Leith (Edinburgh ward) facts for kids
Location of the ward
Leith is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects three councillors.
Its territory is located north-east of the city centre bounded by the coast on the Firth of Forth, pertaining to the heart of the port and former independent burgh of Leith (outer parts of which fall into other wards). In 2019, the ward had a population of 24,207.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2007 | Marjorie Thomas (Liberal Democrats) |
Rob Munn (SNP) |
Gordon Munro (Labour) |
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| 2012 | Chas Booth (Greens) |
Adam McVey (SNP) |
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| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Katrina Faccenda (Labour) |
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Election Results
2022 Election
2022 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Leith - 3 seats | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | |
| SNP | Adam McVey (incumbent) | 32.6% | 2,754 | |
| Scottish Green Party | Chas Booth (incumbent) | 25.7% | 2,169 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Katrina Faccenda | 21.4% | 1,804 | |
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Teresa Perchard | 9.0% | 764 | |
| Independent | Andy MacKenzie | 4.4% | 370 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Robin Thomas Rea | 4.3% | 360 | |
| Alba Party | Euan McGlynn | 1.5% | 129 | |
| Scottish Family Party | Jacqueline Mary Isseri | 1.1% | 92 | |
| Electorate: 19,420 Valid: 8,442 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 2,111 Turnout: 44.0% | ||||
2017 Election
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Leith - 3 seats | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |
| SNP | Adam McVey (incumbent) | 36.16% | 2,753 | ||||
| Scottish Green Party | Chas Booth (incumbent) | 22.26% | 1,695 | 2,213 | |||
| Labour Co-operative | Gordon John Munro (incumbent) | 20.35% | 1,549 | 1,690 | 1,821 | 2,106 | |
| Scottish Conservative Party | Paul Penman | 15.93% | 1,213 | 1,236 | 1,246 | 1,354 | |
| Scottish 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%) | |||||||
2012 Election
2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
| 2007 Council election: Leith - 3 seats | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Gordon Munro (incumbent) | 32.1% | 2010 | |||||||
| Scottish Green Party | Chas Booth | 18.9% | 1181 | 1306 | 1331 | 1427 | 1780 | |||
| SNP | Adam McVey | 17.6% | 1104 | 1140 | 1145 | 1163 | 1228 | 1280 | 2240 | |
| SNP | Rob Munn (incumbent) | 14.8% | 926 | 984 | 993 | 1013 | 1135 | 1169 | ||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Thomas (incumbent) | 9.0% | 565 | 618 | 641 | 825 | ||||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicola Ross | 6.5% | 405 | 428 | 433 | |||||
| Liberal Party | Irvine McMinn | 1.1% | 71 | 85 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,972 Valid: 6262 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1566 Turnout: 32.6% | ||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
| 2007 Council election: Leith | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| SNP | Rob Munn | 27.4 | 2,333 | |||||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Thomas | 21.8 | 1,854 | 1,891.37 | 1,912.39 | 1,976.82 | 2,191.85 | |||
| Scottish Labour Party | 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 Party | Chas Booth | 11.2 | 957 | 1,010.38 | 1,090.54 | 1,132.27 | 1,205.39 | 1,238.08 | 1,325.58 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Matthew Wilson | 8.7 | 741 | 751.27 | 763.58 | 778.09 | 801.59 | 818.81 | ||
| Scottish Conservative Party | Andrew Robertson | 7.1 | 604 | 614.37 | 616.18 | 632.39 | ||||
| Liberal Party | Joseph Hill | 2.4 | 208 | 224.62 | 234.93 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist Party | Grzegorz J Rybak | 1.8 | 150 | 169.14 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,178 Valid: 8,391 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 2,098 Turnout: 52.6% | ||||||||||
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