Minutes
Full council, 27 August 2026: a named vote between a motion and an amendment, lost.
For the motion 24, For the amendment 14, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For the motion (24)
- Catherine Fullerton (Scottish National Party)
- Danny Aston (Scottish National Party)
- David Key (Scottish National Party)
- Denis Dixon (Scottish National Party)
- Euan Hyslop (Scottish National Party)
- Finlay McFarlane (Scottish National Party)
- Fiona Glasgow (Scottish National Party)
- Lesley Macinnes (Scottish National Party)
- Martha Mattos Coelho (Scottish National Party)
- Neil Gardiner (Scottish National Party)
- Stuart Dobbin (Scottish National Party)
- Vicky Nicolson (Scottish National Party)
- Alex Staniforth (Green)
- Alys Mumford (Green)
- Ben Parker (Green)
- Chas Booth (Green)
- Claire Miller (Green)
- Dan Heap (Green)
- Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill (Green)
- Steve Burgess (Green)
- Susan Rae (Green)
- Ross McKenzie (Independent)
- McNeese-Meechan (not matched to a member)
- Nols- McVey (not matched to a member)
For the amendment (14)
- Alan Beal (Liberal Democrats)
- Edward Thornley (Liberal Democrats)
- Euan Davidson (Liberal Democrats)
- Fiona Bennett (Liberal Democrats)
- Hal Osler (Liberal Democrats)
- Jack Caldwell (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Lang (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin McKay (Liberal Democrats)
- Lewis Younie (Liberal Democrats)
- Louise Young (Liberal Democrats)
- Neil Ross (Liberal Democrats)
- Pauline Flannery (Liberal Democrats)
- Sanne Dijkstra-Downie (Liberal Democrats)
- Lord Provost (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
as lost, a second vote was then taken between the Motion by Councillor Heap and Amendment 1 by Councillor Davidson. Second Vote The voting was as follows: For the Motion (as adjusted) For Amendment 1 Abstentions - - - 25 votes 14 votes 21 (For the Motion (as adjusted): Councillors Aston, Booth, Burgess, Dixon, Dobbin, Fullerton, Gardiner, Glasgow, Heap, Hyslop, Key, Kinross-O'Neill, Macinnes, Mattos Coelho, McFarlane, McKenzie, McNeese-Meechan, Miller, Mumford, Nicolson, Nols- McVey, Parker, Rae, Staniforth and Work The City of Edinburgh Council – 27 August 2026 Page 42 of 110 For Amendment 1: Lord Provost, Councillors Beal, Bennett, Caldwell, Davidson, Dijkstra-Downie, Flannery, Lang, McKay, Osler, Ross, Thornley, Young and Younie. Abstentions: Councillors Bruce, Lezley Marion Cameron, Cowdy, Cuthbert, Dalgleish, Day, Doggart, Faccenda, Graham, Griffiths, Jenkinson, Jones, Meaghe
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.