Colinton/Fairmilehead (ward)

Colinton/Fairmilehead ward
Location of the ward within Edinburgh[1]

Colinton/Fairmilehead is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council.[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it elects three Councillors.

As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around the communities of Colinton and Fairmilehead in the far south of the city's urban area up to the boundary with Midlothian, also including Bonaly, Comiston, Firrhill, Hunter's Tryst / New Swanston, Oxgangs and Redford, plus the separate hamlet of Swanston. In 2019, the ward had a population of 25,257.[3]

  1. ^ Map of City of Edinburgh wards, councillors and MSPs – The City of Edinburgh Council
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Colinton/Fairmilehead, Scottish Government Statistics