Pentland Hills ward
Location of the ward within Edinburgh (pre-2017 boundaries)[1]

Pentland Hills 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 mainly covers the villages and suburban developments in the south-west hinterland beyond the A720 Edinburgh city bypass road (Baberton, Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green and Ratho, plus the campus of Heriot-Watt University), up to the boundaries with West Lothian, Midlothian and a small border with the Scottish Borders at the edge of the Pentland Hills.

Initially electing three councillors, within the bypass it covered the Kingsknowe neighbourhood and the southern part of the Wester Hailes housing scheme plus its smaller neighbour Clovenstone; the boundaries were redrawn for the 2017 election, losing Kingsknowe but gaining the northern part of Wester Hailes plus the Calders area, with the population increasing and four councillors being returned. In 2019, the ward had a population of 32,703.[3]

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 Gardiner
(SNP)		 Graeme Bruce
(Conservative)		 Sue Webber
(Conservative)
2022 Stephen Philip Jenkinson
(Labour)		 Fiona Glasgow
(SNP)

Election results

2022 Election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election

Pentland Hills - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Conservative Graeme Bruce (incumbent) 22.8% 2,531              
SNP Neil Thomas Gardiner (incumbent) 21.3% 2,360              
Labour Stephen Philip Jenkinson 17.1% 1,896 1,911 1,917 1,918 1,944 2,154 2,632  
SNP Fiona Glasgow 10.1% 1,115 1,121 1,236 1,239 1,254 1,674 1,755 1,841
Conservative Emma Gilchrist 11.2% 1,239 1,482 1,484 1,487 1,532 1,558 1,760 1,827
Liberal Democrats Michael William Chappell 8.0% 885 909 911 918 940 1,094    
Scottish Green Ross Muller 7.8% 870 875 883 890 908      
Scottish Family Richard Fettes 1.4% 159 165 165 171        
Libertarian Louis Rowlands 0.3% 32 32            
Electorate: 24,312   Valid: 11,087   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 2,218   Turnout: 46.3%  

    2017 Election

    2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[4]

    Pentland Hills - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    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
      1234567
      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
        123456
        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. ↑ "Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPS".
          2. ↑ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
          3. ↑ Electoral Ward: Pentland Hills, Scottish Government Statistics
          4. ↑ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
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