Local By-elections

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North Morningside/Grange (City of Edinburgh) 9 th October 2003

North Morningside/Grange - ward 46 Liberal Democrat hold

There was a by-election for the North Morningside/Grange ward of the City of Edinburgh Council on the 9 th of October 2003 following the election of Cllr Mike Pringle as MSP for Edinburgh South on the 1 st of May 2003.

North Morningside/Grange is in the Edinburgh South Westminster parliamentary seat (held by Labour's Nigel Griffiths MP) and in the Edinburgh South Scottish parliamentary seat (won by Liberal Democrat Mike Pringle MSP in May 2003).

Lib Dem Cllr Liz O'Malley

9 th October 2003 By election Turnout 36.9 % (- 21.1 %)
Candidate	Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
Liz O'Malley		Liberal Democrat	883	43.1 %	- 15.5 %
Christina McLeod		Conservative	746	36.4 %	+ 17.1 %
Alison Johnston		Scottish Green Party	185	9.0 %	(+ 9.0 %)
Jennifer Kemp		Labour	141	6.9 %	- 5.0 %
Thomas Kielty		Scottish National Party	95	4.6 %	- 2.0 %
Liberal Democrat hold		Liberal Democrat majority	137	6.7 %	- 32.8 %

1 st May 2003 Turnout 58.0 % (+ 7.0 %)
Candidate	Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
Cllr Mike Pringle		Liberal Democrat	1,880	58.7 %	+ 1.5 %
Charles Fairfield		Conservative	614	19.2 %	+ 0.5 %
George Henderson		Labour	383	12.0 %	- 3.7 %
Thomas Kielty		Scottish National Party	212	6.6 %	- 1.8 %
Mark Burgess		Scotish Socialist Party	116	3.6 %	(+ 3.6 %)
Liberal Democrat hold		Liberal Democrat majority	1,266	39.5 %	- 1.0 %

6 th May 1999 Turnout 65.0 % (+ 18.7 %)
Candidate	Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
Cllr Mike Pringle		Liberal Democrat	2,257	57.2 %	+ 2.9 %
Robert Forman		Conservative	738	18.7 %	- 5.5 %
John Clifford		Labour	619	15.7 %	+ 1.4 %
Alberto Massimo		Scottish National Party	332	8.4 %	+ 1.7 %
Liberal Democrat hold		Liberal Democrat majority	1,519	38.5 %	+ 8.3 %

North Morningside - ward 46

6 th April 1995 Turnout 46.3 %
Candidate	Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
Mike Pringle		Liberal Democrat	1,579	54.3 %
Leonard Wallace		Conservative	702	24.2 %
Maureen Wright		Labour	417	14.3 %
John Macadam		Scottish National Party	196	6.7 %
Catherine Cross		Natural Law Party	12	0.4 %
Liberal Democrat win		Liberal Democrat majority	877	30.2 %

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