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.

Morningside ward
Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

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]

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)
2022[4] Marie-Clair Munro
(Conservative)		 Ben Parker
(Greens)

Election results

2022 election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]

Morningside - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Labour Mandy Helen Watt (incumbent) 23.2% 3,145
Liberal Democrats Neil John Ross (incumbent) 21.2% 2,877
Scottish Green Ben Parker 21.1% 2,854
Conservative Marie-Clare Munro 17.6% 2,390
SNP Mairianna Clyde 15.5% 2,097
Alba Leah Gunn Barrett 1.0% 132
Libertarian Peter Sidor 0.4% 52
Electorate: 25,204   Valid: 13,547   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,710   Turnout: 54.0%  

    2017 election

    2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[6]

    Morningside - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Conservative Nick Cook * 22.17% 3,010        
    Scottish 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            
      Scottish 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              
        Scottish 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. Council, The City of Edinburgh. "Map of City of Edinburgh wards and councillors". The City of Edinburgh Council.
          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. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31003/ward-10-morningside-results-2022
          5. "Local Government Election 2022 results". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
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