🗳️ 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.

• 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