Pentland Hills (Edinburgh ward)

Pentland Hills is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. It elects three councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Ronald Cairns
(SNP)		 Alastair S Paisley
(Conservative)		 Ricky Henderson
(Labour)		 3 seats
2012 Bill Henderson
(SNP)		 Dominic Heslop
(Conservative)
2017 Neil Gerdiner
(SNP)		 Graeme Bruce
(Conservative)		 Susan Webber
(Conservative)

Election results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

Pentland Hills - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2
Conservative Graeme Bruce 27.2% 3,083  
SNP Neil Gardiner 21.1% 2,382  
Labour Ricky Henderson (incumbent) 20.6% 2,334  
Conservative Susan Webber 14.0% 1,587 2,293
SNP Ernesta Noreikiene 7.8% 880 888
Liberal Democrats Emma Farthing 4.9% 560 608
Scottish Green Evelyn Weston 4.3% 489 499
Electorate: 22,920   Valid: 11,315   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 2,264   Turnout: 50.5%

    2012 Election

    2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

    Pentland Hills - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    SNP Bill Henderson 29.16% 2,317            
    Labour Ricky Henderson (incumbent) 28.85% 2,293            
    Conservative Dominic Heslop 15.09% 1,199 1,224 1,249 1,335 1,397 1,502 2,446
    Conservative Shelia Low 12.61% 1,002 1,017 1,040 1,099 1,154 1,240  
    Scottish Green Phyl Meyer 4.05% 322 400 468 607 840    
    Independent Mike 'Professor Pongoo' Ferrigan 5.59% 444 491 531 590      
    Liberal Democrats Stuart Bridges 4.66% 370 414 462        
    Electorate: 18,002   Valid: 7,947   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,987   Turnout: 7,998 (44.4%)

      2007 Election

      2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

      2007 Council election: Pentland Hills
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
      Conservative Alastair S Paisley 22.9 2,523 2,532 2,536 2,565 2,718 4,401
      SNP Ronald Cairns 20.3 2,238 2,247 2,274 2,374 2,661 2,789
      Labour Ricky Henderson 19.5 2,148 2,161 2,181 2,263 2,663 2,798
      Conservative Andy MacIver 18.8 2,074 2,081 2,084 2,113 2,285  
      Liberal Democrats Iain J Coleman 11.4 1,255 1,281 1,299 1,471    
      Scottish Green Shonagh McEwan 4.3 479 488 518      
      Scottish Socialist Alister H Black 1.1 116 117        
      Liberal Irvine McMinn 0.9 94          
      Electorate: 17,390   Valid: 10,927   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 2,732   Turnout: 62.83%

        References
        1. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13922/map-of-city-of-edinburgh-wards-councillors-and-msps
        2. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017
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