Forth (Edinburgh ward)

Forth is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Location of the ward within Edinburgh^[1]

Councillors

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[5]		Stuart Dobbin (SNP)		Sanne Dijkstra-Downie (Liberal Democrats)		Kayleigh O'Neill (Green)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election

Forth - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Sanne Dijkstra-Downie	19.7	2,077	2,094	2,113
	Labour	Cammy Day (incumbent)	18.9	1,995	2,014	2,044	2,044	2,104	2,252
	SNP	Stuart Dobbin	18.2	1,917	1,923	1,938	1,938	3,007
	Conservative	Jim Campbell (incumbent)	15.1	1,594	1,598	1,646	1,646	1,654	1,675	1,701
	SNP	Carrie Gooch	12.8	1,353	1,365	1,369	1,369
	Scottish Green	Kayleigh O'Neill	12.7	1,337	1,375	1,390	1,390	1,571	2,014	2,063	2,321
	Scottish Family	Linda Lenora Campbell	1.4	152	162
	Women's Equality	Kerry Elizabeth Heathcote	1.2	130
Electorate: 24,934   Valid: 10,555   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 2,112   Turnout: 43.0%

Source: ^[6][7]

2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election^[8]

Forth - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Jim Campbell	28.38%	2,951
	Labour	Cammy Day (incumbent)	15.18%	1,579	1,710	1,731	2,157
	SNP	Eleanor Bird	17.94%	1,866	1,879	1,894	1,917	1,923	2,313
	SNP	George Gordon	13.37%	1,390	1,302	1,421	1,457	1,463	1,638	1,836	2,207
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wight	7.81%	812	1,073	1,149	1,200	1,220	1,572	1,582
	Scottish Green	Gillian MacKay	9.99%	1,039	1,085	1,130	1,165	1,178
	Labour	Heather Pugh	5.55%	577	623	651
	Independent	Nicola Ross	1.78%	185	269
Electorate: 23,348   Valid: 10,399   Spoilt: 214   Quota: 2,080   Turnout: 45.5%

2012 election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Forth - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Cammy Day (incumbent)	27.54%	2,230
	Conservative	Allan Jackson (incumbent)	22.64%	1,833
	SNP	Steve Cardownie (incumbent)	17.01%	1,377	1,407	1,422	1,432	1,443	1,482	1,554	2,377
	SNP	George Gordon	12.05%	976	1,008	1,017	1,019	1,034	1,070	1,187
	Scottish Green	Kate Joester	7.08%	573	598	626	637	683	850
	Labour	Vicki Redpath	6.47%	524	962	976	987	1,009	1,099	1,347	1,446
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Wight	5.06%	410	423	473	495	500
	TUSC	Ruth Ann Henderson	1.44%	117	127	130	132
	Liberal	Seumas Stiubhard MacMhicean	0.70%	57	64	73
Electorate: 21,796   Valid: 8,097   Spoilt: 136 (1.65%)   Quota: 1,620   Turnout: 8,233 (37.8%)

2008 by-election

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.

Forth By-Election (6 November 2008) - 1 seat^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Cammy Day	29.53	2,013	2,014	2,023	2,042	2,134	2,228	2,543	2,810	3,735
	SNP	George Gordon	27.01	1,841	1,843	1,849	1,861	1,920	2,005	2,259	2,529
	Conservative	Iain McGill	17.31	1,180	1,184	1,187	1,188	1,199	1,225	1,453
	Liberal Democrats	Sanne C. Djikstra-Downie	14.45	985	987	989	995	1,033	1,155
	Scottish Green	Kate Joester	5.06	341	343	360	373	410
	Independent	John Loughton	4.36	297	303	307	323
	Solidarity	Willie Black	1.17	80	80	84
	Scottish Socialist	Robert Richard	1.0	53	54
	Independent	James G MacLean	0.05	26
Electorate: 21,560   Valid: 6,816   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 3,409   Turnout: 6,886

2007 election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Forth

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Steve Cardownie	22.67	2,472
	Conservative	Allan Jackson	20.23	2,206
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine P Morris	17.91	1,953	2,000.44	2,008.23	2,020.41	2,059.83	2,094.96	2,436.61
	Labour	Elizabeth Maginnis	14.82	1,616	1,640.13	1,642.50	1,650.86	1,676.12	1,694.00	1,795.54	1,856.72	3,100.78
	Labour	Billy Fitzpatrick	14.19	1,547	1,581.61	1,582.56	1,588.91	1,612.69	1,672.18	1,755.67	1,797.68
	Scottish Green	Kate Joester	5.75	627	670.55	672.98	698.89	744.24	822.04
	Independent	Fred Marinello	1.84	201	217.44	218.71	225.06
	Solidarity	Willie Black	1.81	197	227.49	227.70	246.67	270.03
	Scottish Socialist	Marilyn Sangster	0.77	84	92.95	93.03
Electorate: 20,744   Valid: 10,903   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 2,181   Turnout: 53.4%

Councillor Elaine Morris defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Scottish National Party on 21 July 2011.