Sighthill/Gorgie is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council, established in 2007 along with the other wards. Its territory comprises a corridor of land in the west of the city with a northern boundary formed by the railway lines between the and stations, encompassing the Broomhouse, Dalry, Gorgie, Longstone, Parkhead, Saughton, Sighthill and Stenhouse neighbourhoods. It elects four Councillors (a minor boundary change in 2017 caused the loss of the Calders neighbourhood and the northern parts of Wester Hailes, with a small decrease in population but no change to the number of councillors). In 2019, the ward had a population of 33,826.Electoral Ward: Sighthill/Gorgie, Scottish Government Statistics
Councillors ElectionCouncillors2007Joanna Toomey(Liberal Democrats)Nick Elliott-Canon(SNP)Donald C Wilson(Labour)Eric Milligan(Labour)2012Catherine Fullerton(SNP)Denis Dixon(SNP)2017Ashley Graczyk(Conservative)2022Ross McKenzie(Labour)Dan Heap(Green)
Election results 2022 election
2017 election 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
On 4 July 2018, Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk resigned from the party and became an Independent, saying the UK government's policies on disability issues and social justice were "incompatible with my beliefs and conscience".
2012 election 2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 election 2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
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External links Listed Buildings in Sighthill/Gorgie Ward, City of Edinburgh at British Listed Buildings