Council by-elections · Edinburgh
Southside/Newington by-election
Polls closed on 3 September 2026 from 7am to 10pm. One seat on Edinburgh, contested by 13 candidates.
Polls have closed and the count is under way. We will publish the result here once the council declares it. We would rather leave this blank than print a projection.
Who is standing
Every candidate on the ballot paper, in alphabetical order, exactly as the council published them.
- Artie KhovanovLiberal Democrats
- Derrick EmmsEdinburgh & East Lothian People
- Gary NeillReform UK
- Isabella Gastel AlejandreScottish Green Party
- Marc WilkinsonEdinburgh & East Lothian People
- Mark RowbothamEdinburgh & East Lothian People
- Nick LaydenConservative and Unionist Party
- Richard Crewe LucasScottish Family Party
- Richard ShillcockCommunist Party of Britain
- Roisin KeirdashianIndependent
- Ruth ElliottLabour Party
- Sam Alexander MackenzieScottish National Party (SNP)
- Sean McGregor MoffatAlliance for Democracy and Freedom
Party names link to our own page on where that party stands. Candidates standing as independents, or for parties we do not cover, are listed without a link rather than pointed somewhere that does not describe them.