Kayleigh O’Neill is the first-ever Green councillor for the Forth ward, where she was elected in 2022. She currently holds the Transport & Environment portfolio for the Edinburgh Green Councillor Group.
Originally from Motherwell, Kayleigh moved to Edinburgh for university and has since worked for Euan’s Guide and Inclusion Scotland. She continues to work part-time for Lorna Slater MSP in the Scottish Parliament. She also sits on the Disabled Greens representative group committee. In 2023 she was appointed the Green representative on COSLA’s Barriers to Elected Office special interest group.
In her ward and across the city Kayleigh advocates for better accessibility, stronger engagement, and greener values. She is vocal on issues of pavement parking, dropped curb access, and other barriers that disabled and elderly people face in their daily lives.
See Kayleigh’s council roles here
Contact
Edinburgh Council
Scottish Green Party
Social media
- BlueSky: @kayleighoneill.bsky.social
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kayleigh-ONeill-Scottish-Greens-107220835189756/
- Instagram: @kayleighoneillsgp
- TikTok: @kayleighoneillsgp
Latest posts
We need real leadership on transport and the environment
Councillor Kayleigh O’Neill lays out what’s needed from Edinburgh Council’s new head of the TEC committee.
We need collective and immediate action on climate
Every day we read about new record temperatures around the world, we need to take action.
In political games, women are always the losers
Cllr Kayleigh O’Neill examines why International Women’s Day is needed now more than ever.
The cost of Tory greed this winter
It is upsetting that we need a warm spaces scheme but we have no choice but to fight for it.
Forced to seek legal advice on 16th day in Edinburgh Council
Green Cllr Kayleigh O’Neill – ‘At least, hopefully, it will be easier for the next person’
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