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[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

City of Edinburgh Council election 2022 final results:

🟨 SNP - 19 seats
🟥 Labour - 13 seats
🟧 Lib Dems - 12 seats
🟩 Greens - 10 seats
🟦 Conservatives - 9 seats

All 17 wards and 63 seats have been declared.

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

So this has happened 😐

"One day after winning"

[Paul Hutcheon @paulhutcheon]

EXC: A newly-elected Lib Dem councillor in Edinburgh has quit after her house was put up for sale one day after winning as a "local" champion.

Louise Spence has resigned after a week and after a Record investigation.

https://t.co/R1dIcul0WH

https://t.co/R1dIcul0WH

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

Another by-election Colinton/Fairmilhead incoming 👇

[Simita Kumar @SimitaSKumar]

Cllr Marco Biagi has announced his resignation from the Council to take up another position. While we are sad to lose his dedication and expertise, we are excited for his next chapter. He will be greatly missed by colleagues and constituents alike. More to follow.

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

It's been a while...

Edinburgh Lib Dems won yesterday's council by-election in Colinton/Fairmilehead.

The Council now looks like this:

🔴 Labour 11
🟡 SNP 18
🟠 Lib Dem 14
🟢 Green 10
🔵 Conservatives 9
⚫ Independent 1

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

@markballard27 Justice for Portobello! Added in now

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

Proposed Scottish Palriament FPTP constituencies for Edinburgh from Boundaries Scotland

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[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

More details here 👇

https://t.co/8EmGFARKn0

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

And of course Midlothian Morth and Musselburgh!

Which includes Portobello

This makes the seat the only one in Scotland to cover three local authmorities under the new proposals: Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

*Parliament even!

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

Potential name change from this:

"Edinburgh and Linlithgow Elects"...

[Edinburgh Elects @EdinburghElect]

The proposed new boundaries for Edinburgh in the Scottish Parliament FPTP constituencies are quite different from what we're used too!

See the thread below 👇

[Ballot Box Scotland @BallotBoxScot]

🧵🗺Another boundary changes thread - and this is where it gets juicy. Over next few days, I'll be looking at some of the most impactful changes, and how they might have looked in 2021. It's important to note this isn't an exact science, and I'm doing this quite quickly.