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

Dr Scott Arthur (Labour) can be contacted by emailing him at scott.arthur.mp@parliament.uk. He hosts surgeries on the first Saturday of each month at Fountainbridge Library (11.15am -12.15pm) and Oxgangs Library (4.00pm - 5.00pm). Constituency office Tel: 0131 322 3225. Sign up to his Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/EdSWNewsletter Website: https://drscottarthur.scot  Bluesky: @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social Twitter: @DrScottArthurMP

Sumita Kumar (SNP) is the MSP for Edinburgh South Western. Her email address at the Parliament is Simita.Kumar.msp@parliament.scot. Her local office is TBC. Details of her surgeries can be found here. The whole of the area we cover falls within Edinburgh South Western.

She holds surgeries in TBC. Bluesky: simitakumar.bsky.social Twitter: @SimitaSKumar

Her monthly newsletters and website can be accessed TBC

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 (Green*) email to Cllr.Ross.McKenzie@edinburgh.gov.uk Bluesky: @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social Twitter: @rsmcksg
* Cllr McKenzie resigned from the Labour Group on 23/02/2023 and servered as an Independant until 08/12/2025, when he joined the Green Group as a Green Aligned Independant. 

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

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Residents who live south of the railway in the 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. Bluesky: @davidfkey.bsky.social Twitter: @davidfkey

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.

Kevin McKay (Lib Dem) Email to cllr.kevin.mckay@edinburgh.gov.uk Contact him on 0131 529 3170

Regional MSPs
We are also represented in the Scottish Parliament by 7 MSPs for Edinburgh and Lothians East - Kate Nevens (Green), Q Manivannan (Green), Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill (Green), Irshad Ahmed (Labour), Katherine Sangster (Labour), Miles Briggs (Con), and Angela Ross (Reform).

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

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