Leith Walk (Edinburgh ward) facts for kids
Location of the ward
Leith Walk 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 four councillors. Its territory spans the area between Edinburgh city centre and the port of Leith to its north-east, centred around Leith Walk, the primary thoroughfare between them.
Northern parts of the ward fall within the historic burgh of Leith, but other neighbourhoods such as Broughton, Powderhall, Hillside and Canonmills (divided between Leith Walk and Inverleith wards) were always part of Edinburgh. Bonnington and Pilrig are on the boundary between the two burghs but entirely within Leith Walk ward, which in 2019 had a population of 34,651.
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Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2007 | Louise A Lang (Liberal Democrats) |
Deidre Brock (SNP) |
Maggie Chapman (Greens) |
Angela Blacklock (Labour) |
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| 2012 | Nick Gardner (Labour) |
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| 2015 by | Lewis Ritchie (SNP) |
Marion Donaldson (Labour) |
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| 2017 | Susan Rae (Greens) |
Amy McNeese-Mechan (SNP) |
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| 2019 by | Rob Munn (SNP) |
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| 2022 | Jack Caldwell (Liberal Democrats) |
James Dalgleish (Labour) |
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Election Results
2022 Election
2022 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Leith Walk - 4 seats | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | |
| Scottish Green Party | Susan Rae (incumbent) | 25.9% | 2,847 | |
| SNP | Amy McNeese-Mechan (incumbent) | 20.4% | 2,248 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | James Dalgleish | 18.7% | 2,058 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Jack Caldwell | 12.0% | 1,317 | |
| SNP | Rob Munn (incumbent) | 10.3% | 1,132 | |
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Bonus Fombo | 6.9% | 763 | |
| Alba Party | Joe Smith | 1.2% | 135 | |
| Communist Party of Britain | Richard Charles Shillcock | 1.1% | 119 | |
| Socialist Labour | David Don Jacobson | 1.0% | 113 | |
| Scottish Family Party | Niel Deepnarain | 1.0% | 106 | |
| Women's Equality | David Renton | 0.9% | 98 | |
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Jon Pullman | 0.5% | 60 | |
| Electorate: 26,683 Valid: 10,996 Spoilt: 134 Quota: 2,200 Turnout: 41.7% | ||||
2017 Election
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Leith Walk - 4 seats | ||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | |
| Scottish Green Party | 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 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Marion Donaldson (incumbent) | 15.04% | 1,602 | 1,605 | 1,617 | 1,692 | 1,715.9 | 1,821.6 | 2,529.8 | |||
| Scottish Conservative Party | Cristina Marga | 14.42% | 1,536 | 1,541 | 1,544 | 1,600 | 1,602.6 | 1,683.2 | 1,719.3 | 1,784.5 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | Nick Gardner (incumbent) | 7.45% | 793 | 795 | 803 | 839 | 849.3 | 912.7 | ||||
| Independent | Harald Tobermann | 4.06% | 432 | 459 | 463 | 511 | 522.6 | |||||
| Scottish 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%) | ||||||||||||
On 20 February 2018, SNP Cllr. Lewis Ritchie resigned from the party and became an Independent, following complaints about his behaviour arising out of allegedly punching someone in a taxi.
2019 by-election
On 28 January 2019, 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.
| Leith Walk By-election (11 April 2019) | ||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 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 Party | Lorna Slater | 25.5 | 1,855 | 1,856 | 1,856 | 1,856 | 1,865 | 1,869 | 1,904 | 2,093 | 2,223 | 2,765 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | Nick Gardner | 15.5 | 1,123 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,126 | 1,136 | 1,140 | 1,157 | 1,320 | 1,497 | |||
| Scottish Conservative Party | Dan McCroskrie | 10.7 | 777 | 777 | 779 | 781 | 784 | 811 | 825 | 912 | ||||
| Scottish 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 Movement | Paul Stirling | 0.2 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Scottish Libertarian Party | Tom Laird | 0.2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 24,197 Valid: 7,267 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 3,634 Turnout: 30.3% | ||||||||||||||
2012 Election
2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Leith Walk - 4 seats | ||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | |
| SNP | Deidre Brock (incumbent)††† | 22.1 | 1735 | |||||||||||
| Scottish Labour Party | Angela Blacklock (incumbent) | 21.3 | 1674 | |||||||||||
| Scottish Green Party | Maggie Chapman †††† (incumbent) | 20.3 | 1593 | |||||||||||
| Scottish Labour Party | Nick Gardner | 11.9 | 937 | 947 | 1029 | 1035 | 1050 | 1065 | 1089 | 1115 | 1225 | 1350 | 1519 | |
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Miles Briggs | 8.1 | 637 | 640 | 644 | 645 | 651 | 653 | 656 | 675 | 784 | 816 | ||
| SNP | Seumas Ross Skinner | 6.4 | 502 | 630 | 632 | 635 | 639 | 649 | 674 | 708 | 741 | |||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Jamie Paterson | 5.1 | 400 | 403 | 406 | 410 | 424 | 429 | 434 | 445 | ||||
| TUSC | John McArdle | 1.4 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 113 | 119 | 128 | ||||||
| Independent | Alex Wilson | 1.4 | 109 | 110 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 153 | 181 | |||||
| Independent | Jimmy McIntosh | 1.2 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 97 | |||||||
| Liberal Party | John Hein | 0.9 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 72 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 22,147 Valid: 7,856 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1572 Turnout: 35.47% | ||||||||||||||
2015 by-election
- SNP councillor Deidre Brock was elected as an MP for Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency) on 7 May 2015 and resigned her Council seat on 24 June 2015. Green Councillor Maggie Chapman resigned her seat on 30 June 2015 to focus her efforts on winning a Scottish Parliament seat in North East Scotland. A by-election for both seats was held on 10 September 2015, Lewis Ritchie defending the SNP seat and Labour's Marion Donaldson taking the other.
| Leith Walk By-election (10 September 2015)[1]- 2 Seats | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
| SNP | John Ritchie | 36.2% | 2,290 | ||||||||||
| Scottish Labour Party | Marion Donaldson | 25.7% | 1,623 | 1,650.1 | 1,653.1 | 1,659.6 | 1,661.7 | 1,680.4 | 1,697.6 | 1,798.2 | 1,990.2 | 2,717.3 | |
| Scottish Green Party | Susan Rae | 21.8% | 1,381 | 1,464.6 | 1,469.8 | 1,483.4 | 1,495.3 | 1,502.7 | 1,576.1 | 1,653.3 | 1,729.9 | ||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Gordon Murdie | 7.9% | 501 | 503.8 | 505.8 | 506.9 | 507 | 540.2 | 541.2 | 574.6 | |||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Mo Hussain | 4% | 255 | 261.6 | 263 | 265.3 | 265.3 | 267.4 | 271.6 | ||||
| United Kingdom Independence Party | Alan Melville | 1.6% | 102 | 105.6 | 105.6 | 106.8 | 106.8 | ||||||
| Scottish Socialist Party | Natalie Reid | 1.5% | 97 | 107.7 | 107.7 | 108.2 | 122 | 125.2 | |||||
| Left Unity | Bruce Whitehead | 0.5% | 32 | 33.6 | 33.7 | 33.9 | |||||||
| Independent | John Scott | 0.4% | 26 | 29 | 30 | ||||||||
| Scottish Libertarian Party | Tom Laird | 0.3% | 17 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 25,521 Valid: 6,324 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 2,109 Turnout: 6,407 (25.1%) | |||||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
| 2007 Council election: Leith Walk | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
| SNP | Deidre Brock | 22.3 | 2,550 | ||||||||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Louise A Lang | 19.0 | 2,170 | 2,217.17 | 2,217.29 | 2,240.22 | 2,291.06 | ||||||
| Scottish Labour Party | 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 Party | 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 | |||
| Scottish Labour Party | 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 | ||
| Scottish Conservative Party | 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 Party | John Hein | 1.7 | 193 | 207.33 | 207.44 | 211.02 | |||||||
| Scottish Socialist Party | 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% | |||||||||||||
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