Morningside (Edinburgh ward)

Morningside is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council.[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it elects four Councillors. As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around the community of Morningside to the south of the city centre, also including Braid Hills, Bruntsfield, Burghmuirhead (Church Hill and Holy Corner), Greenbank, Greenhill, Marchmont, Merchiston and Polwarth. A minor 2017 boundary change in the north of the ward saw the loss of the densely-populated Tollcross neighbourhood, but the overall population increased slightly due to housebuilding in other areas. At that time, the ward's name was also amended from its original title of Morningside/Meadows – the well-known Meadows park area to which this referred had never been fully within its boundaries. In 2019, the ward had a population of 32,586.[3]

Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Mark McInnes
(Conservative)		 Paul Godzik
(Labour)		 Marilyne Angela MacLaren
(Liberal Democrats)		 Alison Johnstone
(Greens)
2012 Sandy Howat
(SNP)		 Melanie Main
(Greens)
2017 Nick Cook
(Conservative)		 Mandy Watt
(Labour)		 Neil Ross
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[4]

Morningside - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Conservative Nick Cook * 22.17% 3,010        
Green Melanie Main (incumbent) 19.36% 2,629 2,631 2,721    
Liberal Democrats Neil Ross 15.02% 2,039 2,054 2,508 2,510 3,477
Labour Mandy Watt 18.21% 2,473 2,480 2,699 2,701 3,441
SNP Sandy Howat (incumbent) 17.87% 2,427 2,429 2,450 2,452  
Conservative Chris Land 7.37% 1,001 1,260      
Electorate: 23,861   Valid: 13,579   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 2,716   Turnout: 13,682 (57.3%)

    2012 Election

    2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

    Meadows/Morningside - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Conservative Mark McInnes (incumbent) 29.90 3,125            
    Green Melanie Main 19.75 2,064 2,209          
    Labour Paul Godzik (incumbent) 19.64 2,053 2,171 2171        
    SNP Sandy Howat 15.79 1,650 1,723 1,754 1,767 1,784 1,857 2,390
    Liberal Democrats Jenny Dawe * 12.30 1,285 1,574 1,615 1,639 1,661 1,730  
    Pirate Phil Hunt 1.87 195 211 224 230 264    
    UKIP William Macadam 0.76 79 170 173 175       
    Electorate: 22,328   Valid: 10,451   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 2,091   Turnout: 10,490 (47%)

      2007 Election

      2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

      2007 Council election: Meadows/Morningside
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Conservative Mark McInnes 26.4 3,844                
      Liberal Democrats Marilyne Angela MacLaren 19.3 2,817 3,021.25              
      Green Alison Johnstone 15.2 2,209 2,309.16 2,329.46 2,353.12 2,386.31 2,477.31 3,070.46    
      Labour Paul Godzik 14.0 2,043 2,108.95 2,122.35 2,126.64 2,142.19 2,168.09 2,358.63 2,396.23 3,103.04
      Liberal Democrats Sue Tritton 11.5 1,683 1,811.71 1,879.14 1,889.71 1,927.65 1,937.82 2,235.48 2,301.73  
      SNP Richard Lewis 10.5 1,529 1,584.86 1,592.03 1,609.31 1,624.52 1,649.46      
      Scottish Socialist Helga Janzen 0.9 137 139.71 140.51 179.76 184.00        
      Solidarity Pat Smith 0.8 122 125.94 126.40            
      Independent Duncan Thorp 0.7 105 151.76 152.93 157.98          
      Electorate: 23,263   Valid: 14,489   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 2,898   Turnout: 62.6%

        References
        1. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
        2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
        3. Electoral Ward: Morningside, Scottish Government Statistics
        4. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
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