Edinburgh Greens yesterday selected their candidate to stand in the Ward 12 (Leith Walk) by-election on 10 September.
She is Susan Rae, who lives in the area and has experience of local government.
The Greens are keen to maintain their former six-strong presence on the Council, and believe that the single transferable vote system used in the forthcoming contest makes this a real possibility.
After her nomination, Rae commented:
With the Lib Dems and Tories out of the race and the SNP already counting on a straight replacement for Deidre Brock, the only real contest is for the second vacancy between the Greens and Labour.
If Labour were to take that spot it would give them 3 out of the 4 councillors in Leith Walk, way overstating their support.
So I’m confident local voters will see the strong case for keeping a Green councillor as their voice of principled opposition and for investment in decent public services.
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