Edinburgh Conservatives have been accused of failing to promote diversity in the City Chambers after it was revealed only four of their 20 local election candidates are women.
The list of Tory hopefuls announced ahead of May's vote is the least gender-balanced of all of the city's main parties, with 80 per cent of candidates male.
Labour, who have selected 11 women and eight men to stand in the capital, is the only party with more than half of all candidates female, whilst 12 of the SNP's 25 council contenders are women.
