Forth 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 currently elects four Councillors. Its territory covers communities in the north of the city between Ferry Road and the coast on the Firth of Forth, including Granton, Newhaven, Pilton, Trinity, Victoria Park and Wardie, some of which historically fell within the boundaries of Leith.[2] A 2017 boundary change caused the loss of the Muirhouse neighbourhood, but housebuilding elsewhere (including various projects in Granton) meant the overall population increased slightly. In 2019, the ward had a population of 31,823.[3]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Steve Cardownie (SNP) | Elaine P Morris (Liberal Democrats) | Elizabeth Maginnis (Labour) | Allan Jackson (Conservative) | ||||
| 2008 by | Cammy Day (Labour) | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Eleanor Bird (SNP) | George Gordon (SNP) | Jim Campbell (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022[4] | Stuart Dobbin (SNP) | Sanne Dijkstra-Downie (Liberal Democrats) | Kayleigh O'Neill (Green) | |||||
See main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election.
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]
A by-election arose following the death of Labour councillor Elizabeth Maginnis on 7 September 2008. The seat was held by Labour's Cammy Day.
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election Councillor Elaine Morris defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Scottish National Party on 21 July 2011.