Corstorphine/Murrayfield 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 currently elects three Councillors.
As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around the suburban communities of Corstorphine and Murrayfield in the west of the city, also including Balgreen, Broomhall, Carrick Knowe, Ravelston and Roseburn, Saughtonhall,News Index, Edinburgh Liberal Democrats with four large open areas comprising two golf courses, Edinburgh Zoo and the playing fields surrounding Murrayfield Stadium. A minor boundary change in 2017 saw the loss of the Forrester and West Coates neighbourhoods but the addition of Wester Broom and Orchard Brae South (between Roseburn Footpath and Stewart's Melville College) – there was a slight increase in the population, which in 2019 stood at 24,192.Electoral Ward: Corstorphine/Murrayfield, Scottish Government Statistics
Councillors ElectionCouncillors2007Paul Edie(Liberal Democrats)Phil Wheeler(Liberal Democrats)Jeremy Balfour(Conservative)2012Frank Ross(SNP)2017Gillian Gloyer(Liberal Democrats)Scott Douglas(Conservative)2022Alan Christopher Beal(Liberal Democrats)Euan Robert Davidson(Liberal Democrats)2023 by-electionFiona Bennett(Liberal Democrats)
Election results 2023 by-election
2022 election
2017 election 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
2012 election 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 election 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
References
External links Listed Buildings in Corstorphine/Murrayfield Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings