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Longstone Community Council

Politics

The whole of the LCC area falls within the Edinburgh South West Westminster constituency and also within the Edinburgh Pentlands Scottish Parliament constituency.

MP

Joanna Cherry QC (SNP). She can be contacted by emailing her at joanna.cherry.mp@parliament.uk. Details of her regular surgeries can be found here. Her constituency office is located on 139 Dundee St, Edinburgh and it can be reached by calling 0131 600 0156. Her website is https://www.joannacherry.scot/ Twitter: @joannaccherry

MSP

Gordon Macdonald (SNP) is the MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands. His email address at the Parliament is gordon.macdonald.msp@parliament.scot. His local office is at 9 Kingsknowe Park, Edinburgh EH14 2JQ (tel: 0131 443 0595). Details of his surgeries can be found here. The whole of the area we cover falls within Edinburgh Pentlands constituency.

He holds surgeries in Wester Hailes library on the 1st Friday of each month from 10am. There are no surgeries during public and bank holidays. See his latest newsletter at this link. Twitter: @GMacdonaldMSP

His monthly newsletters and website can be accessed here

Residents who live north of the railway in the Sighthill/Gorgie ward are represented on Edinburgh City Council by four councillors, as follows:

Denis Dixon (SNP), who can be reached on 0131 529 4988 or at denis.dixon@edinburgh.gov.uk. See this link for appointments. Twitter: @DenisDixonSNP

Catherine Fullerton (SNP), who can be reached at 0131 529 4993 or at cathy.fullerton@edinburgh.gov.uk. See this link for appointments and this link for her ward report. Twitter: @cathyfullerton

Ross McKenzie (Independent*) email to Cllr.Ross.McKenzie@edinburgh.gov.uk Twitter: @rsmcksg
* Cllr McKenzie resigned from the Labour Group on 23 Feb 2023.

Dan Heap (Greens) email to Cllr.Dan.Heap@edinburgh.gov.uk Twitter: @danheaped

Residents who live south of the railway in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart ward are represented on Edinburgh City Council by three councillors, as follows:


David Key (SNP) Email to david.key@edinburgh.gov.uk
Mobile Surgery - Contact him on 0131 529 3260 to arrange a meeting at a time and place that suits you. Twitter: @davidfkey

Val Walker (Labour) email to Cllr.Val.Walker@edinburgh.gov.uk

Christopher Cowdy (Conservative) email to Cllr.Christopher.Cowdy@edinburgh.gov.uk Mob: 07514318649 
Twitter: @CouncillorCowdy, Facebook: @CouncillorCowdy. Surgeries (during term time only) by appointment only.

Regional MSPs
We are also represented in the Scottish Parliament by 7 MSPs for Lothian region (Miles Briggs, Alison Johnstone, Sarah Boyack, Jeremy Balfour, Foysol Choudhury, Lorna Slater and Sue Webber)

All the above are ex offico members of LCC and are circulated with minutes and dates of our meetings.


 

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