Drum Brae/Gyle ward covers the communities of Barntongate, Bughtlin, Clermiston, Clerwood, Drum Brae, East Craigs, Forrester Park, North Gyle, Parkgrove, South Gyle and West Craigs.
Working as a team with Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Christine Jardine MP, local councillors Robert Aldridge and Ed Thornley are strong voices for the area and fight hard to get things done locally.
Ed has been a councillor since 2022, and lives locally in East Craigs. He believes in ensuring our communities across Drum Brae / Gyle ward receive the best possible Council services.
Together with Councillor Robert Aldridge, he is campaigning for:
He sits on the Culture and Communities and Planning Committees.
Robert has been a councillor for Drum Brae/Gyle for over 30 years and he lives locally in Barntongate.
Robert was unanimously elected as Edinburgh's Lord Provost, meaning he chairs meetings of the Council and is also the civic head of the city and the ex-officio Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
Robert has a long record of service and action for and with the local community and he has a strong reputation for getting things done.
For all his time as a councillor, Robert has fought to protect local green spaces from development. Most recently he opposed the recently rejected development proposals for yet more housing on greenbelt at Cammo.
We are very concerned that the pedestrian crossing outside St Thomas' Church has still not been restored. Local councillor Ed Thornley said, "The...
The Corstorphine Christmas Support Project is taking place right across the area (including all communities in Drum Brae/Gyle) again this year.
Residents in Clerwood recently presented us with a petition calling for proper solutions to the dangerous parking situation around St Andrews and Fox Covert Primaries.
Works are now coming to a close on finally fixing many of the road and pavement surfaces in Craigmount.
In October, a cycle lane was painted onto Maybury Drive without any notification of local councillors or residents.
Since the decision by Lothian Buses to move the No.41 bus from travelling down Queensferry, many residents have been left frustrated at the lack of an adequate replacement service.
There have again been lots of issues regarding flooding this autumn, with serious cases in North Gyle, especially on North Gyle Road, Avenue and Loan, and across the Gogarloch estate.
Residents have been in touch asking about the path running between Torwood Crescent and Meadow Place Road. The surface is very damaged and there is also exposed wiring.
