Portobello/Craigmillar 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 communities of Craigmillar and Portobello in the east of the city's urban area up to the boundary with Musselburgh (East Lothian) and the coast on the Firth of Forth, also including the neighbourhoods of Bingham, Brunstane, Cleikimin, Eastfield, Greendykes, Joppa, Magdalene, Newcraighall and Niddrie. A minor boundary change in 2017 saw the addition of the western part of the Durham neighbourhood which, combined with housebuilding in the existing area (new and redeveloped), was sufficient to push the population over the threshold for a fourth councillor. In 2019, the ward had a population of 31,957.Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar, Scottish Government Statistics
Councillors ElectionCouncillors2007Stephen I Hawkins(Liberal Democrats)Maureen Child(Labour)Michael A Bridgeman(SNP)3 seats2012David Walker(Labour)2017Mary Campbell(Greens)Kate Campbell(SNP)Callum Laidlaw(Conservative)2022Alys Mumford(Greens)Jane Elizabeth Meagher(Labour)Tim Jones(Conservative)2026Lorenzo Martinico(Greens)
Election results 2026 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 Portobello/Craigmillar Ward, East Lothian [sic] at British Listed Buildings