# Southside/Newington (ward)

Southside/Newington 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 to the south-east of the city centre is based around the communities of Newington and the South Side (defined as the area south of Drummond Street between the Meadows and Salisbury Crags, bisected by Clerk Street), also including Blackford, Cameron Toll, The Grange, Mayfield, Prestonfield and Sciennes.
A minor 2017 boundary change saw the loss of Dumbiedykes in the north of the ward and the addition of Nether Liberton village in the south. In 2019, the ward had a population of 37,696.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Gordon Mackenzie (Liberal Democrats) | Ian Perry (Labour) | Steve Burgess (Greens) | Cameron Rose (Conservative) |
| 2012 | | Jim Orr (SNP) | Ian Perry (Labour) | Steve Burgess (Greens) | Cameron Rose (Conservative) |
| 2017 | Alison Dickie (SNP) | | Ian Perry (Labour) | Steve Burgess (Greens) | Cameron Rose (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Simita Kumar (SNP) | Tim Pogson (Labour) | Pauline Flannery (Liberal Democrats) | Steve Burgess (Greens) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Southside/Newington - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Tim Pogson | 24.1 | 2,837 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Steve Burgess (incumbent) | 23.0 | 2,717 | | | | |
| | SNP | Simita Kumar | 19.2 | 2,260 | 2,338 | 2,557 | | |
| | Conservative | Cameron Rose (incumbent) | 17.6 | 2,077 | 2,139 | 2,146 | 2,154 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Flannery | 16.1 | 1,897 | 2,141 | 2,236 | 2,331 | 3,739 |
| Electorate: 24,152 Valid: 11,788 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 2,358 Turnout: 49.2% |||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
Southside/Newington - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Cameron Rose (incumbent) | 26.93% | 3,151 |
| | SNP | Alison Dickie | 20.54% | 2,403 |
| | Scottish Green | Steve Burgess (incumbent) | 20.35% | 2,381 |
| | Labour | Ian Perry (incumbent) | 20.12% | 2,354 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dan Farthing | 12.05% | 1,410 |
| Electorate: 22,338 Valid: 11,699 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 2,340 Turnout: 11,772 (52.7%) |||||

### 2012 election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
Southside/Newington - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Scottish Green | Steve Burgess (incumbent) | 19.97% | 1,869 | 1,883 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ian Perry (incumbent) | 19.78% | 1,851 | 1,856 | 1,858 | 1,886 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Orr | 18.34% | 1,717 | 1,723 | 1,725 | 1,742 | 1,744 | 1,886 | | |
| | Conservative | Cameron Rose (incumbent) | 16.72% | 1,565 | 1,568 | 1,568 | 1,570 | 1,571 | 1,855 | 1,857 | 2,501 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon MacKenzie (incumbent) | 13.97% | 1,308 | 1,341 | 1,343 | 1,348 | 1,351 | 1,548 | 1,551 | |
| | Independent | Gordon Murdie | 9.53% | 892 | 895 | 896 | 921 | 923 | | | |
| | TUSC | William Black | 0.93% | 87 | 90 | 91 | | | | | |
| | Liberal | Margaret Lea | 0.76% | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,821 Valid: 9,360 Spoilt: 67 (0.71%) Quota: 1,873 Turnout: 9,427 (45.3%) ||||||||||||
On 1 March 2014, SNP councillor Jim Orr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing disillusionment with internal political spats. He retired prior to the next election.

### 2007 election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 Council election: Southside/Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Ian Perry | 18.6 | 2,530 | 2,537 | 2,548 | 2,554 | 2,568 | 2,763 | | |
| | Conservative | Cameron Rose | 18.5 | 2,516 | 2,529 | 2,531 | 2,546 | 2,551 | 2,686 | 2,691.32 | 2,835.77 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Mackenzie | 17.0 | 2,304 | 2,309 | 2,315 | 2,356 | 2,378 | 2,670 | 2,681.66 | 4,168.10 |
| | Scottish Green | Steve Burgess | 14.1 | 1,920 | 1,935 | 1,961 | 1,974 | 2,062 | 2,610 | 2,623.58 | 2,893.41 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz O' Malley | 14.0 | 1,907 | 1,913 | 1,917 | 1,939 | 1,945 | 2,087 | 2,097.96 | |
| | SNP | Susanna Lacey | 13.1 | 1,780 | 1,790 | 1,824 | 1,845 | 1,876 | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scott Simpson | 1.1 | 146 | 150 | 183 | 189 | | | | |
| | Liberal | Margaret Lea | 1.1 | 144 | 148 | 156 | | | | | |
| | Solidarity | James C. Allinson | 1.0 | 140 | 142 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | George E. Pitcher | 0.6 | 81 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,620 Valid: 13,468 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 2,694 Turnout: 57.5% ||||||||||||