Local Election Results 2003
Edinburgh
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By-elections for Edinburgh (may be incomplete): 9th October 2003 (North Morningside/Grange)
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— 12th November 2020 (Craigentinny/Duddingston)
— 9th March 2023 (Corstorphine/Murrayfield)
— 14th November 2024 (Colinton/Fairmilehead)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
48826 |
27.4% |
30 |
| Liberal Democrat |
48002 |
26.9% |
15 |
| Conservative |
44001 |
24.7% |
13 |
| Scottish National Party |
27737 |
15.6% |
0 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
7280 |
4.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
2090 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Liberal Party |
365 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
32 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Ian Murray |
Lab |
1213 |
34.7% |
| Elizabeth O'Malley |
LD |
947 |
27.1% |
| Denise Scott |
C |
605 |
17.3% |
| Kenneth Peacock |
SNP |
534 |
15.3% |
| Colin Fox |
SSP |
194 |
5.6% |
| Alastair Paisley |
C |
2144 |
55.1% |
| Benny Placido |
Lab |
788 |
20.2% |
| Alexander Thomson |
SNP |
548 |
14.1% |
| Rod Scott |
LD |
413 |
10.6% |
| Allan Laing |
C |
1954 |
50.7% |
| Michael Crockart |
LD |
932 |
24.2% |
| Nicolette Fraser |
Lab |
547 |
14.2% |
| Robert Melville |
SNP |
422 |
10.9% |
| Trevor Davies |
Lab |
1097 |
34.0% |
| Paul McGreal |
LD |
544 |
16.9% |
| Ian McGill |
C |
490 |
15.2% |
| Ailsa Sheldrake |
SNP |
469 |
14.5% |
| Sofiah MacLeod |
SSP |
343 |
10.6% |
| Hamid Vafaie |
Ind |
200 |
6.2% |
| Seamus Macmhicean |
Lib |
85 |
2.6% |
| Douglas Kerr |
Lab |
924 |
34.0% |
| David Lang |
LD |
495 |
18.2% |
| Robin MacCormick |
SNP |
470 |
17.3% |
| Linda Somerville |
SSP |
445 |
16.4% |
| William MacNair |
C |
296 |
10.9% |
| Karen Hetherington |
Lib |
88 |
3.2% |
| Brian Meek |
C |
2733 |
62.7% |
| James Ashe |
Lab |
680 |
15.6% |
| Martin Oliver |
LD |
516 |
11.8% |
| Bruce Wishart |
SNP |
432 |
9.9% |
| Iain Whyte |
C |
1699 |
48.8% |
| Adam Dzierzek |
LD |
784 |
22.5% |
| Cameron Day |
Lab |
395 |
11.3% |
| Kristina Woolnough |
Ind |
367 |
10.5% |
| Brian Rattray |
SNP |
237 |
6.8% |
| George Hunter |
C |
2637 |
68.8% |
| Margaret Mitchell |
Lab |
443 |
11.6% |
| Angela Tunstall |
LD |
413 |
10.8% |
| John Glen |
SNP |
260 |
6.8% |
| Colin Wilson |
SSP |
80 |
2.1% |
| John O'Donnell |
Lab |
774 |
41.1% |
| Andrew Gilhooly |
SNP |
689 |
36.6% |
| Angela Lamb |
SSP |
146 |
7.8% |
| Andrew McDonald |
Ind |
128 |
6.8% |
| Michael Scanlan |
LD |
66 |
3.5% |
| Elaine Burt |
C |
53 |
2.8% |
| Andrew Dick |
Lib |
27 |
1.4% |
| Kathleen MacKenzie |
C |
1956 |
52.6% |
| Neil Maclean |
LD |
1369 |
36.8% |
| David Purves |
SNP |
216 |
5.8% |
| John Stephen |
Lab |
176 |
4.7% |
| John Longstaff |
LD |
1329 |
48.0% |
| Sheena Cleland |
SNP |
496 |
17.9% |
| Roberta Miller |
Lab |
475 |
17.2% |
| David MacKenzie |
C |
431 |
15.6% |
| Roy Isserlis |
Lib |
38 |
1.4% |
| Kingsley Thomas |
Lab |
784 |
33.1% |
| Jacqueline Kelly |
LD |
588 |
24.9% |
| Paul Smith |
SNP |
457 |
19.3% |
| Kevin Leetion |
SSP |
302 |
12.8% |
| John Moodie |
C |
235 |
9.9% |
| James Lowrie |
LD |
1970 |
49.9% |
| Jeremy Balfour |
C |
1440 |
36.4% |
| Ann Hunter |
Lab |
283 |
7.2% |
| Ian Grant |
SNP |
258 |
6.5% |
| Thomas Ponton |
LD |
1096 |
35.1% |
| William Stevenson |
C |
933 |
29.9% |
| Lezley Cameron |
Lab |
494 |
15.8% |
| David Coutts |
Ind |
373 |
12.0% |
| Ian Greenshields |
SNP |
225 |
7.2% |
| Ian Berry |
C |
1890 |
56.3% |
| Michael Robb |
Lab |
766 |
22.8% |
| John Torrance |
SNP |
418 |
12.5% |
| Gary Peacock |
LD |
282 |
8.4% |
| Robert Aldridge |
LD |
1763 |
54.5% |
| David Campbell |
Lab |
615 |
19.0% |
| Christopher Harkess |
C |
400 |
12.4% |
| Thomas McKnight |
SNP |
358 |
11.1% |
| Cyril Joyce |
SSP |
98 |
3.0% |
| Elaine Aitken |
C |
2806 |
63.1% |
| Richard Gardner |
Lab |
721 |
16.2% |
| Leslie Nicolson |
LD |
568 |
12.8% |
| Michael Gibson |
SNP |
353 |
7.9% |
| Andrew Scobbie |
Lab |
1538 |
49.8% |
| Alexander Dredge |
SNP |
600 |
19.4% |
| Christopher Whitfield |
C |
574 |
18.6% |
| Simon Clark |
LD |
374 |
12.1% |
| Lorna Shiels |
Lab |
663 |
29.3% |
| Helen Tyrell |
LD |
654 |
28.9% |
| Alexander Orr |
SNP |
402 |
17.8% |
| Barbara Scott |
SSP |
250 |
11.0% |
| Colin Robertson |
C |
230 |
10.2% |
| Alan Cran |
Ind |
64 |
2.8% |
| Kenneth Harrold |
Lab |
1297 |
43.6% |
| Alexandra Hardie |
SNP |
611 |
20.5% |
| Helen Herd |
LD |
436 |
14.7% |
| Alexander Lewis |
C |
420 |
14.1% |
| Dermot Ferry |
SSP |
211 |
7.1% |
| Elizabeth Maginnis |
Lab |
1249 |
48.7% |
| George Gordon |
SNP |
650 |
25.4% |
| Antoinette Galbraith |
C |
359 |
14.0% |
| Jennifer Martin |
LD |
305 |
11.9% |
| Jennifer Dawe |
LD |
2378 |
63.4% |
| Ben Pinnington |
C |
594 |
15.8% |
| Kenneth Wright |
Lab |
420 |
11.2% |
| George Wyllie |
SNP |
360 |
9.6% |
| Gordon Munro |
Lab |
885 |
31.5% |
| Robert Munn |
SNP |
728 |
25.9% |
| Douglas Chisholm |
LD |
604 |
21.5% |
| Adrian Cannon |
SSP |
309 |
11.0% |
| Sian Gibson-Watt |
C |
284 |
10.1% |
| William Cunningham |
Lab |
754 |
33.9% |
| Nicholas Elliott-Cannon |
SNP |
574 |
25.8% |
| Mark Wootton |
LD |
420 |
18.9% |
| Victoria Roberts |
C |
351 |
15.8% |
| Morag Robertson |
SSP |
124 |
5.6% |
| Donald Anderson |
Lab |
1281 |
49.3% |
| Marilyn Murray |
SNP |
474 |
18.3% |
| Alistair Cullen |
C |
370 |
14.3% |
| James Daniels-Emm |
LD |
338 |
13.0% |
| Alasdair Colquhoun |
SSP |
133 |
5.1% |
| Marjorie Thomas |
LD |
1258 |
44.2% |
| David Pickering |
Lab |
696 |
24.4% |
| Robert Seaton |
SNP |
463 |
16.3% |
| Iain Mackechnie |
SSP |
265 |
9.3% |
| Simon Turner |
C |
166 |
5.8% |
| Philip Attridge |
Lab |
1199 |
42.4% |
| Hilary Brown |
SNP |
832 |
29.4% |
| Sebastian Tombs |
LD |
551 |
19.5% |
| Eric Dunbar |
C |
246 |
8.7% |
| Marilyne MacLaren |
LD |
1347 |
58.0% |
| Adam Hug |
Lab |
328 |
14.1% |
| Ian Baxter |
C |
248 |
10.7% |
| Dilys Beaumont |
SSP |
218 |
9.4% |
| Alison Service |
SNP |
183 |
7.9% |
| Ian Perry |
Lab |
1113 |
33.9% |
| Stefan Tymkewycz |
SNP |
908 |
27.6% |
| Catherine Duncan |
LD |
600 |
18.3% |
| Derek Anderson |
SSP |
348 |
10.6% |
| Alexandra Wallace |
C |
318 |
9.7% |
| Susan Tritton |
LD |
1803 |
61.4% |
| Neil Freshwater |
C |
438 |
14.9% |
| Catherine Bromley |
Lab |
371 |
12.6% |
| Sandy Howat |
SNP |
323 |
11.0% |
| Maureen Child |
Lab |
1473 |
46.7% |
| Michael O'Neill |
SNP |
620 |
19.6% |
| John Smart |
C |
449 |
14.2% |
| Ray Thomas |
LD |
368 |
11.7% |
| Christina Thomson |
SSP |
247 |
7.8% |
| Andrew Burns |
Lab |
1236 |
43.6% |
| James Young |
SNP |
625 |
22.1% |
| Andrew Jolly |
LD |
378 |
13.3% |
| Malcolm Durie |
C |
355 |
12.5% |
| Alister Black |
SSP |
238 |
8.4% |
| Shiela Gilmore |
Lab |
1524 |
53.5% |
| Thomas Buchanan |
SNP |
830 |
29.1% |
| Kenneth Currie |
C |
260 |
9.1% |
| Mark Biggs |
LD |
237 |
8.3% |
| Ehtisham Shami |
Lab |
1332 |
42.0% |
| James Bryce |
SNP |
834 |
26.3% |
| Robin Macintosh |
C |
554 |
17.5% |
| Ian Greig |
LD |
448 |
14.1% |
| Lesley Hinds |
Lab |
1357 |
53.6% |
| Susan Geddes |
SNP |
477 |
18.8% |
| Kevin Lang |
LD |
285 |
11.2% |
| Scott MacDonald |
SSP |
202 |
8.0% |
| Mairi Johnstone |
C |
129 |
5.1% |
| Stanley Lawson |
Ind |
84 |
3.3% |
| Brian Fallon |
Lab |
974 |
40.8% |
| George Fraser |
SNP |
812 |
34.0% |
| Inez Paisley |
C |
301 |
12.6% |
| Gavin Hamilton |
LD |
156 |
6.5% |
| Colin Chilton |
SSP |
146 |
6.1% |
| James Gilchrist |
C |
1719 |
50.4% |
| Peter Galetzka |
LD |
749 |
21.9% |
| Andrew Cochran |
Lab |
556 |
16.3% |
| Marilyn Work |
SNP |
263 |
7.7% |
| Anne Edmonds |
SSP |
126 |
3.7% |
| Paul Edie |
LD |
2029 |
55.4% |
| Steven Robertson |
C |
841 |
23.0% |
| James Bain |
Lab |
445 |
12.2% |
| Dorothy Westwood |
SNP |
346 |
9.5% |
| David Guest |
C |
959 |
37.5% |
| Brian Ferrier |
Ind |
508 |
19.9% |
| Richard Burnett-Hall |
LD |
411 |
16.1% |
| Ronald Watts |
Lab |
391 |
15.3% |
| Ronald Millar |
SNP |
243 |
9.5% |
| John Hein |
Lib |
43 |
1.7% |
| Stephen Cardownie |
Lab |
1037 |
35.1% |
| Alexander Campbell |
SNP |
699 |
23.7% |
| Niall Martin |
LD |
519 |
17.6% |
| Thomas Kerr |
C |
423 |
14.3% |
| Julie Smith |
SSP |
276 |
9.3% |
| Fred Mackintosh |
LD |
1975 |
54.4% |
| Alastair Wallace |
C |
735 |
20.2% |
| Angela Blacklock |
Lab |
528 |
14.5% |
| Stephen Cowley |
SNP |
276 |
7.6% |
| Shirley Gibb |
SSP |
116 |
3.2% |
| Mike Pringle |
LD |
1880 |
58.7% |
| Charles Fairfield |
C |
614 |
19.2% |
| George Henderson |
Lab |
383 |
12.0% |
| Thomas Kielty |
SNP |
212 |
6.6% |
| Mark Burgess |
SSP |
116 |
3.6% |
| Ricky Henderson |
Lab |
1096 |
41.4% |
| William Henderson |
SNP |
834 |
31.5% |
| Diana MacKenzie |
C |
482 |
18.2% |
| Keith Smith |
LD |
238 |
9.0% |
| William Fitzpatrick |
Lab |
1064 |
50.0% |
| Derek Watson |
SNP |
559 |
26.3% |
| William Black |
SSP |
227 |
10.7% |
| Daniel Thompson |
C |
146 |
6.9% |
| Michael Falchikov |
LD |
101 |
4.7% |
| David Jacobsen |
SocLab |
32 |
1.5% |
| Lawrence Marshall |
Lab |
1397 |
41.9% |
| James Welsh |
SNP |
610 |
18.3% |
| Alison Miller |
C |
607 |
18.2% |
| Stephen Hawkins |
LD |
403 |
12.1% |
| Peter Cannell |
SSP |
314 |
9.4% |
| Gordon Mackenzie |
LD |
1201 |
44.4% |
| Alan Tweedie |
Lab |
854 |
31.5% |
| Christian Albuisson |
SNP |
316 |
11.7% |
| John McRae |
C |
293 |
10.8% |
| Shiv Sharma |
Lib |
43 |
1.6% |
| George Grubb |
LD |
1968 |
54.9% |
| Norman Work |
SNP |
744 |
20.8% |
| Terence Airlie |
Lab |
548 |
15.3% |
| Patricia Carmichael |
C |
322 |
9.0% |
| Ewan Aitken |
Lab |
1863 |
65.0% |
| Catherine Wilson |
SNP |
517 |
18.1% |
| Stephen Coulson |
SSP |
193 |
6.7% |
| Michael Rzepecki-Raimes |
C |
151 |
5.3% |
| Thomas Cramb |
LD |
140 |
4.9% |
| David Walker |
LD |
1677 |
53.0% |
| Alastair Mowat |
C |
610 |
19.3% |
| Jennifer Kemp |
Lab |
563 |
17.8% |
| David Ross |
SNP |
316 |
10.0% |
| Donald Wilson |
Lab |
938 |
30.6% |
| Martin Lyons |
LD |
821 |
26.8% |
| Gillian Grant |
SNP |
561 |
18.3% |
| Graeme Brown |
C |
400 |
13.1% |
| Gerard McGarvey |
SSP |
341 |
11.1% |
| Frank Russell |
Lab |
960 |
42.8% |
| Ronald Cairns |
SNP |
654 |
29.2% |
| Ewan Irvine |
LD |
232 |
10.3% |
| Andrew Maciver |
C |
231 |
10.3% |
| Ian Munro |
SSP |
165 |
7.4% |
| Phil Wheeler |
LD |
2007 |
59.8% |
| Elizabeth Stevenson |
Lab |
485 |
14.5% |
| Ishbel Rendall |
C |
410 |
12.2% |
| Roderick Towers |
SNP |
319 |
9.5% |
| Raymond Watt |
SSP |
134 |
4.0% |
| Mark McInnes |
C |
1788 |
44.4% |
| Kenneth McKinlay |
LD |
1339 |
33.3% |
| John Clifford |
Lab |
608 |
15.1% |
| Rona Robertson |
SNP |
290 |
7.2% |
| Robert Cairns |
Lab |
866 |
34.0% |
| John Elder |
LD |
844 |
33.1% |
| Una Purdie |
SNP |
306 |
12.0% |
| John Scott |
SSP |
275 |
10.8% |
| Helen Orr |
C |
217 |
8.5% |
| Margaret Lea |
Lib |
41 |
1.6% |
| Eric Milligan |
Lab |
1496 |
48.0% |
| James Forbes |
SNP |
676 |
21.7% |
| Lindsay Paterson |
C |
496 |
15.9% |
| Rodger Spillane |
LD |
448 |
14.4% |
| Michael Dixon |
C |
1086 |
32.0% |
| Krystyna Robinson |
Lab |
806 |
23.8% |
| Dawn Williamson |
LD |
640 |
18.9% |
| John Anderson |
Ind |
366 |
10.8% |
| Jacqueline Chalmers |
SNP |
277 |
8.2% |
| Graeme Birtley |
SSP |
214 |
6.3% |
| John Wigglesworth |
Lab |
601 |
31.1% |
| Louise Lang |
LD |
490 |
25.3% |
| Lorraine Moffat |
SSP |
328 |
17.0% |
| Iain Grimston |
SNP |
308 |
15.9% |
| Francis McCormack |
C |
207 |
10.7% |
| Allan Jackson |
C |
1916 |
52.0% |
| Jennifer Scott |
LD |
875 |
23.7% |
| Terence Randell |
Lab |
476 |
12.9% |
| Stuart Johnson |
SNP |
263 |
7.1% |
| Malcolm Cooper |
SSP |
156 |
4.2% |
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