Community Council elections 2025
Community Council Elections – Nominations open 6 February 2025
Download a nomination form and return completed forms by
- email to community.councils@edinburgh.gov.uk
- post or hand in to the Governance Team at City Chambers, High Street, EDINBURGH, EH1 1YJ or Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, EDINBURGH, EH8 8BG.
Nominations close at 4pm on Thursday 27 February 2025.
Completing your nomination form
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.
- 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.
Successful candidates 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, they accept the office and undertake that they will fulfil the duties of it according to the best of their judgement and ability and in doing so comply with the requirements and standards of conduct contained in the City of Edinburgh Council Scheme for Community Councils .
Community Council election timescales
The next Community Council elections will start in February 2025. Here is a breakdown of the important dates.
- Notice of Election will be published on 5 February 2025
- the nomination period runs from 6 February 2025 until 27 February 2025. This is when you can nominate yourself to stand for election as a community councillor.
- election date (if needed) will be 27 March 2025. An election will only be held in a community council area if there are more people nominated than places on the community council.
- the new community council term will start on 28 March 2025. It will last four years.
Nominations are for the community councils agreed in the new Scheme for Community Councils and new boundaries which were approved by . These will take effect when the community council election process ends on 28 March 2025.
The next community council elections are planned for 2029 though these timescales may move if circumstances change.
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 . The website has lots of resources as well as case studies and videos on the work of community councils.