# Inverleith (ward)

Inverleith 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 four Councillors.
It covers an area to the north-west of the city centre, with the northern boundary mostly on Ferry Road and much of the southern boundary formed by the Water of Leith (the main exception being the Stockbridge neighbourhood on its right bank), including Blackhall, Comely Bank, Craigleith, Dean Village, Drylaw, Inverleith, Orchard Brae and Warriston, as well as part of Canonmills which is split with the Leith Walk ward. Although its residential parts are mostly fairly compact and densely populated, the ward also includes several open areas, including the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, three cemeteries, a golf course and playing fields for numerous schools. A minor 2017 boundary change saw the loss of a residential area (between Roseburn Footpath and Stewart's Melville College) with a negligible effect on the population, which in 2019 was recorded at 34,236.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Stuart McIvor (SNP) | | Tim McKay (Liberal Democrats) | | Lesley Hinds (Labour) | Iain Whyte (Conservative) |
| 2012 | Gavin Barrie (SNP) | | Nigel Bagshaw (Greens) | | | Lesley Hinds (Labour) | Iain Whyte (Conservative) |
| 2017 | Gavin Barrie (SNP) | | Hal Osler (Liberal Democrats) | | Max Mitchell (Conservative) | | Iain Whyte (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Vicky Nicolson (SNP) | | Hal Osler (Liberal Democrats) | Jule Bandel (Greens) | Max Mitchell (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Inverleith - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hal Osler (incumbent) | 23.2 | 3,117 | | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Vicky Nicolson | 19.7 | 2,641 | 2,657 | 2,659 | 2,663 | 2,668 | 2,683 | 2,937 | | | |
| | Conservative | Max Mitchell (incumbent) | 13.7 | 1,836 | 1,878 | 1,879 | 1,884 | 1,897 | 2,644 | 2,768 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Jule Bandel | 12.8 | 1,714 | 1,740 | 1,740 | 1,741 | 1,752 | 1,768 | 2,222 | 2,380 | 2,384 | 2,959 |
| | Labour | Mhairi Munro-Brian | 12.6 | 1,684 | 1,713 | 1,715 | 1,721 | 1,736 | 1,755 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Alexander Wood | 10.5 | 1,405 | 1,701 | 1,703 | 1,712 | 1,725 | 1,765 | 2,276 | 2,303 | 2,338 | |
| | Conservative | Stuart Herring | 6.4 | 853 | 863 | 863 | 867 | 889 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Phil Holden | 0.7 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 109 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Tam Laird | 0.4 | 53 | 54 | 54 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen McNamara | 0.1 | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 24,608 Valid: 13,416 Spoilt: 126 Quota: 2,684 Turnout: 55.0% ||||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
Inverleith - 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 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hal Osler | 16.59% | 2,251 | 2,253 | 2,388 | 2,870 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Max Mitchell | 19.79% | 2,685 | 2,691 | 2,707 | 2,840 | | | | |
| | SNP | Gavin Barrie (incumbent) | 18.96% | 2,572 | 2,576 | 2,611 | 2,811 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Iain Whyte (incumbent) | 17.12% | 2,323 | 2,325 | 2,371 | 2,411 | 2,459 | 2,571 | 2,573 | 3,103 |
| | Scottish Green | Nigel Bagshaw (incumbent) | 12.30% | 1,669 | 1,674 | 1,748 | 2,182 | 2,244 | 2,248 | 2,316 | |
| | Labour | James Dalgleish | 12.39% | 1,678 | 1,681 | 1,704 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tina Woolnough | 2.63% | 357 | 362 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Tom Laird | 0.24% | 32 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 24,275 Valid: 13,567 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 2,714 Turnout: 56.5% ||||||||||||
On 23 April 2018, SNP councillor Gavin Barrie resigned from the party and became an Independent, after losing his position in the ruling administration as Economy Convener, following a vote at the SNP group AGM.

### 2012 election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
Inverleith - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Labour | Lesley Hinds (incumbent) | 24.99% | 2,751 | | | |
| | Conservative | Iain Whyte (incumbent) | 17.77% | 1,956 | 1,989 | 2,019 | 2,279 |
| | Scottish Green | Nigel Bagshaw | 14.92% | 1,642 | 1,815 | 1,865 | 2,325 |
| | SNP | Gavin Barrie | 13.03% | 1,434 | 1,489 | 2,148 | 2,264 |
| | Conservative | Scott Douglas | 11.73% | 1,291 | 1,312 | 1,326 | 1,487 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim McKay (incumbent) | 10.38% | 1,143 | 1,226 | 1,252 | |
| | SNP | John Young | 7.19% | 792 | 820 | | |
| Electorate: 23,235 Valid: 11,009 Spoilt: 118 (1.06%) Quota: 2,202 Turnout: 11,127 (47.9%) ||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 Council election: Inverleith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Labour | Lesley A Hinds | 18.2 | 2,689 | 2,706 | 2,714 | 2,724 | 2,743 | 2,904 | 3,025 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Lindsay Paterson | 14.1 | 2,085 | 2,087 | 2,089 | 2,102 | 2,114 | 2,166 | 2,284 | 2,288.52 | 2,411.12 | 2,449.96 | |
| | Conservative | Iain Whyte | 13.5 | 1,986 | 1,986 | 1,988 | 1,999 | 1,999 | 2,022 | 2,346 | 2,349.91 | 2,465.52 | 2,498.29 | 4,277.64 |
| | SNP | Stuart McIvor | 13.3 | 1,961 | 1,970 | 1,990 | 2,010 | 2,036 | 2,239 | 2,406 | 2,418.74 | 2,563.85 | 2,614.11 | 2,729.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim McKay | 11.1 | 1,644 | 1,648 | 1,656 | 1,666 | 1,710 | 2,020 | 2,223 | 2,246.26 | 3,269.54 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Ponton | 9.1 | 1,339 | 1,340 | 1,347 | 1,355 | 1,376 | 1,529 | 1,744 | 1,755.80 | | | |
| | Independent | Kristina Woolnough | 9.0 | 1,323 | 1,324 | 1,329 | 1,364 | 1,367 | 1,449 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Melanie A. M. Main | 7.5 | 1,113 | 1,135 | 1,165 | 1,177 | 1,192 | | | | | | |
| | Liberal | Seumas MacMhicean | 1.0 | 148 | 151 | 151 | 162 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Y. Anderson | 0.9 | 129 | 131 | 134 | | | | | | | | |
| | Solidarity | Raymond Watt | 0.7 | 103 | 117 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Sean H Donnelly | 0.6 | 92 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,903 Valid: 14,612 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 2,923 Turnout: 64.4% |||||||||||||||