Portobello/Craigmillar (Edinburgh ward)

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Portobello/Craigmillar ward
Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

Portobello/Craigmillar 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 elects four Councillors.

As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around the communities of Craigmillar and Portobello in the east of the city's urban area up to the boundary with Musselburgh (East Lothian) and the coast on the Firth of Forth, also including the neighbourhoods of Bingham, Brunstane, , Eastfield, Greendykes, Joppa, Magdalene, Newcraighall and Niddrie. A minor boundary change in 2017 saw the addition of the western part of the neighbourhood which, combined with housebuilding in the existing area (new and redeveloped), was sufficient to push the population over the threshold for a fourth councillor. In 2019, the ward had a population of 31,957.[3]

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Stephen I Hawkins
(Liberal Democrats) 		Maureen Child
(Labour) 		Michael A Bridgeman
(SNP) 		3 seats
2012 David Walker
(Labour)
2017 Mary Campbell
(Greens) 		Kate Campbell
(SNP) 		Callum Laidlaw
(Conservative)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[4]

Portobello/Craigmillar - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Maureen Child (incumbent) 22.80% 2,378          
Conservative Callum Laidlaw 19.48% 2,032 2,057 2,114      
SNP Kate Campbell 16.96% 1,769 1,785 1,799 1,800 1,906 3,355
Green Mary Campbell 15.10% 1,575 1,621 1,702 1,705 1,950 2,073
SNP Mike Bridgman (incumbent) 15.60% 1,627 1,640 1,652 1,653 1,749  
Labour David Walker (incumbent) 7.59% 792 941 1,001 1,010    
Liberal Democrats Callum Leslie 2.47% 258 271        
Electorate: 22,360   Valid: 10,431   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 2,087   Turnout: 10,654 (47.6%)

2012 Election[]

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Portobello/Craigmillar - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Maureen Child (incumbent) 36.6 2,645              
SNP Michael A. Bridgeman (incumbent) 20.4 1,477 1,559 1,565 1,607 1,649 2,381    
SNP David Manson 11.6 837 879 891 921 953      
Labour David Walker 10.8 784 1,212 1,237 1,270 1,319 1,356 1,431 1,744
Green Peter McColl 8.5 615 723 768 825 974 1,059 1,203  
Conservative Henry Christian 7.2 523 549 574 601        
Independent Norrie Davies 2.9 213 253 261          
Liberal Democrats Martin Veart 1.9 137 155            
Electorate: 17,603   Valid: 7,231   Spoilt: 169 (2.28%)   Quota: 1,808   Turnout: 7,400 (42%)

2007 Election[]

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Portobello/Craigmillar
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
SNP Michael A Bridgeman 28.0 3,471                          
Labour Maureen Child 21.9 2,076 2,125.94 2,125.94 2127.94 2,138.44 2,158.45 2,189.70 2,227.08 2,295.83 2,337.97        
Conservative Alison Miller 11.0 1,041 1,057.31 1,058.69 1,058.69 1,061.44 1,068.82 1,072.45 1,089.45 1,102.83 1,156.59 1,157.08 1,202.78 1,262.92  
Labour Lawrence Marshall 8.9 849 857.91 857.91 858.91 862.28 867.79 880.42 900.42 935.80 958.30 967.58 1,100.53    
Liberal Democrats Stephen I Hawkins 8.3 791 817.98 817.98 817.98 820.98 857.87 875.25 910.76 923.76 1,006.27 1,007.97 1,290.09 1,481.76 1,850.76
Green Peter McColl 6.7 635 668.63 668.63 668.63 693.01 701.89 762.80 803.30 827.56 885.08 886.40      
Independent Norrie Davies 3.2 302 316.30 316.43 317.81 320.18 325.68 342.81 367.32            
Independent Archie Burns 3.1 291 306.56 307.93 310.19 311.31 315.94 332.70 376.83 415.09          
Independent Margaret Munro 2.6 244 251.40 251.65 257.78 260.41 262.91 268.41              
Solidarity Caroline J Hosking 2.0 187 214.35 214.73 214.85 231.61 238.62                
Liberal Massimo Circi 1.2 114 131.94 131.94 131.94 133.07                  
Scottish Socialist Jan Moran 0.8 73 81.91 82.03 82.03                    
Independent John Smart 0.2 19 20.13 20.13                      
Independent Gerry Kerr 0.1 5 7.001                        
Electorate: 17,404   Valid: 9,281   Spoilt: 206   Quota: 2,321   Turnout: 54.5%

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13922/map-of-city-of-edinburgh-wards-councillors-and-msps
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. ^ https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017

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