EXCLUSIVE: Louise Spence won the November 14th contest in Colinton/Fairmilehead for the Lib Dems as a 'local' champion, but on November 15th her house was put up for sale.
A Scottish Lib Dem elected to Edinburgh Council last week has quit after her house was put on the market just one day after running a campaign about living locally. Louise Spence has stood down over a change in "circumstances". Her party said that for personal reasons she would be spending time outside of Edinburgh , but would not say if it was abroad.
Spence won in the Colinton/Fairmilehead ward on November 14 after a hard fought election that saw her take the seat from Labour. A key part of her campaign was trumpeting her local roots and criticising rivals for living in different parts of the city. But we found out Spence’s home in Colinton was put on the market on November 15th - the day after the election. The four bedroom detached bungalow is available at offers over £730,000. The Lib Dems told us Spence would be splitting her time between Edinburgh and somewhere outside of Edinburgh. They did not say if it was overseas or in another part of the UK.
“This is why I have made the difficult decision to resign my council seat. With another by-election already due in the ward in February because of the SNP councillor’s resignation, my decision means this new vacancy can be filled at the same time; at no extra cost to the taxpayer. This is clearly the right thing to do for Colinton & Fairmilehead.
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