Ward 8 – Colinton / Fairmilehead by-election result 2025
A by-election was held to elect two councillors on Thursday 23 January 2025.
- Candidate elected: Conor Savage, Scottish Labour Party, elected at stage 13, and Neil Cuthbert, Scottish Conservative and Unionist, elected at stage 8.
- Total electorate: 19,669
- Total number of ballot papers received: 6,281
- Percentage turnout: 31.9%
- Total number of ballot papers rejected: 58
- Quota: 2,075
Candidate |
Party |
First preference votes |
---|---|---|
Bonnie Prince BOB |
Independent |
30 |
Mev BROWN |
Independent |
23 |
Mairianna CLYDE |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
840 |
Neil CUTHBERT |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist |
2,027 |
David HENRY |
Independent |
38 |
Nick HORNIG |
Independent |
13 |
Grant LIDSTER |
Reform UK |
345 |
Richard Crewe LUCAS |
Scottish Family Party |
65 |
Daniel Aleksanteri MILLIGAN |
Scottish Greens |
426 |
Mark NEY-PARTY |
Independent |
5 |
Peter Alexander NICHOLSON |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
1,009 |
Conor SAVAGE |
Scottish Labour Party |
1,146 |
Marc WILKINSON |
Independent |
256 |
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