Drum Brae/Gyle ward covers the communities of Barntongate, Bughtlin, Clermiston, Clerwood, Drum Brae, East Craigs, Forrester Park, North Gyle, Parkgrove, South Gyle and parts of 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 is currently the Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the Council.
Together with Councillor Robert Aldridge, he is campaigning for:
He sits on the Culture & Communities and Policy & Sustainability 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.
After over 40 years of continuous service to our local community on Edinburgh City Council, Councillor Robert Aldridge will retire at the next local Council election next year.
Eloise Martin will be standing alongside Councillor Ed Thornley, for the local Lib Dem team in Drum Brae/Gyle.
Working with the Lib Dem team for a number of years, Eloise has been helping residents across our area – working with Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Ed Thornley to protect Drum Brae Park, and to push the Council to get basic services right for local people.
The Council's plans to deliver the long-awaited upgrade of the playpark in Clermiston Park over the summer have been delayed.
Residents have been in touch with the Lib Dem team concerned about the state of local cemeteries, and how the Council is maintaining them.
The spring and summer have seen an increase in anti-social behaviour at Craigievar House, the future of which remains uncertain even three years after the fire.
The Council is planning several road safety changes in Clerwood, especially around the Fox Covert campus, to coincide with the expected rebuilding work.
Lib Dem councillors have called on the Scottish Government to treat Edinburgh fairly under the new £2 bus cap.
The Council's work in advance of a decision on whether to install a bus gate on Turnhouse Road is continuing.
The list of roads and pavements which will be repaired or resurfaced this year has now been agreed.
After a three-year campaign, it's great to see the work on the Torwood path finally completed and open to the public.
As part of the budget setting process for 2026/27, the Council is considering ways to spend the revenues to be raised next year from the transient visitor levy (TVL).
The Council's 'Pride in Our City' team, which is working it's way round the city to clean up our streets, spent January working on several parts of Drum Brae/Gyle.
After a three-year campaign, work has finally begun to upgrade the path behind Torwood Crescent.
An important update on the Turnhouse Road Bus Gate.