Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart (Edinburgh ward)

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart is one of the 17 wards of the City of Edinburgh Council.[1] It elects three councillors.[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it covers a compact suburban area south-west of the centre of Edinburgh including the Chesser, Craiglockhart, Greenbank Village, Hutchison, Kingsknowe (added in a minor boundary change in 2017) and Slateford neighbourhoods, and a thin, densely populated corridor leading towards the centre taking in Fountainbridge and North Merchiston / Shandon. In 2019, the ward had a population of 23,715.[3]

Location of the ward within Edinburgh

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Gordon Buchan
(Conservative)		 Andrew Burns
(Labour)		 Jim Lowrie
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Gavin Corbett
(Green)		 David Key
(SNP)
2017 Andrew Johnston
(Conservative)
2022[4] Val Walker
(Labour)		 Christopher Cowdy
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Conservative Christopher Cowdy 26.6% 2,399
SNP David Key (incumbent) 22.7% 2,051
Labour Val Walker 22.4% 2,026
Scottish Green Megan McHaney 19.9% 1,800
Liberal Democrats Fraser John Ashmore Graham 7.1% 642
Scottish Family Fraser Kenneth Ramsay 0.8% 69
Libertarian Gregor Masson 0.5% 41
Electorate: 18,284   Valid: 9,028   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 2,258   Turnout: 9,112  

    2017 election
    Main article: 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
    2017 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats[6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    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%)  

      2012 election
      Main article: 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
      2012 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Scottish Green Gavin Corbett 24.07% 1,789 1,801 2,004    
      SNP David Key 23.54% 1,750 1,755 1,811 1,848 1,861
      Labour Andrew Burns (incumbent) 23.24% 1,728 1,734 1,851 1,905  
      Conservative Will Searle 21.15% 1,572 1,578 1,714 1,731 1,738
      Liberal Democrats Jim Lowrie (incumbent) 7.34% 546 561      
      Liberal Tim Strode 0.66% 49        
      Electorate: 17,069   Valid: 7,434   Spoilt: 70 (0.93%)   Quota: 1,859   Turnout: 7,504 (44%)  

        2007 election
        Main article: 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
        2007 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart (3 seats)
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        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%  

          References
          1. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
          2. Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs". The City of Edinburgh Council.
          3. Electoral Ward: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, Scottish Government Statistics
          4. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31004/ward-9-fountainbridge-craiglockhart-results-2022
          5. "Local Government Election 2022 results". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.
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