Edinburgh election 2012 live results By IAN SWANSON Published on Friday 4 May 2012 13:42 Fountain-Craiglockhart: SNP and Greens both gain at expense of Tories and Lib Dem Colinton/Fairmilehead: SNP snatch seat from Labour Midlothian East: Lisa Beattie (SNP), Peter Boyes (Lab) relected, Peter de Vink (Ind) elected. Linlithgow: Tom Conn (Labour), Martyn Day (SNP), Tom Kerr (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party). Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh: Tony Boyle (Labour), Diane Calder (SNP), Janet Campbell (SNP), Alex Davidson (Labour). Livingston North: - Robert De Bold (SNP), Anne McMillan (Labour), Andrew Miller (SNP), Angela Moohan (Labour). Livingston South: Lawrence Fitzpatrick (Labour Party), Peter Johnston (SNP), Danny Logue (Labour), John Muir (SNP). East Livingston and East Calder: Frank Anderson (SNP), Carl John (SNP), Dave King (Labour), Frank Toner (Labour). Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley: David Dodds (Labour), Greg McCarra (SNP), Cathy Muldoon (Labour). Dunbar and East Linton: Paul McLennan (SNP), Norman Hampshire (Labour) and Michael Veitch (Conservative) elected. Haddington and Lammermuir: Ludovic Broun-Lindsay (Conservative), John McMillan (Labour) and Tom Trotter (SNP). North Berwick Coastal: Conservative Tim Day, Labour Jim Goodfellow and SNP'S Dave Berry. Preston/Seton/Gosford: Labour's Willie Innes and Margaret Libberton and SNP's Peter MacKenzie and Steve Brown elected. Musselburgh East and Carberry: John Caldwell (Ind), Stuart Currie (SNP), Andy Forrest (Lab) elected. Musselburgh West: John McNeil (Lab), John Williamson (SNP), Fraser McAllister (SNP) elected. Midlothian West: SNP Owen Thompson, Lab Russell Imrie, SNP Andrew Coventry elected. Lib Dem Les Thacker loses his seat. East Lothian: Lab 10 Cllrs, SNP 9, Cons 3, and 1 Independent Sighthill/Gorgie: SNP Dixon, SNP Fullerton, Lab Milligan, and Lab Wilson elected Dalkeith: Lab Alex Bennett, SNP Jim Bryant and Lab Margot Russell elected Inverleith: Lab Lesley Hinds, SNP Gavin Barrie (new), Tory Iain Whyte, Greens Nigel Bagshaw (new) Forth: Lab Cammy Day, Cons Allan Jackson, SNP Steve Cardownie, and Lab Vicky Redpath elected Bonnyrigg: Lab Derek Milligan, SNP Bob Constable, and Greens Ian Baxter Drumbrae: Labour's Karen Keil elected on 1st preferance votes. Low turnout as battle rages for control of council THE FIRST results have been announced in the battle for Edinburgh's city chambers with turnout falling as low as 10 percent in some areas of the Capital. The main party leaders were gathered at the electronic count at Meadowbank where the political future of Edinburgh will be decided. No party has put up enough candidates for a majority so a coalition of some kind is almost inevitable. The Lib Dems who have led a coalition administration with the SNP for the last five years were expected to do badly. Former City leader Jenny Dawe sank to fifth in the first preference vote in Meadows/Morningside. And there was humiliation for the party in Pentlands as they came behind Independent "peguin" Professor Pongoo, who got nearly 450 votes. SNP leader Steve Cardownie was returned in the Forth ward where Labour secured also gained a councillor. In Almond ward,the first result to be declared, SNP councillor Norman Work wa returned with enough first preferences to be elected on the first count. New Tory candidate Lindsay Paterson was also elected at the first count, replacing Councillor Kate Mackenzie who stepped down at the election. And Lib Dem Alastair Shields was elected in place of retiring Lod Provost George Grubb. Cllr Work said he believed he had attracted a substantial personal vote, especially from Queensferry where he lives. I lived up to my name and I'm very grateful the people have shown their faith in me. Labour's Ricky Henderson was elected on the first count in Pentland Hills ward,as was the SNP's new candidate Bill Henderson. The Tories, who fielded two candidates in Pentland Hills to replace retiring councillor Alastair Paisley, managed to get Dominic Heslop elected but colleague Sheila Low lost out. There was disappointment for Labour in Corstorphine/Murrayfield where former policeman Tom McInally failed to get in. Tory group leader Jeremy Balfour and Lib Dem Paul Edie were re-elected, along with the SNP's Frank Ross. Cllr Edie said: "It's a difficult time in the party nationally. We were hit with the twin things - reaction to being in government and the trams played a big part as well. SNP councillor Colin Cairns, who failed to get reselected in Pentland Hills ward, was elected as councillor for Drum Brae / Gyle instead, replacing Colin Keir who stood down to concentrate on his role as an MSP. Cllr Cairns said the result showed voters had realised claims by some in the party that he had not done enough work were "a lot of rubbish." He said: "When people said I didn't do enough what they meant was I was not politicall active. Everything I did was in the name of the SNP but I worked for the people of Currie and Balerno and the rest of the ward. There had been predictions of a low turnout and with sources suggesting turnout in Inch was around 50 pc, compared to only 10 pc in Southhouse. Cllr Cardownie said: "No politician is pleased with a low turnout - it weakens the mandate they have." One voter is even said to have used the ballot paper as a protest against the trams scrawling "TRAMS - ENOUGH SAID, EH?."