Eric Milligan: Sighthill / Gorgie

Eric Milligan is councillor for Sighthill/Gorgie Ward, in West Edinburgh. He is the Labour spokesperson on the Planning Committee, and a member of the Education, Children and Families and Economic Development Committees. He is also a member of Lothian and Borders Police Board. He lives with his wife Janis in Kingsknowe in the west of the city.

Twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh and a former convener of both Lothian Regional Council and the City of Edinburgh Council, Eric has been conferred with honorary doctorates from Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot-Watt University and is also Honorary Consul for New Zealand in Scotland. He has served as a councillor since 1974.

Eric is currently President of the Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival and a director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company and the Royal Yacht Britannia Trust. He is a former chairman of the Edinburgh Festival Society and of The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Ltd. Away from public life his interests include football, rugby and music, and he is a keen gardener.