2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils. ==Ward summary==

Almond 2007: 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem 2007-2012 Change: No Change Pentland Hills 2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No Change Drum Brae/Gyle 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem • =Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward. Forth • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Inverleith • 2007: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xGreen • 2007-2012 Change: Green gain one seat from Lib Dem Corstorphine/Murrayfield • 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Sighthill/Gorgie 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP; 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Colinton/Fairmilehead • 2007: 2xCon; 1xLab • 2012: 2xCon; 1xSNP • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart • 2007: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem • 2012: 1xGrn; 1xLab; 1xSNP • 2007-2012 Change: Grn and SNP gain one seat each from Con and Lib Dem Meadows/Morningside • 2007: 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xGRN; 1xLab • 2012: 1xCon; 1xGRN; 1xLab; 1xSNP • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem • = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward. City Centre • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Leith Walk • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xGRN • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Leith • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab • 2012: 1xLab; 1xGRN; 1xSNP • 2007-2012 Change: GRN gain one seat from Lib Dem Craigentinny/Duddingston • 2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Southside/Newington • 2007: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xGRN • 2012: 1xGrn; 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Liberton/Gilmerton • 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon • 2007-2012 Change: Con gain one seat from Lib Dem Portobello/Craigmillar • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem ==Post-election changes==

• † Liberton/Gilmerton SNP councillor Tom Buchanan died on 3 April 2013. A by-election was held on 20 June 2013 and was won by Labour's Keith John Robson. • †† Craigentinny/Duddingston Labour councillor Alex Dunn defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP on 4 December 2013. • ††† On 1 March 2014 Southside/Newington SNP councillor Jim Orr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing disillusionment with internal political spats. • †††† Leith Walk SNP councillor Deidre Brock was elected as an MP for Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency) on 7 May 2015 and resigned her Council seat on 24 June 2015. Leith Walk Green councillor Maggie Chapman resigned her seat on 30 June 2015 to focus her efforts on winning a Scottish Parliament seat in North East Scotland. A by-election for both seats was held on 10 September 2015, Lewis Ritchie defending the SNP seat and Labour's Marion Donaldson taking the other. • †††††† Almond Liberal Democrat councillor Alastair Shields resigned from the party and became an Independent after having been de-selected. He originally indicated that he would contest the 2017 local elections as an Independent, but ruled this out in October 2016. ==By Elections since 2012==