Leith Walk (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Leith Walk is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council.[2] 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[3] but entirely within Leith Walk ward, which in 2019 had a population of 34,651.[4]
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Louise A Lang (Liberal Democrats) |
Deidre Brock (SNP) |
Maggie Chapman (Greens) |
Angela Blacklock (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | Nick Gardner (Labour) | |||||||
| 2015 by | Lewis Ritchie (SNP) |
Marion Donaldson (Labour) | ||||||
| 2017 | Susan Rae (Greens) |
Amy McNeese-Mechan (SNP) | ||||||
| 2019 by | Rob Munn (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Jack Caldwell (Liberal Democrats) |
James Dalgleish (Labour) | ||||||
Election results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Susan Rae (incumbent) | 25.9 | 2,847 | ||||||||||||
| SNP | Amy McNeese-Mechan (incumbent) | 20.4 | 2,248 | ||||||||||||
| Labour | James Dalgleish | 18.7 | 2,058 | 2,184 | 2,186 | 2,186 | 2,196 | 2,224 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Caldwell | 12.0 | 1,317 | 1,400 | 1,402 | 1,413 | 1,433 | 1,446 | 1,456 | 1,469 | 1,506 | 1,563 | 1,995 | 2,513 | |
| SNP | Rob Munn (incumbent) | 10.3 | 1,132 | 1,405 | 1,447 | 1,449 | 1,459 | 1,485 | 1,488 | 1,534 | 1,580 | 1,633 | 1,648 | ||
| Conservative | Bonus Fombo | 6.9 | 763 | 766 | 766 | 770 | 796 | 797 | 799 | 811 | 819 | 833 | |||
| Alba | Joe Smith | 1.2 | 135 | 138 | 138 | 144 | 148 | 155 | 155 | ||||||
| Communist | Richard Charles Shillcock | 1.1 | 119 | 141 | 141 | 145 | 147 | ||||||||
| Socialist Labour | David Don Jacobson | 1.0 | 113 | 139 | 139 | 141 | 148 | 184 | 187 | 206 | 242 | ||||
| Scottish Family | Niel Deepnarain | 1.0 | 106 | 108 | 108 | 119 | |||||||||
| Women's Equality | David Renton | 0.9 | 98 | 147 | 147 | 154 | 167 | 180 | 181 | 202 | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Jon Pullman | 0.5 | 60 | 62 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 26,683 Valid: 10,996 Spoilt: 134 Quota: 2,200 Turnout: 41.7% | |||||||||||||||
2019 by-election
[edit]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.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 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 | Lorna Slater | 25.5 | 1,855 | 1,856 | 1,856 | 1,856 | 1,865 | 1,869 | 1,904 | 2,093 | 2,223 | 2,765 | ||
| Labour | Nick Gardner | 15.5 | 1,123 | 1,124 | 1,124 | 1,126 | 1,136 | 1,140 | 1,157 | 1,320 | 1,497 | |||
| Conservative | Dan McCroskrie | 10.7 | 777 | 777 | 779 | 781 | 784 | 811 | 825 | 912 | ||||
| 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 | Paul Stirling | 0.2 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Tom Laird | 0.2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 24,197 Valid: 7,267 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 3,634 Turnout: 30.3% | ||||||||||||||
2017 election
[edit]2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[11]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Scottish Green | 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 | |
| Labour | Marion Donaldson (incumbent) | 15.04% | 1,602 | 1,605 | 1,617 | 1,692 | 1,715.9 | 1,821.6 | 2,529.8 | |||
| Conservative | Cristina Marga | 14.42% | 1,536 | 1,541 | 1,544 | 1,600 | 1,602.6 | 1,683.2 | 1,719.3 | 1,784.5 | ||
| Labour | Nick Gardner (incumbent) | 7.45% | 793 | 795 | 803 | 839 | 849.3 | 912.7 | ||||
| Independent | Harald Tobermann | 4.06% | 432 | 459 | 463 | 511 | 522.6 | |||||
| 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.[13]
2015 by-election
[edit]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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | John Ritchie | 36.2% | 2,290 | ||||||||||
| Labour | 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 | 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 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon Murdie | 7.9% | 501 | 503.8 | 505.8 | 506.9 | 507 | 540.2 | 541.2 | 574.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mo Hussain | 4% | 255 | 261.6 | 263 | 265.3 | 265.3 | 267.4 | 271.6 | ||||
| UKIP | Alan Melville | 1.6% | 102 | 105.6 | 105.6 | 106.8 | 106.8 | ||||||
| Scottish Socialist | 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 | Tom Laird | 0.3% | 17 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 25,521 Valid: 6,324 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 2,109 Turnout: 6,407 (25.1%) | |||||||||||||
2012 election
[edit]2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| SNP | Deidre Brock (incumbent)††† | 22.1 | 1735 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Angela Blacklock (incumbent) | 21.3 | 1674 | |||||||||||
| Scottish Green | Maggie Chapman †††† (incumbent) | 20.3 | 1593 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Nick Gardner | 11.9 | 937 | 947 | 1029 | 1035 | 1050 | 1065 | 1089 | 1115 | 1225 | 1350 | 1519 | |
| Conservative | 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 | |||
| 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 | John Hein | 0.9 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 72 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 22,147 Valid: 7,856 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1572 Turnout: 35.47% | ||||||||||||||
2007 election
[edit]2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | Deidre Brock | 22.3 | 2,550 | ||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Louise A Lang | 19.0 | 2,170 | 2,217.17 | 2,217.29 | 2,240.22 | 2,291.06 | ||||||
| Labour | 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 | 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 | |||
| Labour | 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 | ||
| Conservative | 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 | John Hein | 1.7 | 193 | 207.33 | 207.44 | 211.02 | |||||||
| Scottish Socialist | 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% | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs". Edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Explore Leith with our interactive map, Leith Local History Society
- ^ Electoral Ward: Leith Walk, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Ward 12 Leith Walk Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Ward 12 Leith Walk Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Edinburgh Labour councillor quits amid reports of internal party tensions". Edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "By-election for electoral ward 12: Leith Walk". Edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "SNP candidate Rob Munn victorious in Leith Walk by-election". Edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "By-election for electoral ward 12: Leith Walk result - The City of Edinburgh Council". Edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results". Edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election results 2017". Edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "SNP councillor quits party amid punch claims". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "BROCK STEPS DOWN FROM WARD 12". Broughtonspurtle.org.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Brooks, Cameron. "Edinburgh councillor resigns to focus on becoming north-east MSP". Pressandjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Notices for the Leith Walk Ward By-Election | Leith Walk Ward By-Election | The City of Edinburgh Council". 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Listed Buildings in Leith Walk Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings