Colinton/Fairmilehead (ward) explained

Colinton/Fairmilehead is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council.^[1] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it elects three Councillors.

As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around the communities of Colinton and Fairmilehead in the far south of the city's urban area up to the boundary with Midlothian, also including Bonaly, Comiston, Firrhill, Hunter's Tryst / New Swanston, Oxgangs and Redford, plus the separate hamlet of Swanston. In 2019, the ward had a population of 25,257.^[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Elaine Aitken (Conservative)		Jason Rust (Conservative)		Eric Barry (Labour)
2012			Richard Lewis (SNP)
2017	Philip Doggart (Conservative)		Scott Arthur (Labour)
2022		Marco Biagi (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election^[3]

2012 Election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

References

1. Web site: United Kingdom: Scotland Council Areas and Electoral Wards. City Population. 30 June 2019. 28 March 2021.
2. https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002926 Electoral Ward: Colinton/Fairmilehead
3. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017 Local Government Election 2017 results – The City of Edinburgh Council

External links

• Listed Buildings in Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings