Community Councils

Community Council Elections 2025

Notice of Community Council Election 2025

A second call for nominations opened on 27 March 2025 for the following 8 community councils.

Download a nomination form by clicking on the community council name above (an example completed nomination form is available here)

Local Interest Group Nomination Form available here (an example completed Local Interest Group nomination form is available here)

Please return completed forms by

email to community.councils@edinburgh.gov.uk (see tips below).
post to the Governance Team, The City of Edinburgh Council, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG.
hand in to Waverley Court reception.

The quickest method to return completed nomination forms is by email to the Governance Team at community.councils@edinburgh.gov.uk

If you choose to return by hand or by post please ensure you allow sufficient time for the nomination form to be received before the deadline at 4pm on Thursday 17 April 2025. Late nominations will not be accepted.

Nominations close at 4pm on Thursday 17 April 2025.

Completing your nomination form

Please review the example Nomination Paper for Community Council Elected Representative and the example Local Interest Group Registration and Nomination Form. All sections in yellow must be completed.

Tips

‘We being persons residing in and appearing on the electoral register for the area of’ – ‘area’ means the community council area that you are being nominated for. This is pre-populated on your nomination form.
Your Proposers and Seconders must live in the community council area you are being nominated for.
Someone may only propose or act as a seconder for one person.
The nomination form must be signed in ink by all parties. We will not accept forms with typed signatures.
You can take a mobile phone picture or scan of the nomination form (complete with ink signatures) then return it to us by email.
We will let you know when we have assessed your nomination, advising if it is valid or not valid.
Do not give your completed form to a ward councillor or hand in to any other council building.

If you are successful, you will be required to sign a Declaration of Acceptance at the first community council meeting declaring that, having been elected to the office of Community Councillor.

you accept the office
you undertake that you will fulfil the duties of office according to the best of your judgement and ability
in doing so you will comply with the requirements and code of conduct set out in the City of Edinburgh Council Scheme for Community Councils.

A copy of the Declaration of Acceptance can be viewed on our website.

Community Council election timescales

Here is a breakdown of the important dates

nomination period runs from 27 March 2025 until 17 April 2025. This is when you can nominate yourself to stand for election as a community councillor for the 8 community councils.
election date (if needed) will be 15 May 2025. An election will only be held in a community council area if there are more people nominated than places on the community council
new community council term will start on 28 March 2025. It will last four years.

Nominations are for the 8 community councils agreed in the new Scheme for Community Councils and new boundaries which were approved by Council on 26 September 2024. The Scheme and Boundaries agreed on 26 September 2024 took effect on 28 March 2025.

The other 39 community councils received sufficient nominations to form during the previous nomination period and will establish once the new terms starts on 28 March 2025 and the results are available here - Community Council Elections 2025 results / Local Interest Group results

Contact your local community council

If you would like to find out which community council is local to you and contact the currrent members for more information about what they do, you can get details on either

You can also fiind out more about the important role commmnity councils play on the Scottish community council website. The website has lots of resources as well as case studies and videos on the work of community councils.