Previous by-elections
See previous by-election winning candidates below:
- Ward 12 - Leith Walk (2019) - Rob Munn - SNP
- Ward 16 - Liberton / Gilmerton (2013) - Keith John Robson - Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate
- Ward 12 - Leith Walk (2012) - John Lewis Ritchie - SNP
- Ward 11 - City Centre (2011) - Alasdair Rankin - SNP
- Ward 16 - Liberton / Gilmerton (2010) - Bill Cook - Scottish Labour Party
- Ward 4 - Forth (2008) - Cammy Day - Scottish Labour Party
- Murrayfield (2005) - Jeremy Balfour - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party