2017 City of Edinburgh Council local election
Almond ward
This election was held on Thursday 4 May 2017.
10 candidates stood in the Almond ward.
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Daniel Fraser
Scottish Libertarian Party
99 votes -
Graham Hutchison
Conservative and Unionist Party
2,395 votes -
Otto Inglis
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
68 votes -
Kevin Lang
Liberal Democrats
6,079 votes -
John Longstaff
Independent
56 votes -
Iain Mckinnon-Waddell
Scottish Green Party
375 votes -
Pamela Mitchell
Scottish National Party (SNP)
1,240 votes -
Bruce Whitehead
Labour Party
786 votes -
Norman Work
Scottish National Party (SNP)
1,971 votes -
Louise Young
Liberal Democrats
1,138 votes
On 4 May 2017 you will elect your local authority councillor(s) in a single transferable vote election. Your local authority is responsible for all services delivered at a local level, including:
- Education
- Transport
- Planning
- Fire and public safety
- Social care
- Libraries
- Waste management
- Trading standards
- Rubbish collection
- Recycling
- Council Tax collections
- Housing
- Planning applications
Read more about local government in Scotland.
To vote at Scottish council elections you must be:
- 16 years of age or over on polling day
- a British citizen or Irish citizen, or
- a citizen of another European country, or
- a Commonwealth citizen who has leave to remain in the UK or who does not require leave to remain in the UK
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