Sighthill/Gorgie (Edinburgh ward)

Sighthill/Gorgie is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council, established in 2007 along with the other wards. Its territory comprises a corridor of land in the west of the city with a northern boundary formed by the railway lines between the Haymarket and Edinburgh Park stations, encompassing the Broomhouse, Dalry, Gorgie, Longstone, Parkhead, Saughton, Sighthill and Stenhouse neighbourhoods. It elects four Councillors (a minor boundary change in 2017 caused the loss of the Calders neighbourhood and the northern parts of Wester Hailes, with a small decrease in population but no change to the number of councillors). In 2019, the ward had a population of 33,826.[2]

Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Joanna Toomey
(Liberal Democrats)		 Nick Elliott-Canon
(SNP)		 Donald C Wilson
(Labour)		 Eric Milligan
(Labour)
2012 Catherine Fullerton
(SNP)		 Denis Dixon
(SNP)
2017 Ashley Graczyk
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[3]

Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Catherine Fullerton (incumbent) 18.5% 1,574 1,575 1,582 1,888      
Conservative Ashley Graczyk 19.09% 1,621 1,625 1,694 1,701      
Labour Donald Wilson (incumbent) 11.69% 993 995 1,048 1,063 1,071.4 1,071.7 1,821.9
SNP Denis Dixon (incumbent) 14.01% 1,190 1,191 1,204 1,452 1,596.7 1,596.8 1,621.8
Green Dan Heap 14.9% 1,264 1,269 1,356 1,405 1,421.3 1,421.6 1,471.4
Labour Carmel Smith 9.94% 844 845 902 909 914 914.5  
SNP Simon Hayter 7.63% 648 648 653        
Liberal Democrats Devin Scott Scobie 3.91% 332 338          
Libertarian Calum Strange 0.32% 27            
Electorate: 21,885   Valid: 8,493   Spoilt: 219   Quota: 1,699   Turnout: 8,712 (39.8%)

    On 4 July 2018, Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk resigned from the party and became an Independent, saying the UK government's policies on disability issues and social justice were "incompatible with my beliefs and conscience".[5]

    2012 Election

    2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

    Sighthill/Gorgie - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Labour Eric Milligan (incumbent) 28.3 2,266          
    SNP Catherine Fullerton 20.3 1,624          
    SNP Denis Dixon 17.1 1,368 1,389 1,396 1,414 1,462 1,688
    Labour Donald Wilson (incumbent) 13.8 1,107 1,677        
    Conservative Susan Dewhurst 9.2 736 745 749 750 808 917
    Green Lindsay Ashford 8.2 658 674 690 691 776  
    Liberal Democrats Neil MacLean 3.2 253 260 267 267    
    Electorate: 23,877   Valid: 8,012   Spoilt: 240 (2.91%)   Quota: 1,603   Turnout: 8,252 (34.6%)

      2007 Election

      2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

      2007 Council election: Sighthill/Gorgie
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      SNP Nick Elliott-Canon 30.9 3,785                
      Labour Eric Milligan 26.0 3,185                
      Liberal Democrats Joanna Toomey 10.6 1,300 1,510.76 1,562.88 1,581.62 1,612.21 1,649.38 1,713.14 2,158.92 2,618.40
      Conservative Iain G Gibson 9.6 1,180 1,257.57 1,271.31 1,285.52 1,296.09 1,341.93 1,358.27 1,432.83  
      Labour Donald C Wilson 9.3 1,142 1,270.43 1,718.61 1,746.99 1,769.54 1,810.64 1,877.65 2,027.13 2,158.60
      Green James N G Mackenzie 5.7 702 891.91 919.34 941.22 1,007.12 1,063.20 1,172.87    
      Solidarity Jason J Mangan 1.9 238 349.60 362.97 368.67 431.73 463.41      
      Independent Keith J Bell 1.7 209 289.50 300.63 334.49 347.87        
      Scottish Socialist Gerry Corbett 1.4 168 249.96 263.70 267.17          
      Independent Tam Smith 1.0 127 156.27 164.33            
      Electorate: 24,717   Valid: 11,996   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 2,400   Turnout: 49.5%

        References
        1. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
        2. Electoral Ward: Sighthill/Gorgie, Scottish Government Statistics
        3. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
        4. Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Local Government Election results 2017". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
        5. "Edinburgh Tory councillor quits in protest at benefit changes". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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