2,898   Turnout: 62.6%

City Centre

2007 Council election: City Centre (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	David Beckett	20.3	1,630	1,644	1,661	1,688	1,983	2,027.02
	Conservative	Joanna Mowat	20.1	1,614	1,628	1,665	1,670	1,742	1,783.63	1,788.75	2,221.13
	Liberal Democrats	Charles C Dundas	19.7	1,587	1,605	1,627	1,637	2,225
	Labour	Bill Cunningham	17.9	1,437	1,446	1,454	1,468	1,705	1,774.35	1,782.67
	Scottish Green	Gavin N Corbett	16.8	1,352	1,363	1,384	1,450
	Scottish Socialist	Catriona Grant	1.8	142	143	146
	Independent	Brian R Ferrier	1.6	130	133
	Liberal	Karen M Hetherington	1.0	83
Electorate: 15,829   Valid: 7,975   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,994   Turnout: 50.8%

Leith Walk

2007 Council election: Leith Walk (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Deidre Brock	22.3	2,550
	Liberal Democrats	Louise A Lang	19.0	2,170	2,217.17	2,217.29	2,240.22	2,291.06
	Labour	Angela Blacklock	16.9	1,937	1,965.54	1,966.54	1,975.35	1,997.40	2,003.09	2,041.43	2,173.28	2,215.25	3,161.41
	Scottish Green	Maggie Chapman	15.3	1,754	1,824.81	1,829.81	1,911.26	1,953.36	1,967.18	2,103.10	2,424.74
	Labour	Trevor Davies	10.0	1,144	1,156.81	1,156.81	1,165.28	1,180.09	1,183.88	1,196.35	1,312.35	1,333.29
	Conservative	Iain McGill	9.7	1,114	1,129.49	1,133.61	1,133.96	1,149.24	1,154.49	1,162.67
	Solidarity	Adrian Cannon	1.8	203	228.16	230.27	273.069	283.23	284.33
	Liberal	John Hein	1.7	193	207.33	207.44	211.02
	Scottish Socialist	Linda Somerville	1.6	182	192.95	193.06
	Independent	Peter Clifford	0.1	16	16.58
Electorate: 21,485   Valid: 11,263   Spoilt: 188   Quota: 2,253   Turnout: 53.3%

Leith

2007 Council election: Leith (3 seats)

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%

Craigentinny/Duddingston

2007 Council election: Craigentinny/Duddingston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Ewan Aitken	29.2	3,487
	SNP	Stefan Tymkewycz	29.2	3,484
	Conservative	Victoria Roberts	14.4	1,720	1,741.18	1,787.05	1,793.61	1,795.76	1,809.50	1,828.19	1,843.14	1,899.42	1,966.96
	Liberal Democrats	Gary J Peacock	10.0	1,190	1,228.77	1,308.59	1,318.99	1,323.01	1,341.42	1,413.95	1,447.78	1,607.02	2,087.98	2,706.74
	Scottish Green	Stan Blackley	5.9	701	741.64	819.14	824.00	854.96	884.39	913.46	1,012.66	1,184.22
	Labour	Shami Khan	5.0	600	881.07	922.61	938.21	938.21	948.23	963.96	989.98
	Solidarity	Kevin Connor	1.6	187	203.66	242.56	246.81	272.77	279.48	294.89
	Liberal	Peter McDougall	1.3	152	163.06	192.81	196.90	202.46	215.01
	Independent	Jet Cameron	0.8	100	107.63	118.63	149.00	152.24
	Scottish Socialist	Nick Eardley	0.7	82	89.79	105.59	107.06
	Independent	John Wallace	0.6	69	75.23	89.95
Electorate: 19,693   Valid: 11,772   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 2,944   Turnout: 60.6%

Southside/Newington

2007 Council election: Southside/Newington (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Ian Perry	18.6	2,530	2,537	2,548	2,554	2,568	2,763
	Conservative	Cameron Rose	18.5	2,516	2,529	2,531	2,546	2,551	2,686	2,691.32	2,835.77
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Mackenzie	17.0	2,304	2,309	2,315	2,356	2,378	2,670	2,681.66	4,168.10
	Scottish Green	Steve Burgess	14.1	1,920	1,935	1,961	1,974	2,062	2,610	2,623.58	2,893.41
	Liberal Democrats	Liz O' Malley	14.0	1,907	1,913	1,917	1,939	1,945	2,087	2,097.96
	SNP	Susanna Lacey	13.1	1,780	1,790	1,824	1,845	1,876
	Scottish Socialist	Scott Simpson	1.1	146	150	183	189
	Liberal	Margaret Lea	1.1	144	148	156
	Solidarity	James C Allinson	1.0	140	142
	Independent	George E Pitcher	0.6	81
Electorate: 23,620   Valid: 13,468   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 2,694   Turnout: 57.5%

Liberton/Gilmerton

2007 Council election: Liberton/Gilmerton (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Tom Buchanan	26.0	3,471
	Labour	Norma M Hart	18.9	2,524	2,610.82
	Labour	Ian Murray	15.8	2,104	2,142.45	2,143.08	2,156.82	2,176.04	2,207.78	2,252.96	2,356.10	2,569.78
	Conservative	Gavin Easton	14.3	1,912	1,976.74	1,976.76	1,985.00	1,991.48	2,017.96	2,032.43	2,101.05
	Liberal Democrats	Conor Snowden	14.2	1,902	2,028.26	2,028.29	2,049.51	2,068.47	2,113.43	2,161.85	2,449.48	3,179.72
	Scottish Green	Joan E Carter	3.5	464	589.02	589.04	605.50	639.44	639.44	788.50
	Scottish Socialist	Colin A Fox	1.6	208	265.30	265.31	268.05	310.22	330.45
	Independent	Max Volino	1.6	207	225.60	225.61	276.49	302.45
	Solidarity	John Wight	1.0	132	180.62	180.62	194.10
	Independent	Alex Scott	0.9	123	161.94	161.95
Electorate: 24,133   Valid: 13,047   Spoilt: 306   Quota: 2,610   Turnout: 55.3%

Portobello/Craigmillar

2007 Council election: Portobello/Craigmillar (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	SNP	Michael A Bridgeman	28.0	3,471
	Labour	Maureen Child	21.9	2,076	2,125.94	2,125.94	2127.94	2,138.44	2,158.45	2,189.70	2,227.08	2,295.83	2,337.97
	Conservative	Alison Miller	11.0	1,041	1,057.31	1,058.69	1,058.69	1,061.44	1,068.82	1,072.45	1,089.45	1,102.83	1,156.59	1,157.08	1,202.78	1,262.92
	Labour	Lawrence Marshall	8.9	849	857.91	857.91	858.91	862.28	867.79	880.42	900.42	935.80	958.30	967.58	1,100.53
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen I Hawkins	8.3	791	817.98	817.98	817.98	820.98	857.87	875.25	910.76	923.76	1,006.27	1,007.97	1,290.09	1,481.76	1,850.76
	Scottish Green	Peter McColl	6.7	635	668.63	668.63	668.63	693.01	701.89	762.80	803.30	827.56	885.08	886.40
	Independent	Norrie Davies	3.2	302	316.30	316.43	317.81	320.18	325.68	342.81	367.32
	Independent	Archie Burns	3.1	291	306.56	307.93	310.19	311.31	315.94	332.70	376.83	415.09
	Independent	Margaret Munro	2.6	244	251.40	251.65	257.78	260.41	262.91	268.41
	Solidarity	Caroline J Hosking	2.0	187	214.35	214.73	214.85	231.61	238.62
	Liberal	Massimo Circi	1.2	114	131.94	131.94	131.94	133.07
	Scottish Socialist	Jan Moran	0.8	73	81.91	82.03	82.03
	Independent	John Smart	0.2	19	20.13	20.13
	Independent	Gerry Kerr	0.1	5	7.001
Electorate: 17,404   Valid: 9,281   Spoilt: 206   Quota: 2,321   Turnout: 54.5%

2007-2012 by-elections

A by-election arose following the death of Labour Cllr Elizabeth Maginnis on 7 September 2008. The seat was held by Labour's Cammy Day

Forth By-Election (6 November 2008) – 1 seat^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Cammy Day	29.53	2,013	2,014	2,023	2,042	2,134	2,228	2,543	2,810	3,735
	SNP	George Gordon	27.01	1,841	1,843	1,849	1,861	1,920	2,005	2,259	2,529
	Conservative	Iain McGill	17.31	1,180	1,184	1,187	1,188	1,199	1,225	1,453
	Liberal Democrats	Sanne C Djikstra-Downie	14.45	985	987	989	995	1,033	1,155
	Scottish Green	Kate Joester	5.06	341	343	360	373	410
	Independent	John Loughton	4.36	297	303	307	323
	Solidarity	Willie Black	1.17	80	80	84
	Scottish Socialist	Robert Richard	1.0	53	54
	Independent	James G MacLean	0.05	26
	Labour hold		Swing
Electorate: 21,560   Valid: 6,816   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 3,409   Turnout: 6,886

A by-election arose following the resignation of Ian Murray after his election as an MP on 6 May 2010. The seat was held by Labour's Bill Cook on 9 September 2010.^[4]

Liberton/Gilmerton By-Election (9 September 2010) – 1 seat^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Bill Cook	44.8	2,974	3,121	3,308
	SNP	Richard Lewis	20.8	1,382	1,484	1,698
	Conservative	Stephanie Murray	15.4	1,020	1,055	1,262
	Liberal Democrats	John Christopher Knox	10.9	722	816
	Scottish Green	Peter McColl	3.0	201
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox	2.5	169
	Independent	Mev Brown	1.9	128
	Pirate	Philip Hunt	0.6	43
	Labour hold		Swing
Electorate: 23,912   Valid: 6,639   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 3,320   Turnout: 6,704

A by-election arose following the resignation of SNP Cllr David Beckett on 9 June 2011. The seat was held by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin on 18 August 2011.

City Centre By-Election (18 August 2011) – 1 seat^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Iain McGill	24.2	837	904	1,043	1,110	1,264
	SNP	Alasdair Rankin	23.1	797	825	893	1,081	1,368
	Labour	Karen Doran	19.7	682	716	745	968
	Scottish Green	Melanie Main	14.3	494	576	635
	Independent	John Carson	11.4	394	402
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Hodgson	7.3	251
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 14,810   Valid: 3,455   Spoilt: 11   Quota: 1,728   Turnout: 3,466

Changes since 2007 Election

• †Forth Cllr Elaine Morris defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Scottish National Party on 21 July 2011.

See also

• 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election