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Morningside wardLocation of the ward within Edinburgh

Morningside 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 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.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Mark McInnes
(Conservative) 		Paul Godzik
(Labour) 		Marilyne Angela MacLaren
(Liberal Democrats) 		Alison Johnstone
(Greens)
2012 Sandy Howat
(SNP) 		Melanie Main
(Greens)
2017 Nick Cook
(Conservative) 		Mandy Watt
(Labour) 		Neil Ross
(Liberal Democrats)
2022 Marie-Clair Munro
(Conservative) 		Ben Parker
(Greens)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election
Morningside - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Mandy Helen Watt (incumbent) 23.2 3,145            
Liberal Democrats Neil John Ross (incumbent) 21.2 2,877            
Scottish Green Ben Parker 21.1 2,854            
Conservative Marie-Clare Munro 17.6 2,390 2,489 2,560 2,564 2,589 2,616 3,020
SNP Mairianna Clyde 15.5 2,097 2,209 2,233 2,337 2,343 2,430  
Alba Leah Gunn Barrett 1.0 132 136 138 140 151    
Scottish Libertarian Peter Sidor 0.4 52 62 66 67      
Electorate: 25,204   Valid: 13,547   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,710   Turnout: 54.0%  

Source:

2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election

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%  

References

  1. Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards and councillors". The City of Edinburgh Council.
  2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. Electoral Ward: Morningside, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31003/ward-10-morningside-results-2022
  5. "Ward 10 Morningside Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. "Ward 10 Morningside Transfer Report". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  7. "Local Government Election 2017 results".

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