Southside/Newington (Edinburgh ward)

Southside/Newington 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 to the south-east of the city centre is based around the communities of Newington and the South Side (defined as the area south of Drummond Street between the Meadows and Salisbury Crags, bisected by Clerk Street), also including Blackford, Cameron Toll, The Grange, Mayfield, Prestonfield and Sciennes.

Southside/Newington ward
Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

A minor 2017 boundary change saw the loss of Dumbiedykes in the north of the ward and the addition of Nether Liberton village in the south. In 2019, the ward had a population of 37,696.[3]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Gordon Mackenzie
(Liberal Democrats)		 Ian Perry
(Labour)		 Steve Burgess
(Greens)		 Cameron Rose
(Conservative)
2012 Jim Orr
(SNP)
2017 Alison Dickie
(SNP)
2022 Simita Kumar
(SNP)		 Tim Pogson
(Labour)		 Pauline Flannery
(Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2022 election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[4]

Southside/Newington - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Labour Tim Pogson 24.1% 2,837      
Scottish Green Steve Burgess (incumbent) 23.0% 2,717      
SNP Simita Kumar 19.2% 2,260 2,338 2,557  
Liberal Democrats Pauline Flannery 16.1% 1,897 2,141 2,236 2,331
Conservative Cameron Rose (incumbent) 17.6% 2,077 2,139 2,146 2,154
Electorate: 24,152   Valid: 11,788   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 2,358   Turnout: 49.2%  

    2017 election

    2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]

    Southside/Newington - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Conservative Cameron Rose (incumbent) 26.93% 3,151
    SNP Alison Dickie 20.54% 2,403
    Scottish Green Steve Burgess (incumbent) 20.35% 2,381
    Labour Ian Perry (incumbent) 20.12% 2,354
    Liberal Democrats Dan Farthing 12.05% 1,410
    Electorate: 22,338   Valid: 11,699   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 2,340   Turnout: 11,772 (52.7%)  

      2012 election

      2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

      Southside/Newington - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Scottish Green Steve Burgess (incumbent) 19.97% 1,869 1,883            
      Labour Ian Perry (incumbent) 19.78% 1,851 1,856 1,858 1,886        
      SNP Jim Orr 18.34% 1,717 1,723 1,725 1,742 1,744 1,886    
      Conservative Cameron Rose (incumbent) 16.72% 1,565 1,568 1,568 1,570 1,571 1,855 1,857 2,501
      Liberal Democrats Gordon MacKenzie (incumbent) 13.97% 1,308 1,341 1,343 1,348 1,351 1,548 1,551  
      Independent Gordon Murdie 9.53% 892 895 896 921 923      
      TUSC William Black 0.93% 87 90 91          
      Liberal Margaret Lea 0.76% 71              
      Electorate: 20,821   Valid: 9,360   Spoilt: 67 (0.71%)   Quota: 1,873   Turnout: 9,427 (45.3%)  

        On 1 March 2014, SNP councillor Jim Orr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing disillusionment with internal political spats.[6] He retired prior to the next election.

        2007 election

        2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

        2007 Council election: Southside/Newington
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Labour Ian Perry 18.6 2,530 2,537 2,548 2,554 2,568 2,763    
        Conservative Cameron Rose 18.5 2,516 2,529 2,531 2,546 2,551 2,686 2,691.32 2,835.77
        Liberal Democrats Gordon Mackenzie 17.0 2,304 2,309 2,315 2,356 2,378 2,670 2,681.66 4,168.10
        Scottish Green Steve Burgess 14.1 1,920 1,935 1,961 1,974 2,062 2,610 2,623.58 2,893.41
        Liberal Democrats Liz O' Malley 14.0 1,907 1,913 1,917 1,939 1,945 2,087 2,097.96  
        SNP Susanna Lacey 13.1 1,780 1,790 1,824 1,845 1,876      
        Scottish Socialist Scott Simpson 1.1 146 150 183 189        
        Liberal Margaret Lea 1.1 144 148 156          
        Solidarity James C Allinson 1.0 140 142            
        Independent George E Pitcher 0.6 81              
        Electorate: 23,620   Valid: 13,468   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 2,694   Turnout: 57.5%  

          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: Southside/Newington, Scottish Government Statistics
          4. "Local Government Election 2022 results". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
          6. "Jim Orr quits SNP over 'internal spats'". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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