Edinburgh and Midlothian Greens

Robin Harper elected for third time as Green MSP for Lothians.  Unfortunately, we lost Mark Ballard as the second Green MSP for Lothians.

3 councillors elected to City of Edinburgh Council for the first time: Alison Johnstone to Meadows/Morningside Ward; Maggie Chapman to Leith Walk Ward; and Steve Burgess to Southside Newington Ward.

Near misses for Ian Baxter in Bonnyrigg Ward in Midlothian and Gavin Corbett in City Centre Ward in Edinburgh. 

Full results are

Scottish Parliament Election

Lothians Region

Robin Harper elected as Green MSP with 20,147 votes (7.02%)

City Council elections

Almond - Jill Boulton 520 (4.4%)

Pentland Hills - Shonagh McEwan 479 (4.4%)

Drumbrae / Gyle - Fiona Paterson 330 (3.2%)

Forth - Kate Joester 627 (5.8%)

Inverleith - Melanie Main 1113 (7.6%)

Corstorphine / Murrayfield - Charles Kennedy 556 (4.9%)

Sighthill Gorgie - James Mackenzie 702 (5.9%) 

Colinton / Fairmilehead - Alastair Tibbitt 517 (4.2%)

Fountainbridge / Craiglockhart - Jeni McKay 1123 (11.3%)

Meadows / Morningside - Alison Johnstone 2209 (15.2%) ELECTED

City Centre - Gavin Corbett 1352 (17.0%)

Leith Walk - Maggie Chapman 1754 (15.6%) ELECTED

Leith - Chas Booth 957 (11.4%)

Craigentinny / Duddingston - Stan Blackley 701 (6.0%)

Southside / Newimgton - Steve Burgess 1920 (14.3%) ELECTED

Liberton / Gilmerton - Joan Carter 464 (3.6%)

Portobello / Craigmillar - Peter McColl 635 (6.8%)

All vote numbers for council wards are first preference votes only

For fuller analysis see Results paper

Originally from Aberdeen, Katharine has lived in Edinburgh for the past 18 years. She spent four years as a volunteer teacher of English in the Sudan and in China in the 1980’s and her interest in development issues led to her completing an MSc in Tourism Management in 2000. She now works for Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, on improving awareness and provision for users of public transport, walkers and cyclists, and on issues relating to cycle tourism, transport, carbon emissions and climate. Katharine thinks that information on where, how and what can be reused and recycled should be more easily available. She also like to see government begin serious preparation for the changes to our society that will be brought about by the immediate need to reduce carbon emissions and, in the longer term, the depletion of global oil and gas supplies.

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