Leith is one of the seventeen
wards used to elect members of the
City of Edinburgh Council. Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects three councillors.
Its territory is located north-east of the city centre bounded by the coast on the
Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth () is a firth in Scotland, an inlet of the North Sea that separates Fife to its north and Lothian to its south. Further inland, it becomes the estuary of the River Forth and several other rivers.
Name
''Firth'' is a cognate ...
, pertaining to the heart of the port and former independent
burgh
A burgh ( ) is an Autonomy, autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots language, Scots. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when David I of Scotland, King David I created ...
of
Leith
Leith (; ) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is home to the Port of Leith.
The earliest surviving historical references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of ...
(outer parts of which fall into other wards). In 2019, the ward had a population of 24,207.
Councillors
Election results
2022 election
2017 election
2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
2012 election
2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
2007 election
2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
References
External links
Listed Buildings in Leith Ward, City of Edinburghat ''British Listed Buildings''
{{Wards of Edinburgh
Wards of Edinburgh
Leith