Council elections 2022 – the results – Ward 2 – Pentland Hills Ward

There are four councillors elected to represent this ward and only two of those elected in 2017 are standing again.

Cllr Ricky Henderson (Labour) is stepping down after a long council career, and Conservative Sue Webber – who was first elected in 2017, and became the group’s transport spokesperson, was pushed up the Lothians list and is now an MSP.

There were two Conservative candidates here trying to ensure the same amount of representation for the party in the ward.

• The electorate totals 24,312
• Votes cast 11,266
• Turnout 46.3%

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The new Labour councillor in Pentland Hills wants to get to back to basics #SLG22 #CouncilElections2022 pic.twitter.com/ymDO75arOT

— Edinburgh Reporter (@EdinReporter) May 6, 2022

The 2022 results are as follows:

Name	Political Party	Stage elected
Graeme Bruce	Conservative	1
Neil Gardiner	SNP	1
Fiona Glasgow	SNP	9
Stephen Jenkinson	Labour	7

The nine 2022 candidates were:

Scottish Conservative and Unionist – BRUCE , Graeme
Scottish Liberal Democrats – CHAPPELL, Michael William
Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, Pro-Marriage, Pro-Life – FETTES, Richard
Scottish National Party (SNP) – GARDINER, Neil Thomas
Scottish Conservative and Unionist – GILCHRIST, Emma
Scottish National Party (SNP) – GLASGOW, Fiona
Scottish Labour Party – JENKINSON, Stephen Philip
Scottish Green Party – MULLER, Ross
Scottish Libertarian Party – ROWLANDS, Louis

2017 results

Candidates elected in 2017 included:

• Graeme Bruce – Scottish Conservative and Unionist – elected at stage one
• Neil Gardiner – Scottish National Party (SNP) – elected at stage one
• Ricky Henderson – Scottish Labour Party – elected at stage one
• Susan Webber – Scottish Conservative and Unionist – elected at stage two

Electorate: 22,920
Votes cast: 11,577
Turnout: 50.5%