Almond (ward)
Electoral ward in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Almond is one of the 17 wards of the City of Edinburgh Council.[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects four councillors.
The River Almond flows through much of its territory, which covers the north-western edge of the city – Barnton, Cammo, Cramond, Davidson's Mains, Muirhouse (a 2017 boundary change addition which increased the population and consequently the number of councillors) and Silverknowes – and outlying communities at Dalmeny, Kirkliston, Newbridge and South Queensferry, adjoining West Lothian and the natural boundary of the Firth of Forth. In 2019, the ward had a population of 36,730.[3]
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Norman Work (SNP) |
Kate Mackenzie (Conservative) |
George Grubb (Liberal Democrats) |
3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Lindsay Paterson (Conservative) |
Alastair Shields (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||
| 2017 | Graham Hutchison (Conservative) |
Kevin Lang (Liberal Democrats) |
Louise Young (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2022 | Lewis James Younie (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
Election results
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lang (incumbent) | 42.4 | 5,904 | ||||||||
| SNP | Norrie Work (incumbent) | 20.9 | 2,911 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Young (incumbent) | 16.0 | 2,221 | 4,937 | |||||||
| Conservative | James Hill | 7.5 | 1,040 | 1,162 | 1,242 | 1,244 | 1,245 | 1,290 | 1,355 | 1,416 | |
| Green | Andrew Brough | 5.3 | 736 | 799 | 852 | 918 | 938 | 958 | 1,187 | ||
| Labour | Fred Hessler | 4.9 | 688 | 742 | 786 | 803 | 816 | 837 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis James Younie | 1.4 | 200 | 313 | 2,207 | 2,218 | 2,223 | 2,251 | 2,435 | 2,870 | |
| Scottish Family | Stewart Geddes | 1.1 | 148 | 153 | 160 | 162 | 174 | ||||
| Workers Party | Annemarie Baillie | 0.4 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 69 | |||||
| Electorate: 27,454 Valid: 13,909 Spoilt: 115 Quota: 2,782 Turnout: 51.1% | |||||||||||
2017 election
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lang | 42.8% | 6,079 | ||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Young | 8.0% | 1,138 | 3,652 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Graham Hutchison | 16.9% | 2,395 | 2,727 | 2,995 | ||||||||
| SNP | Norrie Work (incumbent) | 13.9% | 1,971 | 2,055 | 2,105 | 2,108 | 2,111 | 2,117 | 2,123 | 2,225 | 2,387 | 3,744 | |
| SNP | Pamela Mitchell | 8.7% | 1,240 | 1,286 | 1,306 | 1,309 | 1,321 | 1,326 | 1,342 | 1,485 | 1,691 | ||
| Labour | Bruce Whitehead | 5.5% | 786 | 869 | 966 | 985 | 996 | 1,014 | 1,037 | 1,167 | |||
| Green | Iain McKinnon-Waddell | 2.6% | 375 | 430 | 495 | 502 | 510 | 537 | 558 | ||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Daniel Fraser | 0.7% | 99 | 113 | 119 | 123 | 134 | 139 | |||||
| Independent | John Longstaff | 0.4% | 56 | 69 | 89 | 102 | 120 | ||||||
| UKIP | Otto Inglis | 0.5% | 68 | 79 | 85 | 100 | |||||||
| Electorate: 25,455 Valid: 14,207 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 2,842 Turnout: 56.3% | |||||||||||||
2012 election
2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Norman Work (incumbent) | 32.55% | 2,722 | |||||||
| Conservative | Lindsay Paterson | 26.24% | 2,194 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alastair Shields | 15.89% | 1,329 | 1,460 | 1,500 | 1,515 | 1,579 | 1,804 | 2,426 | |
| Labour | Billy Fitzpatrick | 14.92% | 1,248 | 1,350 | 1,356 | 1,373 | 1,421 | 1,623 | ||
| Green | Moira Dunworth | 6.17% | 516 | 651 | 657 | 683 | 768 | |||
| Independent | John Longstaff | 2.49% | 208 | 268 | 276 | 338 | ||||
| UKIP | Otto Inglis | 1.73% | 145 | 168 | 181 | |||||
| Electorate: 18,996 Valid: 8,362 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 2,091 Turnout: 8,413 (44.3%) | ||||||||||
Liberal Democrat Councillor Alastair Shields resigned from the party and became an Independent after having been de-selected, with the intention to contest the 2017 local elections as an Independent (ultimately he retired).[7]
2007 election
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Kate Mackenzie | 28.1 | 3,352 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | George Grubb | 23.6 | 2,809 | 2,864.78 | 2,884.14 | 3,076.36 | ||||
| SNP | Norman Work | 18.2 | 2,164 | 2,193.84 | 2,219.08 | 2,325.21 | 2,341.37 | 2,568.21 | 3,300.77 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil MacLean | 13.0 | 1,548 | 1,654.82 | 1,664.94 | 1,761.03 | 1,823.11 | 2,351.21 | ||
| Labour | John Longstaff | 10.7 | 1,280 | 1,298.24 | 1,317.36 | 1,382.61 | 1,399.23 | |||
| Green | Jill Boulton | 4.4 | 520 | 548.42 | 586.54 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Ross Clark | 1.2 | 144 | 145.42 | ||||||
| Electorate: 18,779 Valid: 11,817 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 2,955 Turnout: 62.93% | ||||||||||