The City of Edinburgh Council is responsible for providing political leadership and governance for a comprehensive range of services across the city. Fifty-eight councillors representing 17 wards within the City of Edinburgh are elected every four years.
Key areas
Council business
How the Council works, Council committees, Councillor information, Find your local councillor, Council wards, Edinburgh's Lord provost, Council procedures and standing orders, Councillors Code of Conduct, A guide to Council departments, Council Papers Online, Council consultations, Council forms,
Council publications
A-Z of Council Services, Edinburgh Outlook, Key Facts and Figures booklet, Learning publications, Freedom of Information publication scheme, Council Papers Online,
Council policies and plans
Corporate Plan, Single Outcome Agreement, Community Plan, Service Plans,
Council tax, finance, and funding
Council tax, Council budget, Council financial statements, Council grants, Stop Benefit Fraud,
Council consultations, complaints, and compliments
Council consultations, Edinburgh Household Survey, The complaints procedure, Customer Care
Council performance
How are we performing? Best Value Audit of the Council, Departmental Service Plans, Chief Executive's Annual Report
Community planning and partnership working
Community planning and neighbourhood management, Edinburgh Compact, Edinburgh Business Assembly, Glasgow-Edinburgh collaboration, Youngedinburgh
Wider democracy
International Relations, European union, Parliamentary liaison
New in this section
Glasgow-Edinburgh collaboration - find out more about partnership working between the two cities.
Council Single Outcome Agreement - access the SOA which sets out the Council's local outcomes aligned to the Scottish Government's 15 National Outcomes
