2017 City of Edinburgh Council election

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections

The elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland.^[1] It was the third successive Local Council election to run under the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system.

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election

← 2012 4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) 2022 →
All 63 seats to City of Edinburgh Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.5% (7.9%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Adam McVey Cameron Rose Cammy Day Party SNP Conservative Labour Leader's seat Leith Southside /Newington Forth Last election 18 seats, 26.87% 11 seats, 19.75% 20 seats, 28.13% Seats before 17 11 21 Seats after 19 18 12 Seat change 1 7 8 Popular vote 49,994 51,212 33,916 Percentage 27.1% 27.7% 18.4% Swing 0.2% 8.8% 9.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Steve Burgess Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Southside /Newington Corstorphine /Murrayfield Last election 6 seats, 11.44% 3 seats, 9.34% Seats before 5 2 Seats after 8 6 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 22,907 25,154 Percentage 12.4% 13.6% Swing 1.0% 4.3%
Overall Result SNP vote share by wards Conservative vote share by wards Labour vote share by wards Green vote share by wards Liberal Democrats share by wards Election result by council wards
Leader of the Council before election Andrew Burns Labour Leader of the Council after election Adam McVey SNP

The election saw the SNP become the largest party on the council for the first time, whilst the Conservative party overcame Labour to become the second largest party. Following the election Leith councillor Adam McVey took over control of the SNP group from Frank Ross. Conservative group leader Cameron Rose was similarly replaced by Iain Whyte. The Labour group elected Cammy Day as their leader.^[2]

The Labour-SNP administration formed in 2012 lost their majority however were able to continue in office in a minority administration, with Labour now being the junior partner to the SNP.

Boundary changes

Following the implementation of changes recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland the number of councillors to be elected was increased from 58 to 63. This was also the first election contested on new boundaries since the 2007 election. While the number of wards remained at 17, five wards:

1. Almond
2. Pentland Hills
3. City Centre
4. Craigentinny/Duddingston
5. Portobello/Craigmillar

elected four councillors instead of three.

The fourth placed and losing candidate in four wards was SNP and one ward a Lib Dem. In a re-run of the 2017 election the boundary changes would have likely lead to an increase of +4 SNP Councillors and +1 Liberal Democrat.

The Meadows/Morningside ward was also renamed as Morningside.^[3][4]

Election result

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
Electorate: 370,692
Turnout: 187,157 (50.5%)
Total Valid: 184,627^[5]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	19	3	2	1	30.16	27.08	49,994	0.21
	Conservative	18	7	0	7	28.57	27.73	51,212	8.82
	Labour	12	1	9	8	19.05	18.37	33,916	9.76
	Scottish Green	8	3	1	2	12.70	12.41	22,907	0.97
	Liberal Democrats	6	3	0	3	9.52	13.62	25,154	4.28
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.67	1,239	1.17
	Scottish Libertarian	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.11	201	New
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.07	134	0.27
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.04	66	New

Ward summary

Results of the 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election by ward

Ward	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	Total
	Labour		SNP		Conservative		Green		Lib Dem		Others
Almond	5.53	0	22.60	1	16.86	1	2.64	0	50.80	2	1.57	0	4
Pentland Hills	20.63	1	28.83	1	41.27	2	4.32	0	4.95	0	0.00	0	4
Drum Brae/Gyle	13.32	0	26.82	1	22.00	1	4.34	0	33.52	1	0.0	0	3
Forth	20.73	1	31.31	2	28.38	1	9.99	0	7.81	0	1.78	0	4
Inverleith	12.37	0	18.96	1	36.91	2	12.30	0	16.59	1	2.87	0	4
Corstorphine/Murrayfield	7.68	0	21.65	1	33.41	1	5.23	0	30.64	1	1.38	0	3
Sighthill/Gorgie	21.64	1	40.17	2	19.09	1	14.88	0	3.91	0	0.32	0	4
Colinton/Fairmilehead	20.59	1	20.73	0	49.76	2	4.28	0	4.64	0	0.00	0	3
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart	13.84	0	21.04	1	31.80	1	27.61	1	5.04	0	0.68	0	3
Morningside	18.21	1	17.87	0	29.54	1	19.36	1	15.02	1	0.00	0	4
City Centre	13.25	1	25.07	1	32.68	1	20.52	1	8.00	0	0.48	0	4
Leith Walk	22.49	1	34.46	2	14.42	0	19.69	1	3.74	0	5.19	0	4
Leith	20.35	1	36.16	1	15.93	0	22.26	1	5.29	0	0.00	0	3
Craigentinny/Duddingston	23.25	1	37.11	1	23.72	1	11.70	1	4.21	0	0.00	0	4
Southside/Newington	20.12	1	20.54	1	26.93	1	20.35	1	12.05	0	0.00	0	4
Liberton/Gilmerton	32.27	1	33.80	2	23.24	1	5.17	0	5.52	0	0.00	0	4
Portobello/Craigmillar	30.39	1	32.56	1	19.48	1	15.10	1	2.47	0	0.00	0	4
Total	18.37	12	27.08	19	27.74	18	12.41	8	13.62	6	0.89	0	63

Ward results

Almond

• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2017: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: One Lib Dem gain.

Almond - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Lang	42.8%	6,079
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Young	8.0%	1,138	3,652
	Conservative	Graham Hutchison	16.9%	2,395	2,727	2,995
	SNP	Norrie Work (incumbent)	13.9%	1,971	2,055	2,105	2,108	2,111	2,117	2,123	2,225	2,387	3,744
	SNP	Pamela Mitchell	8.7%	1,240	1,286	1,306	1,309	1,321	1,326	1,342	1,485	1,691
	Labour	Bruce Whitehead	5.5%	786	869	966	985	996	1,014	1,037	1,167
	Scottish Green	Iain McKinnon-Waddell	2.6%	375	430	495	502	510	537	558
	Scottish Libertarian	Daniel Fraser	0.7%	99	113	119	123	134	139
	Independent	John Longstaff	0.4%	56	69	89	102	120
	UKIP	Otto Inglis	0.5%	68	79	85	100
Electorate: 25,455   Valid: 14,207   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 2,842   Turnout: 56.3%

Candidate votes by stage

City Centre

• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xGreen; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: One Green gain.

City Centre - 4 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Jo Mowat (incumbent)	32.68%	2,904
	SNP	Alasdair Rankin (incumbent)	25.07%	2,228
	Scottish Green	Claire Miller	20.52%	1,823
	Labour	Karen Doran (incumbent)	13.25%	1,177	1,372	1,512	1,534	1,566	2,424
	Liberal Democrats	David Stevens	8.00%	711	1,185	1,304	1,318	1,388
	Scottish Libertarian	Peter Sidor	0.48%	43	91	135	137
Electorate: 20,451   Valid: 8,886   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,776   Turnout: 8,938 (43.7%)

Candidate votes by stage

Colinton/Fairmilehead

• 2012: 2xCon; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xCon; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: One Labour gain from SNP

Colinton/Fairmilehead - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Jason Rust (incumbent)	33.25%	3,783
	Labour	Scott Arthur	20.59%	2,343	2,423	2,541	2,855
	Conservative	Philip Doggart	16.51%	1,879	2,580	2,602	2,724	2,727	3,430
	SNP	Richard John Lewis (incumbent)	20.73%	2,359	2,387	2,610	2,712	2,714
	Liberal Democrats	David Richard Walker	4.64%	528	584	680
	Scottish Green	Sara Marsden	4.28%	487	500
Electorate: 19,085   Valid: 11,379   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 2,845   Turnout: 60.2%

Candidate votes by stage

Corstorphine/Murrayfield

• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012-2017 Change: No change.

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%)

Candidate votes by stage

Craigentinny/Duddingston

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xGreen; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: One Labour loss, one Conservative gain and one Green gain.

Craigentinny/Duddingston - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	John McLellan	23.7	2,521
	SNP	Ian Campbell††††††	23.1	2,458
	Labour Co-op	Joan Griffiths (incumbent)	17.4	1,845	1,910.2	1,928.9	2,095.5	2,124.2	2,727.4
	Scottish Green	Alex Staniforth	11.7	1,244	1,266.8	1,286.6	1,427.3	1,579.3	1,623.6	1,785.8	2,656.4
	SNP	Alex Lunn (incumbent, elected as Labour)	7.6	813	819.4	1,049.4	1,076.3	1,602.6	1,615.5	1,675.8
	SNP	Mridul Wadhwa	6.3	674	676.8	716.8	731.4
	Labour Co-op	Lyndsay Martin	5.9	627	660.6	665.6	740.5	747.2
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Hadfield	4.2	448	548.6	554.9
Electorate: 22,793   Valid: 10,630   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 2,127   Turnout: 10,892

Drum Brae/Gyle

• 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012-2017 Change: One Conservative gain from Labour.

Drum Brae/Gyle - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Christopher Aldridge (incumbent)	33.5%	3,176
	SNP	Claire Bridgman††††	26.8%	2,541
	Conservative	Mark Brown	22.0%	2,084	2,411
	Labour	Karen Ann Keil (incumbent)	13.3%	1,262	1,483
	Scottish Green	Phyl Meyer	4.3%	411	521
Electorate: 18,321   Valid: 9,474   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 2,369   Turnout: 52.2%

Forth

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: One SNP gain from Labour.

Forth - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Jim Campbell	28.38%	2,951
	Labour	Cammy Day (incumbent)	15.18%	1,579	1,710	1,731	2,157
	SNP	Eleanor Bird	17.94%	1,866	1,879	1,894	1,917	1,923	2,313
	SNP	George Gordon	13.37%	1,390	1,402	1,421	1,457	1,463	1,638	1,836	2,207
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wight	7.81%	812	1,073	1,149	1,200	1,220	1,572	1,582
	Scottish Green	Gillian Mackay	9.99%	1,039	1,085	1,130	1,165	1,178
	Labour	Heather Pugh	5.55%	577	623	651
	Independent	Nicola Ross	1.78%	185	269
Electorate: 23,348   Valid: 10,399   Spoilt: 214   Quota: 2,080   Turnout: 45.5%

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

• 2012: 1xGreen; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xGreen; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: One Conservative gain from Labour.

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Andrew Johnston	31.80%	2,908
	Scottish Green	Gavin Corbett (incumbent)	27.61%	2,525
	SNP	David Key (incumbent)	21.04%	1,924	1,939	2,028	2,043	2,125	2,755
	Labour	Anne Wimberley	13.84%	1,266	1,395	1,458	1,482	1,864
	Liberal Democrats	Jenni Lang	5.04%	461	659	705	732
	Independent	Rojan Subramani	0.68%	62	91	101
Electorate: 17,032   Valid: 9,146   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 2,287   Turnout: 9,205 (54.0%)

Inverleith

• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xGreen
• 2017: 2xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: One Conservative & Liberal Democrat gain from Labour and Green.

Inverleith - 4 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Hal Osler	16.59%	2,251	2,253	2,388	2,870
	Conservative	Max Mitchell	19.79%	2,685	2,691	2,707	2,840
	SNP	Gavin Barrie (incumbent)††	18.96%	2,572	2,576	2,611	2,811
	Conservative	Iain Whyte (incumbent)	17.12%	2,323	2,325	2,371	2,411	2,459	2,571	2,573	3,103
	Scottish Green	Nigel Bagshaw (incumbent)	12.30%	1,669	1,674	1,748	2,182	2,244	2,248	2,316
	Labour	James Dalgleish	12.39%	1,678	1,681	1,704
	Independent	Tina Woolnough	2.63%	357	362
	Scottish Libertarian	Tom Laird	0.24%	32
Electorate: 24,275   Valid: 13,567   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 2,714   Turnout: 56.5%

Leith

• 2012: 1xLab; 1xGreen; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xGreen; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change.

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%)

Leith Walk

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGreen
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xGreen; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: One SNP gain from Labour.

Leith Walk - 4 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Scottish Green	Susan Rae	19.69%	2,097	2,105	2,125	2,246
	SNP	Lewis Ritchie (incumbent)†	17.84%	1,900	1,901	1,903	1,923	1,949.4	2,052.2	2,090.4	2,125.9	2,209.4
	SNP	Amy McNeese-Mechan	16.62%	1,770	1,772	1,777	1,788	1,817.5	1,870.9	1,912.9	1,971.4	2,107.7
	Labour	Marion Donaldson (incumbent)†††††	15.04%	1,602	1,605	1,617	1,692	1,715.9	1,821.6	2,529.8
	Conservative	Cristina Marga	14.42%	1,536	1,541	1,544	1,600	1,602.6	1,683.2	1,719.3	1,784.5
	Labour	Nick Gardner (incumbent)	7.45%	793	795	803	839	849.3	912.7
	Independent	Harald Tobermann	4.06%	432	459	463	511	522.6
	Liberal Democrats	Vita Zaporozcenko	3.74%	398	400	403
	Socialist Labour	David Don Jacobsen	0.62%	66	67
	Independent	Alan Gordon Melville	0.52%	55
Electorate: 24,160   Valid: 10,649   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 2,130   Turnout: 10,816 (44.8%)

Liberton/Gilmerton

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: One SNP gain from Labour.

Liberton/Gilmerton - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Lezley Marion Cameron	24.81%	2,911
	Conservative	Stephanie Smith	23.24%	2,726
	SNP	Derek Howie †††††††	17.49%	2,052	2,086	2,093	2,200	2,292	2,564
	SNP	Lesley MacInnes	16.17%	1,913	1,931	1,938	2,095	2,168	2,401
	Labour	Tim Pogson	7.46%	875	1,295	1,376	1,511	1,881
	Liberal Democrats	John Christopher Knox	5.52%	648	682	794	941
	Scottish Green	John Nichol	5.17%	606	617	637
Electorate: 25,648   Valid: 11,731   Spoilt: 264   Quota: 2,347   Turnout: 11,995 (46.8%)

Morningside

• 2012: 1xCon; 1xGreen; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xGreen; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: One Liberal Democrat gain from SNP.

Morningside - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Nick Cook *	22.17%	3,010
	Scottish Green	Melanie Main (incumbent)	19.36%	2,629	2,631	2,721
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Ross	15.02%	2,039	2,054	2,508	2,510	3,477
	Labour	Mandy Watt	18.21%	2,473	2,480	2,699	2,701	3,441
	SNP	Sandy Howat (incumbent)	17.87%	2,427	2,429	2,450	2,452
	Conservative	Chris Land	7.37%	1,001	1,260
Electorate: 23,861   Valid: 13,579   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 2,716   Turnout: 13,682 (57.3%)

* = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

Pentland Hills

• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2017: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: One Conservative gain.

Pentland Hills - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Graeme Bruce	27.2%	3,083
	SNP	Neil Gardiner	21.1%	2,382
	Labour	Ricky Henderson (incumbent)	20.6%	2,334
	Conservative	Susan Webber	14.0%	1,587	2,293
	SNP	Ernesta Noreikiene	7.8%	880	888
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Farthing	4.9%	560	608
	Scottish Green	Evelyn Weston	4.3%	489	499
Electorate: 22,920   Valid: 11,315   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 2,264   Turnout: 50.5%

Portobello/Craigmillar

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xGreen; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: One Labour loss, one Conservative gain and one Green gain.

Portobello/Craigmillar - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Maureen Child (incumbent)	22.80%	2,378
	Conservative	Callum Laidlaw	19.48%	2,032	2,057	2,114
	SNP	Kate Campbell	16.96%	1,769	1,785	1,799	1,800	1,906	3,355
	Scottish Green	Mary Campbell	15.10%	1,575	1,621	1,702	1,705	1,950	2,073
	SNP	Mike Bridgman (incumbent)	15.60%	1,627	1,640	1,652	1,653	1,749
	Labour	David Walker (incumbent)	7.59%	792	941	1,001	1,010
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Leslie	2.47%	258	271
Electorate: 22,360   Valid: 10,431   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 2,087   Turnout: 10,654 (47.6%)

Sighthill/Gorgie

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: One Conservative gain from Labour.

Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

Southside/Newington

• 2012: 1xGreen; 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xGreen; 1xLab 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change.

Southside/Newington - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Cameron Rose (incumbent)	26.93%	3,151
	SNP	Alison Dickie	20.54%	2,403
	Scottish Green	Steve Burgess (incumbent)	20.35%	2,381
	Labour	Ian Perry (incumbent)	20.12%	2,354
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Farthing	12.05%	1,410
Electorate: 22,338   Valid: 11,699   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 2,340   Turnout: 11,772 (52.7%)

Changes since 2017

• † On 20 February 2018, Leith Walk SNP councillor Lewis Ritchie resigned from the party and became an Independent, following complaints about his behaviour arising out of allegedly punching someone in a taxi.^[7]
• †† On 23 April 2018, Inverleith SNP councillor Gavin Barrie resigned from the party and became an Independent, after losing his position in the ruling administration as Economy Convener, following a vote at the SNP group AGM.^[8]
• ††† On 4 July 2018, Sighthill/Gorgie Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk resigned from the party and became an Independent, saying the UK government’s policies on disability issues and social justice are “incompatible with her beliefs and conscience”.^[9]
• †††† On 17 July 2018, Drum Brae/Gyle SNP councillor Claire Bridgman resigned from the party for undisclosed reasons and became an Independent.^[10]
• ††††† On 28 January 2019, Leith Walk Labour councillor Marion Donaldson announced she was resigning from the Council citing reports of internal party tensions. A by-election was held on 11 April 2019 and was won by Robb Munn of the SNP.^[11][12][13]
• †††††† On 21 February 2020, SNP Craigentinny/Duddingston councillor Ian Campbell stood down for health reasons. A by-election was held on 12 November 2020 and was won by the SNP's Ethan Young.^[14]
• ††††††† On 30 July 2020, SNP Liberton/Gilmerton councillor Derek Howie resigned from the SNP Group to become an Independent.^[15]

By-elections since 2017

Leith Walk By-election (11 April 2019)^[16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SNP	Rob Munn	35.7	2,596	2,598	2,598	2,598	2,612	2,616	2,630	2,721	2,763	3,021	4,487
	Scottish Green	Lorna Slater	25.5	1,855	1,856	1,856	1,856	1,865	1,869	1,904	2,093	2,223	2,765
	Labour	Nick Gardner	15.5	1,123	1,124	1,124	1,126	1,136	1,140	1,157	1,320	1,497
	Conservative	Dan McCroskrie	10.7	777	777	779	781	784	811	825	912
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Caldwell	8.6	623	624	624	626	628	633	652
	Independent	Kevin Illingworth	1.5	110	112	112	122	126	143
	UKIP	Steven Alexander	1.2	85	88	97	97	98
	Socialist Labour	David Jacobsen	0.8	56	56	56	56
	Independent	John Scott	0.2	16	16	17
	For Britain	Paul Stirling	0.2	14	14
	Scottish Libertarian	Tom Laird	0.2	12
Electorate: 24,197   Valid: 7,267   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 3,634   Turnout: 30.3%

Craigentinny/Duddingston By-election (12 November 2020)^[17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ethan Young	38.9	2,920	2,924	2,936	3,004	3,716	3,818
	Conservative	Eleanor Price	18.9	1,420	1,428	1,448	1,582	1,620
	Labour	Margaret Graham	16.1	1,205	1,205	1,216	1,359	1,682	2,085
	Scottish Green	Benjamin Parker	15.8	1,185	1,189	1,203	1,340
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Ford	8.4	631	634	647
	Independent	Andrew McDonald	1.2	93	100
	Scottish Libertarian	Tam Laird	0.6	42
Electorate: 23,972   Valid: 7,496   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 3,749   Turnout: 31.6%

Retiring Councillors

Council Ward	Departing Councillor	Party
Almond	Lindsay Paterson[18]		Conservative
Almond	Alastair Shields†[19]		Independent
Corstorphine/Murrayfield	Jeremy Balfour[18]		Conservative
Corstorphine/Murrayfield	Paul Edie[20]		Liberal Democrat
Colinton/Fairmilehead	Elaine Aitken[18]		Conservative
Craigentinny/Duddingston	Stefan Tymkewycz[21]		Scottish National Party
Drum Brae/Gyle	Ronald Cairns		Scottish National Party
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart	Andrew Burns[22]		Labour
Forth	Allan Jackson[23]		Conservative
Inverleith	Lesley Hinds[24]		Labour
Liberton/Gilmerton	Norma Austin Hart		Labour
Liberton/Gilmerton	Keith Robson		Labour
Meadows/Morningside	Paul Godzik		Labour
Meadows/Morningside	Mark McInnes[25]		Conservative
Pentland Hills	Bill Henderson[26]		Scottish National Party
Pentland Hills	Dominic Heslop[18]		Conservative
Sighthill/Gorgie	Eric Milligan[26]		Labour
Southside/Newington	Jim Orr††		Independent

† Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
†† Originally elected as a Scottish National Party candidate.