Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Explained

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart is one of the 17 wards of the City of Edinburgh Council.^[1] It elects three councillors.^[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it covers a compact suburban area south-west of the centre of Edinburgh including the Chesser, Craiglockhart, Greenbank Village, Hutchison, Kingsknowe (added in a minor boundary change in 2017) and Slateford neighbourhoods, and a thin, densely populated corridor leading towards the centre taking in Fountainbridge and North Merchiston / Shandon. In 2019, the ward had a population of 23,715.^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Gordon Buchan (Conservative)		Andrew Burns (Labour)		Jim Lowrie (Liberal Democrats)
2012		Gavin Corbett (Green)			David Key (SNP)
2017			Andrew Johnston (Conservative)
2022^[4]		Val Walker (Labour)	Christopher Cowdy (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

See main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election.

2017 election

See main article: 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election.

2007 election

See main article: 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election.

External links

• Listed Buildings in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings

Notes and References

1. Web site: United Kingdom: Scotland Council Areas and Electoral Wards. City Population. 30 June 2019. 28 March 2021.
2. Web site: Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs. The City of Edinburgh. Council. The City of Edinburgh Council.
3. https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002927 Electoral Ward: Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
4. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/31004/ward-9-fountainbridge-craiglockhart-results-2022