Forth is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the

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. Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects four Councillors. Its territory covers communities in the north of the city between Ferry Road and the coast on the

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, including Granton,

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, Pilton,

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, Victoria Park and Wardie, some of which historically fell within the boundaries of

Leith Leith (; gd, Lìte) is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. In 2021, it was ranked by ''Time Out'' as one of the top five neighbourhoods to live in the world. The earliest ...

. A 2017 boundary change caused the loss of the Muirhouse neighbourhood, but housebuilding elsewhere (including various projects in Granton) meant the overall population increased slightly. In 2019, the ward had a population of 31,823.

Councillors

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election The 2022 election to the City of Edinburgh Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election will use the same 17 wards used in 2017; each ward elects three or four councillo ...

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election The elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the third successive Local Council election to run under the single transferable vote (STV) el ...

2012 Election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 2012 Scottish local elections. The election was the second using 17 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward ele ...

2007 Election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 17 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ...

Councillor Elaine Morris defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Scottish National Party on 21 July 2011.

2008 By-election

A by-election arose following the death of Labour councillor Elizabeth Maginnis on 7 September 2008. The seat was held by Labour's Cammy Day.

References

External links

Listed Buildings in Forth Ward, City of Edinburgh
at ''British Listed Buildings'' {{Wards of Edinburgh Wards of Edinburgh