Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

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]

Councillors

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

Election results

2022 election

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Christopher Cowdy	26.6	2,399
	SNP	David Key (incumbent)	22.7	2,051	2,053	2,058	2,064	2,121	2,145	3,546
	Labour	Val Walker	22.4	2,026	2,061	2,067	2,083	2,408
	Scottish Green	Megan McHaney	19.9	1,800	1,805	1,812	1,824	1,971	2,026
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser John Ashmore Graham	7.1	642	691	700	719
	Scottish Family	Fraser Kenneth Ramsay	0.8	69	76	85
	Scottish Libertarian	Gregor Masson	0.5	41	44
Electorate: 18,284 Valid: 9,028 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 2,258 Turnout: 49.8%

Source: ^[5]^[6]

2017 election

2017 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

2012 election

2012 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	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

2007 Council election: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

References

^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs". The City of Edinburgh Council.
^ Electoral Ward: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, Scottish Government Statistics
^ https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31004/ward-9-fountainbridge-craiglockhart-results-2022
^ "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.

External links

Listed Buildings in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings

[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] ttps://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31004/ward-9-fountainbridge-craiglockhart-results-2022

[5] "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[6] "Ward 9 Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[7] Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.

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