🗳️ Edinburgh local by-election

Portobello/Craigmillar ward by-election

This election was held on Thursday 3 September 2026.

This by-election was called because the elected member was elected Member of the Scottish Parliament, and cannot hold both positions.

10 candidates stood in the Portobello/Craigmillar ward by-election.

Electorate	28,062
Ballot Papers Issued	6,427
Spoilt Ballots	65
Turnout	22%

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• Lorenzo Martinico

  🌟 Elected

  Scottish Green Party

  

• David Craig Ballantine

  Alliance for Democracy and Freedom

  

• Niel Deepnarain

  Scottish Family Party

  

• Pete Gregson

  Workers Party of Britain

  

• Silas McGilvray

  Scottish National Party (SNP)

  

• Andrew McLaughlin

  Reform UK

  

• Peter Olech

  Communist Party of Britain

  

• Liss Owen

  Liberal Democrats

  

• Jim Patrick Wyke

  Labour Party

  

• Haris Young

  Conservative and Unionist Party