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2 July 1930—12 June 2024

In the General Election, Edinburgh North & Leith constituency, 78,411 people were registered to vote. There was a 63% turnout (13.6% down on 2019). This compares with a 64.09% turnout across Edinburgh as a whole. 

The comments thread below yesterday's piece on 'Picardy Place planting progress' has grown too long for the page where it started.

While we await a technical fix, additional comments will be posted on this page instead.

Polling stations will open tomorrow (4 July) at 7am and close at 10pm.

An indoor entanglement. 

No. 37 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.

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Leith Central Community Council alleges muddled details, murky daylight and ill effects on local community

Leith Central Community Council has joined 76 other objectors in opposing Unite Group PLC’s applica

As you read this, advance copies of the July Spurtle are already scattering across the barony like political door-steppers fleeing an XL Bully who doesn’t intend to vote.

On this page, we will publish responses from candidates who, for whatever reason, were unable to answer questions or have answers read out at the Spurtle's General Election hustings on 24 June. See our summary here.

There were many other questions for which there was no time on the night. All candidates have been invited to answer these, although we recognise that some may be too busy at this stage in their campaigns to do so.

What the candidates said and how they fared