Английская Википедия:2022 City of Edinburgh Council election

Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

For the second consecutive elections, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 19 seats albeit with a slightly reduced vote share (down 1.1%). Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens all made gains at the expense of the Conservatives who fell from the second-largest party to the smallest representative group on the council. Labour overtook the Conservatives into second place as they gained one seat to return 13 councillors. The Liberal Democrats doubled their number of councillors as they were returned as the third-largest party with 12 seats while the Greens gained two seats to hold 10. The number of Conservative councillors halved as they fell from 18 seats to nine.

Following the election, the ruling SNP-Labour coalition was replaced by a Labour minority administration supported by the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.

Background

Previous election

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For the first time, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party in an election in Edinburgh after increasing their vote share by 0.2% to win 19 seats – an increase of one from 2012. Despite topping the popular vote, the Conservatives only returned 18 seats as they overtook Labour to become the second-largest party on the council. Labour fell from the largest party to third after losing eight seats to return 12 councillors. The Greens recorded their best result in an election in Edinburgh as they returned eight councillors – up two – and the remaining six seats were won by the Liberal Democrats – up three.^[1]

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election result
Party		Seats	Vote share
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	19	27.0%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservatives	18	27.7%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	12	18.4%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Greens	8	12.4%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Liberal Democrats	6	13.6%

Source:^[1]

Electoral system

The election used the 17 wards created following the fourth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2007, with 63 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.^[2]

Composition

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including SNP councillors Lewis Ritchie, Gavin Barrie, Claire Bridgman and Derek Howie and Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk who resigned from their respective parties and became independents.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Two by-elections were held and resulted in an SNP gain from Labour and an SNP hold.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] Green councillor Gavin Corbett resigned from the council after being made a special adviser to the Scottish Government but as his resignation was less than six months prior to the election, a by-election was not called to replace him.^[12]

Composition of the City of Edinburgh Council
Party		2017 election	DissolutionШаблон:Cref2
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	SNP	19	15
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Conservative	18	17
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Labour	12	11
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Green	8	7
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Liberal Democrats	6	6
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Independents	0	6

Notes

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Retiring councillors

Ward	Party		Retiring councillor
Almond	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Graham Hutchison
Pentland Hills	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Ricky Henderson
Pentland Hills	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Sue Webber
Drum Brae/Gyle	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Claire Bridgman
Forth	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Eleanor Bird
Forth	George Gordon	SNP
Inverleith	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Gavin Barrie
Corstorphine/Murrayfield	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Scott Douglas
Corstorphine/Murrayfield	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Gloyer
Sighthill/Gorgie	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Donald Wilson
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Andrew Johnston
Morningside	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Nick Cook
Morningside	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Green	Melanie Main
City Centre	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Karen Doran
City Centre	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Alasdair Rankin
Leith Walk	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Lewis Ritchie
Leith	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Gordon Munro
Craigentinny/Duddingston	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	John McLellan
Craigentinny/Duddingston	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Ethan Young
Southside/Newington	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Alison Dickie
Southside/Newington	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Ian Perry
Liberton/Gilmerton	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Derek Howie
Liberton/Gilmerton	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Stephanie Smith
Portobello/Craigmillar	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Green	Mary Campbell
	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Maureen Child
	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Callum Laidlaw

Source:^[1]^[13]

Candidates

The total number of candidates increased from 120 in 2017 to 143. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 25 (two less than in 2017) across the 17 wards. The Liberal Democrats overtook both Labour and the Conservatives to field the second-largest number of candidates at 22 – an increase of four. Both the Conservatives (20 candidates) and Labour (19) stood fewer candidates than they had in 2017 – a decrease of one and four respectively. The Greens were the only other party to contest all 17 wards as, like they had done at the previous election, they put forward 17 candidates. The number of independent candidates increased from seven in 2017 to 10. As they had done five year previous, the Libertarians contested the election, standing five candidates (up one).^[13]^[14]

For the first time, the Alba Party (seven candidates), the Women's Equality Party (two), the Workers Party (one), the Communist Party (one) and the Freedom Alliance (one) contested an election in Edinburgh. The Scottish Socialist Party (one) contested an election in Edinburgh for the first time since 2012. As they had in 2017, Socialist Labour put forward one candidate while UKIP – who put forward two candidates in 2017 – did not contest the election.^[13]^[14]

Results

Source: ^[15]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.^[16]^[17]

Ward summary

Шаблон:Election table |- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward !% !Seats !% !Seats !% !Seats !% !Seats !% !Seats !% !Seats !rowspan=2|Total |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2|SNP !colspan=2|Lib Dem !colspan=2|Lab !colspan=2|Grn !colspan=2|Con !colspan=2|Others |- |align="left"|Almond |20.9 |1 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|59.9 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|3 |4.9 |0 |5.3 |0 |7.5 |0 |1.5 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Pentland Hills |31.3 |2 |8.0 |0 |17.1 |1 |7.8 |0 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|34.0 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|1 |1.7 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Drum Brae/Gyle |23.9 |1 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|51.8 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|2 |6.2 |0 |5.9 |0 |11.1 |0 |1.1 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Forth |bgcolor="#efe146"|31.0 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |19.7 |1 |18.9 |1 |12.7 |1 |15.1 |0 |2.7 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Inverleith |19.7 |1 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|33.7 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|1 |12.6 |0 |12.8 |1 |20.0 |1 |1.2 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Corstorphine/Murrayfield |18.7 |1 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|49.8 |bgcolor="#ffa500"|2 |7.8 |0 |6.9 |0 |16.0 |0 |0.8 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Sighthill/Gorgie |bgcolor="#efe146"|36.2 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |4.2 |0 |23.0 |1 |13.3 |1 |11.8 |0 |11.5 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Colinton/Fairmilehead |17.3 |1 |12.4 |0 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|33.4 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|1 |5.4 |0 |29.9 |1 |1.6 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart |22.7 |1 |7.1 |0 |22.4 |1 |19.9 |0 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|26.6 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|1 |1.2 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Morningside |15.5 |0 |21.2 |1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|23.2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|1 |21.1 |1 |17.6 |1 |1.4 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|City Centre |bgcolor="#efe146"|24.5 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |15.1 |0 |14.6 |1 |19.8 |1 |21.4 |1 |4.5 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Leith Walk |bgcolor="#efe146"|30.7 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |12.0 |1 |18.7 |1 |25.9 |1 |6.9 |0 |5.7 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Leith |bgcolor="#efe146"|32.6 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |4.3 |0 |21.4 |1 |25.7 |1 |9.0 |0 |7.0 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Craigentinny/Duddingston |bgcolor="#efe146"|36.7 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |6.7 |0 |20.6 |1 |16.5 |1 |19.4 |1 |colspan="2" Шаблон:N/a |4 |- |align="left"|Southside/Newington |19.2 |1 |16.1 |1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|24.1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|1 |23.0 |1 |17.6 |0 |colspan="2" Шаблон:N/a |4 |- |align="left"|Liberton/Gilmerton |30.7 |2 |4.1 |0 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|33.3 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|1 |8.2 |0 |18.0 |1 |5.7 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Portobello/Craigmillar |bgcolor="#efe146"|37.4 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |4.3 |0 |23.9 |1 |16.2 |1 |15.3 |1 |2.9 |0 |4 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" !align="left"|Total !25.9 !19 !20.5 !12 !19.1 !13 !14.2 !10 !17.5 !9 !2.8 !0 !63 |}

Source: ^[15]

Seats changing hands

Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands
Seat	2017			2022
Seat	Party		Member	Party		Member
Almond	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Graham Hutchison	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Liberal Democrats	Lewis James Younie
Pentland Hills	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Sue Webber	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	Fiona Glasgow
Drum Brae/Gyle	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Mark Brown	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Liberal Democrats	Edward John Thornley
Forth	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Jim Campbell	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Liberal Democrats	Sanne Dijkstra-Downie
Forth	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	George Gordon	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Greens	Kayleigh O'Neill
Inverleith	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Iain Whyte	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Greens	Jule Bandel
Corstorphine/Murrayfield	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Scott Douglas	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Liberal Democrats	Euan Robert Davidson
Sighthill/Gorgie	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Ashley GraczykШаблон:Cref2	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Greens	Dan Heap
Colinton/Fairmilehead	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Philip Doggart	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	Marco Biagi
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Greens	Gavin Corbett	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Labour	Val Walker
Leith Walk	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	Rob Munn	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Liberal Democrats	Jack Caldwell
Southside/Newington	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Cameron Rose	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Flannery

Notes

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Source:^[1]^[15]

Ward results

Almond

Source: ^[18]^[19] }}

Pentland Hills

Source: ^[20]^[21] }}

Drum Brae/Gyle

Source: ^[22]^[23] }}

Forth

Source: ^[24]^[25] }}

Inverleith

Source: ^[26]^[27] }}

Corstorphine/Murrayfield

The Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives lost their only seat to the Liberal Democrats. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Corstorphine/Murrayfield|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

Source: ^[28]^[29] }}

Sighthill/Gorgie

Source: ^[30]^[31] }}

Colinton/Fairmilehead

Labour retained the seat they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives retained one of their two seats and the SNP gained one seat from the Conservatives. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Colinton/Fairmilehead|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

Source: ^[32]^[33] }}

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

The Conservatives and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from the Greens. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

Source: ^[34]^[35] }}

Morningside

Source: ^[36]^[37] }}

City Centre

Source: ^[38]^[39] }}

Leith Walk

Source: ^[40]^[41] }}

Leith

Source: ^[42]^[43] }}

Craigentinny/Duddingston

Labour, the SNP, the Conservatives and the Greens retained the seats they had won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Craigentinny/Duddingston|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

Source: ^[44]^[45] }}

Southside/Newington

Labour, the Greens and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats gained one seat from the Conservatives. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Southside/Newington|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

Source: ^[46]^[47] }}

Liberton/Gilmerton

Source: ^[48]^[49] }}

Portobello/Craigmillar

Source: ^[50]^[51] }}

Aftermath

After the election, the SNP remained the largest party,^[52] but Labour took control of the council after giving the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives "key non-political" posts.^[53] In a sign of internal unease at the deal, Labour councillors Katrina Faccenda and Ross McKenzie abstained.^[54] This came after a coalition between the SNP and Greens was blocked as a result of the deal between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, which combined obtained 32 votes, compared to the 29 votes for the SNP-Green deal.^[55]

Several current and former elected Labour representatives were critical of the deal involving the Conservatives. Former Edinburgh North and Leith MP Mark Lazarowicz described the deal in the capital as "unacceptable", whilst Neil Findlay, who was a regional MSP for Lothian from 2011 and 2021, said: "I am appalled to see West Lothian Labour councillors voting Tories into office - the Tory party is the enemy of my class."^[56]

On 28 June 2022, the Labour group suspended Leith councillor Katrina Faccenda and Sighthill/Gorgie councillor Ross McKenzie for eight weeks after they opposed the deal with the Conservatives, temporarily reducing the administration to 11 members.^[57] Cllr McKenzie later resigned from the Labour group on 23 February 2023 in protest at the way the council's 2023–24 budget was passed.^[58]

Corstorphine/Murrayfield by-election

SNP councillor for Corstorphine/Murrayfield, Frank Ross, resigned on 16 December 2022 causing a by-election.^[59] The by-election was held on 9 March 2023 and was won by Fiona Bennett of the Liberal Democrats.^[60]

Source: ^[61]^[62] }}

Notes

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