Morningside (Edinburgh ward)
Morningside 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 community of Morningside to the south of the city centre, also including Braid Hills , Bruntsfield , Burghmuirhead (Church Hill and Holy Corner ), Greenbank , Greenhill , Marchmont , Merchiston and Polwarth .
A minor 2017 boundary change in the north of the ward saw the loss of the densely-populated Tollcross neighbourhood, but the overall population increased slightly due to housebuilding in other areas. At that time, the ward's name was also amended from its original title of Morningside/Meadows – the well-known Meadows park area to which this referred had never been fully within its boundaries. In 2021, the ward had a population of 31,379.[ 3]
Councillors
Election results
2022 election
2022 City of Edinburgh Council election [ 5]
2017 election
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [ 6]
Morningside - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Conservative
Nick Cook *
22.17%
3,010
Scottish Green
Melanie Main (incumbent )
19.36%
2,629
2,631
2,721
Liberal Democrats
Neil Ross
15.02%
2,039
2,054
2,508
2,510
3,477
Labour
Mandy Watt
18.21%
2,473
2,480
2,699
2,701
3,441
SNP
Sandy Howat (incumbent )
17.87%
2,427
2,429
2,450
2,452
Conservative
Chris Land
7.37%
1,001
1,260
Electorate: 23,861 Valid: 13,579 Spoilt: 103 Quota: 2,716 Turnout: 13,682 (57.3%)
2012 election
2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
Meadows/Morningside - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Conservative
Mark McInnes (incumbent )
29.90
3,125
Scottish Green
Melanie Main
19.75
2,064
2,209
Labour
Paul Godzik (incumbent )
19.64
2,053
2,171
2171
SNP
Sandy Howat
15.79
1,650
1,723
1,754
1,767
1,784
1,857
2,390
Liberal Democrats
Jenny Dawe *
12.30
1,285
1,574
1,615
1,639
1,661
1,730
Pirate
Phil Hunt
1.87
195
211
224
230
264
UKIP
William Macadam
0.76
79
170
173
175
Electorate: 22,328 Valid: 10,451 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 2,091 Turnout: 10,490 (47%)
2007 election
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 Council election: Meadows/Morningside
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Conservative
Mark McInnes
26.4
3,844
Liberal Democrats
Marilyne Angela MacLaren
19.3
2,817
3,021.25
Scottish Green
Alison Johnstone
15.2
2,209
2,309.16
2,329.46
2,353.12
2,386.31
2,477.31
3,070.46
Labour
Paul Godzik
14.0
2,043
2,108.95
2,122.35
2,126.64
2,142.19
2,168.09
2,358.63
2,396.23
3,103.04
Liberal Democrats
Sue Tritton
11.5
1,683
1,811.71
1,879.14
1,889.71
1,927.65
1,937.82
2,235.48
2,301.73
SNP
Richard Lewis
10.5
1,529
1,584.86
1,592.03
1,609.31
1,624.52
1,649.46
Scottish Socialist
Helga Janzen
0.9
137
139.71
140.51
179.76
184.00
Solidarity
Pat Smith
0.8
122
125.94
126.40
Independent
Duncan Thorp
0.7
105
151.76
152.93
157.98
Electorate: 23,263 Valid: 14,489 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 2,898 Turnout: 62.6%
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