Almond is one of the 17 wards of the City of Edinburgh Council.[1] 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.[2]
| 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) | |||||||
2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[3]
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[4]
2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
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).[5]
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election