Two new councillors elected as by-election result announced

VICTORY FOR APATHY AS FEWER THAN ONE IN THREE ELECTORS BOTHER TO VOTE

The Colinton/Fairmilehead by-election result has been announced at Waverley Court in Edinburgh.

Neil Cuthbert of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and Conor Savage of the Scottish Labour Party have been duly elected to serve in the City of Edinburgh Council as members for the Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward.

The declaration was made in the early hours of this morning (Friday, 24 January) by Returning Officer for Edinburgh, Paul Lawrence.

Returning Officer for Edinburgh Paul Lawrence, said: “Thanks to everyone who took part in the by-election to elect two new councillors to represent their communities on matters affecting their ward and the wider city. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Neil and Conor as new councillors and look forward to working with them.

“I would also like to thank our elections team and council colleagues who have worked so hard on this by-election in recent months – not least given the extremely challenging circumstances of rescheduling the count at such short notice due to Storm Eowyn.”

The turnout for the by-election was 31.9%.

FIRST PREFERENCE VOTES

Con 2027

Lab 1146

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LD 1009

SNP 840

Grn 426

Ref 345

Ind 256

For further details of the results, please visit the Elections section of the Council website.