# Leith (ward)

Leith 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 currently elects three councillors.
Its territory is located north-east of the city centre bounded by the coast on the Firth of Forth, pertaining to the heart of the port and former independent burgh of Leith (outer parts of which fall into other wards). In 2019, the ward had a population of 24,207.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Marjorie Thomas (Liberal Democrats) | | Rob Munn (SNP) | Gordon Munro (Labour) |
| 2012 | | Chas Booth (Greens) | Adam McVey (SNP) | | Gordon Munro (Labour) |
| 2017 | | Chas Booth (Greens) | Adam McVey (SNP) | | Gordon Munro (Labour) |
| 2022 | Katrina Faccenda (Labour) | Chas Booth (Greens) | Adam McVey (SNP) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Leith - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Adam McVey (incumbent) | 32.6 | 2,754 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Chas Booth (incumbent) | 25.7 | 2,169 | | | | |
| | Labour | Katrina Faccenda | 21.4 | 1,804 | 2,025 | 2,056 | 2,077 | 2,111 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Perchard | 9.0 | 764 | 773 | 774 | 793 | 806 |
| | Independent | Andy MacKenzie | 4.4 | 370 | 413 | 418 | 439 | 513 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Thomas Rea | 4.3 | 360 | 434 | 443 | 448 | 470 |
| | Alba | Euan McGlynn | 1.5 | 129 | 206 | 208 | 214 | |
| | Scottish Family | Jacqueline Mary Isseri | 1.1 | 92 | 103 | 104 | | |
| Electorate: 19,420 Valid: 8,442 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 2,111 Turnout: 44.0% |||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
Leith - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Adam McVey (incumbent) | 36.16% | 2,753 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Chas Booth (incumbent) | 22.26% | 1,695 | 2,213 | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Gordon John Munro (incumbent) | 20.35% | 1,549 | 1,690 | 1,821 | 2,106 |
| | Conservative | Paul Penman | 15.93% | 1,213 | 1,236 | 1,246 | 1,354 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sanne Dijkstra-Downie | 5.29% | 403 | 448 | 552 | |
| Electorate: 17,432 Valid: 7,613 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,904 Turnout: 7,675 (44.0%) ||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 Council election: Leith - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Gordon Munro (incumbent) | 32.1% | 2010 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Chas Booth | 18.9% | 1181 | 1306 | 1331 | 1427 | 1780 | | |
| | SNP | Adam McVey | 17.6% | 1104 | 1140 | 1145 | 1163 | 1228 | 1280 | 2240 |
| | SNP | Rob Munn (incumbent) | 14.8% | 926 | 984 | 993 | 1013 | 1135 | 1169 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Thomas (incumbent) | 9.0% | 565 | 618 | 641 | 825 | | | |
| | Conservative | Nicola Ross | 6.5% | 405 | 428 | 433 | | | | |
| | Liberal | Irvine McMinn | 1.1% | 71 | 85 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,972 Valid: 6262 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1566 Turnout: 32.6% |||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 Council election: Leith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Rob Munn | 27.4 | 2,333 | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Thomas | 21.8 | 1,854 | 1,891.37 | 1,912.39 | 1,976.82 | 2,191.85 | | |
| | Labour | Gordon Munro | 18.1 | 1,544 | 1,569.18 | 1,586.49 | 1,617.60 | 1,694.31 | 1,705.06 | 2,243.18 |
| | Scottish Green | Chas Booth | 11.2 | 957 | 1,010.38 | 1,090.54 | 1,132.27 | 1,205.39 | 1,238.08 | 1,325.58 |
| | Labour | Matthew Wilson | 8.7 | 741 | 751.27 | 763.58 | 778.09 | 801.59 | 818.81 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Robertson | 7.1 | 604 | 614.37 | 616.18 | 632.39 | | | |
| | Liberal | Joseph Hill | 2.4 | 208 | 224.62 | 234.93 | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Grzegorz J Rybak | 1.8 | 150 | 169.14 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,178 Valid: 8,391 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 2,098 Turnout: 52.6% |||||||||||