Lesley Hinds is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland from 2003 to 2007.
Early life and education
Hinds was born on 3 August 1956 in Dundee, Scotland to Kenneth and Ena Nicol. She attended Kirkton High School in Dundee and studied at Dundee College of Education.
Hinds was the convener of Edinburgh Council's Transport and Environment Committee from 2012 to 2017.
In 2016 Councillor Hinds announced that she was stepping down from politics and did not contest the Labour Seat of Edinburgh North and Leith, or stand in the 2017 local elections.
Personal life
In 1977 she married Martin Hinds. Together they have a daughter and a son.