Christopher Cowdy
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Edinburgh planning committee

Councillor Christopher Cowdy

Fountainbridge / Craiglockhart wardMember, Development Management Sub-Committee

Seen at planning committee from May 2026 to September 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 25agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 58decisions at their meetings

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As at 30 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Edinburgh’s published minutes, Councillor Christopher Cowdy attended 8 of the 8 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from May 2026 to September 2026. On 25 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Cowdy is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
8 of 8100%
Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
Decisions at their meetings
58
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
25
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Declared interests
0
Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.

Voting record

The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote at these meetings, so no vote is counted for Cowdy and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

100%

8 of 8 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 100% (the median of 14 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.

Present
2026

Development Management Sub-Committee: 7 meetings · Planning Committee: 1 meeting

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
30 Sep 2026Development Management Sub-CommitteePresent
16 Sep 2026Development Management Sub-CommitteePresent
2 Sep 2026Development Management Sub-CommitteePresent
19 Aug 2026Development Management Sub-CommitteePresent
5 Aug 2026Development Management Sub-CommitteePresent
24 Jun 2026Development Management Sub-CommitteePresent
17 Jun 2026Planning CommitteePresent
27 May 2026Development Management Sub-CommitteePresent

Decisions

Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.

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Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Cowdy moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.

  • Spoke
    “Dissent In accordance with Standing Order 22.14, Councillor Cowdy requested that his dissent to the above decision be recorded.”
    Minutes, 30 Sep 2026, 5 East Werberside Edinburgh
  • Spoke
    “Dissent In accordance with Standing Order 22.14, Councillor Cowdy requested that his dissent to the above decision be recorded.”
    Minutes, 16 Sep 2026, 1F3 73 Bread Street Edinburgh
  • Spoke
    “Dissent In accordance with Standing Order 22.14, Councillor Cowdy requested that his dissent to the above decision be recorded.”
    Minutes, 16 Sep 2026, 1F1 24 Duncan Street Edinburgh

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Edinburgh’s published planning committee minutes, 23 meetings from August 2025 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.

Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.

Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.

Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.

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