https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=September_2010%2C_Edinburgh_council_by-electionSeptember 2010, Edinburgh council by-election - Revision history2026-05-07T08:57:02ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=September_2010,_Edinburgh_council_by-election&diff=3112&oldid=prevAdmin Bastian: /*Update*/2017-12-15T16:48:39Z<p><span class="autocomment">Update</span></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>In '''September 2010''', there was an '''Edinburgh council by-election''' in the '''Liberton/Gilmerton ward''', where [[Pirate Part UK]] ran one candidate.<br />
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Local councils in Scotland are elected by STV in 3 or 4 member seats. The by-election was called because one of the 4 existing councillors in the ward was elected as an MP.<br />
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The Pirate Party candidate was Philip Hunt. He got 43 votes out of a total of 6639, 0.65% of the vote. This was at the time PPUK's best vote share, since beaten by [[May 2011, England and Wales local government elections|Graeme Lambert]].<br />
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== The result ==<br />
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First preferences were as follows:<br />
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Bill Cook Labour 2974 44.80<br />
Richard Lewis Scottish Nationalist 1328 20.00<br />
Stephanie Murray Conservative 1020 15.36<br />
John Knox Liberal Democrat 722 10.88<br />
Peter McColl Green 201 3.03<br />
Colin Fox Scottish Socialist 169 2.55<br />
Mev Brown Independent 128 1.93<br />
Philip Hunt Pirate Party 43 0.65<br />
TOTAL 6639<br />
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The Labour candidate went on to win.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* [http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/1709/ward_16_libertongilmerton_by-election_results Edinburgh council, by-election results, ward 16 Liberton/Gilmerton]<br />
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