Local Government By-elections

'Are we supposed to trust Labour to select the best candidates for Edinburgh when it seems unable to investigate its own affairs? The time for excuses has passed.' Scotsman editorial 3 rd December 1997.

Local Government By-Election Results

By-Election Results from 6 th April 1995 until 6 th May 1999

• 1995 Five by-elections
  
  
• 1996 19 by-elections
  
  
• 1997 23 by-elections
  
  
• 1998 21 by-elections
  
  
• Total votes cast in the 68 Local by-elections from April 1995 until May 1999
  
  

By-Election Results from 6 th May 1999 until 1 st May 2003

N.B. There were boundary changes which came into effect at the 1999 election. This makes direct comparisons between 1995 and 1999 difficult and even wards with the same name may have significantly different boundaries.

• 1999 Three by-elections
  
  
• 2000 18 by-elections
  
  
• 2001 22 by-elections
  
  
• 2002 23 by-elections
  
  
• Total votes cast in the 66 Local by-elections from May 1999 until May 2003
  
  

By-Election Results from 1 st May 2003 until 3 rd May 2007

• 2003 Two by-elections
  
  
• 2004 20 by-elections
  
  
• 2005 12 by-elections
  
  
• 2006 11 by-elections
  
  
• Total votes cast in the 43 Local by-elections from May 2003 until May 2007
  
  

By-Election Results since 3 rd May 2007

In 2007, Cllrs were elected for the first time by Single Transferable Vote in three and four member wards.

• 2007 Three by-elections
  
  
• 2008 Five by-elections plus two pending
  
  

Gains & losses

• Wards changing hands in by-elections from 1995 - 2007 (First-past-the-post system)
  
  
• Wards changing hands in by-elections since 2007 (Single transferable vote (STV) system)