Morningside (Edinburgh ward)

Location of the ward within Edinburgh

Morningside is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it elects four Councillors. As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around the community of Morningside to the south of the city centre, also including Braid Hills, Bruntsfield, Burghmuirhead (Church Hill and Holy Corner), Greenbank, Greenhill, Marchmont, Merchiston and Polwarth.

A minor 2017 boundary change in the north of the ward saw the loss of the densely-populated Tollcross neighbourhood, but the overall population increased slightly due to housebuilding in other areas. At that time, the ward's name was also amended from its original title of Morningside/Meadows – the well-known Meadows park area to which this referred had never been fully within its boundaries. In 2021, the ward had a population of 31,379.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Mark McInnes (Conservative)		Paul Godzik (Labour)		Marilyne Angela MacLaren (Liberal Democrats)		Alison Johnstone (Greens)
2012			Sandy Howat (SNP)		Melanie Main (Greens)
2017	Nick Cook (Conservative)	Mandy Watt (Labour)		Neil Ross (Liberal Democrats)
2022	Marie-Clair Munro (Conservative)		Ben Parker (Greens)

Election results

2022 election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election

Morningside - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Mandy Helen Watt (incumbent)	23.2%	3,145
	Liberal Democrats	Neil John Ross (incumbent)	21.2%	2,877
	Scottish Green	Ben Parker	21.1%	2,854
	Conservative	Marie-Clare Munro	17.6%	2,390
	SNP	Mairianna Clyde	15.5%	2,097
	Alba	Leah Gunn Barrett	1.0%	132
	Scottish Libertarian	Peter Sidor	0.4%	52
Electorate: 25,204   Valid: 13,547   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,710   Turnout: 54.0%

2017 election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election

Morningside - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Nick Cook *	22.17%	3,010
	Scottish Green	Melanie Main (incumbent)	19.36%	2,629	2,631	2,721
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Ross	15.02%	2,039	2,054	2,508	2,510	3,477
	Labour	Mandy Watt	18.21%	2,473	2,480	2,699	2,701	3,441
	SNP	Sandy Howat (incumbent)	17.87%	2,427	2,429	2,450	2,452
	Conservative	Chris Land	7.37%	1,001	1,260
Electorate: 23,861   Valid: 13,579   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 2,716   Turnout: 13,682 (57.3%)

2012 election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Meadows/Morningside - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Mark McInnes (incumbent)	29.90	3,125
	Scottish Green	Melanie Main	19.75	2,064	2,209
	Labour	Paul Godzik (incumbent)	19.64	2,053	2,171	2171
	SNP	Sandy Howat	15.79	1,650	1,723	1,754	1,767	1,784	1,857	2,390
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Dawe *	12.30	1,285	1,574	1,615	1,639	1,661	1,730
	Pirate	Phil Hunt	1.87	195	211	224	230	264
	UKIP	William Macadam	0.76	79	170	173	175
Electorate: 22,328   Valid: 10,451   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 2,091   Turnout: 10,490 (47%)

2007 election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Meadows/Morningside

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Mark McInnes	26.4	3,844
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyne Angela MacLaren	19.3	2,817	3,021.25
	Scottish Green	Alison Johnstone	15.2	2,209	2,309.16	2,329.46	2,353.12	2,386.31	2,477.31	3,070.46
	Labour	Paul Godzik	14.0	2,043	2,108.95	2,122.35	2,126.64	2,142.19	2,168.09	2,358.63	2,396.23	3,103.04
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Tritton	11.5	1,683	1,811.71	1,879.14	1,889.71	1,927.65	1,937.82	2,235.48	2,301.73
	SNP	Richard Lewis	10.5	1,529	1,584.86	1,592.03	1,609.31	1,624.52	1,649.46
	Scottish Socialist	Helga Janzen	0.9	137	139.71	140.51	179.76	184.00
	Solidarity	Pat Smith	0.8	122	125.94	126.40
	Independent	Duncan Thorp	0.7	105	151.76	152.93	157.98
Electorate: 23,263   Valid: 14,489   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 2,898   Turnout: 62.6%

External links

• Listed Buildings in Morningside Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings