Council election in Scotland
The 2022 East Lothian Council election took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections . The election used the 5 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , with 18 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
Scottish Labour retained control of the council, whilst the Scottish Greens won their first ever seat in East Lothian.[1] [2]
Aggregate results [ edit ] 2022 East Lothian Council election[3] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 9 0 0 0 41.0 32.6 12.426 0.53 SNP 7 2 1 1 32.0 28.24 11,563 0.34 Conservative 4 0 3 3 18.0 21.93 8,978 5.47 Scottish Green 1 1 0 1 4.5 9.94 4,069 5.45 Independent 1 1 0 1 4.5 3.12 1,192 2.81 Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.29 2,166 0.54 Alba 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.71 289 New Scottish Family 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.39 146 New TUSC 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.14 57 0.01 ISP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.11 44 New UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.04 18 New
Ward summary [ edit ] Ward results [ edit ] Musselburgh [ edit ] Musselburgh − 4 seats[4] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SNP Cher Cassini 21.70 1,596 Labour Andrew Forrest (incumbent ) [5] 16.44 1,209 1,214 1,222 1,231 1,287 1,425 1,472 Conservative Katie Mackie (incumbent ) 14.71 1,082 1,082 1,100 1,106 1,161 1,172 1,177 1,177 Labour Ruaridh Bennett 14.60 1,074 1,078 1,081 1,091 1,160 1,234 1,276 1,276 Scottish Green Shona Mcintosh 13.47 991 1,001 1,017 1,035 1,100 1,666 SNP Iain Whyte 12.63 929 1,022 1,026 1,056 1,075 Liberal Democrats Susan Butts 4.24 312 313 322 325 Alba Michelle Graham 1.14 84 85 92 Scottish Family Stephen Carter 1.07 79 79 Electorate: 16,636 Valid: 7,356 Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,472 Turnout: 45.0%
Preston Seton and Gosford [ edit ] Preston, Seton and Gosford − 4 seats[6] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labour Colin Yorkston (incumbent ) 24.4 1,569 Conservative Lachlan Bruce (incumbent ) 20.5 1,314 SNP Neil Gilbert (incumbent ) 18.0 1,156 1,160.34 1,160.74 1,185.74 1,199.92 1,203.16 1,313.89 Labour Brooke Ritchie 15.2 978 1,220 1,227 1,232 1,328 SNP Janis Wilson 11.8 756 763 763 774 787 791 914 Scottish Green Tim Porteus 5.8 374 376 376 383 432 439 Liberal Democrats Ben Morse 3.3 211 215 222 229 Alba Paul Brown 1.0 66 66 66 Electorate: 15,109 Valid: 6,421 Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,285 Turnout: 43.4%
Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry [ edit ] Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry − 4 seats[7] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Labour Fiona Dugdale (incumbent ) 24.0 1,437 SNP Kenny McLeod (incumbent ) 21.8 1,307 Labour Colin McGinn (incumbent ) 21.6 1,290 Conservative Gordon Mackett (incumbent ) 13.4 804 838 839 851 853 861 910 934 SNP Lee-Anne Menzies 11.1 666 689 782 791 816 827 837 1,000 1,077 Scottish Green Marnie Stirling 4.1 245 266 269 275 279 297 333 Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Wilson 2.1 127 159 159 167 167 177 TUSC Jimmy Haddow 1.0 57 73 73 80 89 Alba Hazel Hamilton 0.9 51 54 55 57 Electorate: 15,497 Valid: 5,984 Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,197 Turnout: 39.6%
North Berwick Coastal [ edit ] North Berwick Coastal − 3 seats[8] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Labour Carol McFarlane 21.1 1,447 1,449 1,552 1,620 1,971 Conservative Jeremy Findlay (incumbent ) 20.3 1,389 1,391 1,395 1,431 1,468 1,510.93 1,521.78 2,714.1 SNP Liz Allan 19.9 1,360 1,361 1,363 1,383 1,815 Conservative Judy Lockhart-Hunter 18.7 1,280 1,282 1,288 1,338 1,373 1,410.30 1,418 Scottish Green Jacq Cottrell 13.2 901 903 910 1,006 Liberal Democrats Stuart Smith 6.2 425 425 429 Scottish Family Alison Carter 0.4 29 33 UKIP George Cowen 0.3 18 Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,849 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,713 Turnout: 6,927 (39.6%)
Haddington and Lammermuir [ edit ] Haddington and Lammermuir − 4 seats[9] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Conservative George McGuire 21.89 1,714 Labour Shamin Akhtar (incumbent ) 20.75 1,625 Labour John McMillan (incumbent ) 15.68 1,228 1,271.22 1,310.66 1,319.85 1,344.62 1,542.60 1,714.0 SNP Tom Trotter (incumbent ) 14.14 1,107 1,109.06 1,110.52 1,124.35 1,131.73 1,148.86 1,351.07 1,378.05 2,350.54 SNP Graeme MacGregor 12.06 944 945.72 949.63 970.46 982.49 1,003.38 1,154.26 1,168.20 Scottish Green Jackie Swailes 7.37 577 580.94 584.37 591.49 609.29 725.00 Liberal Democrats Stuart Crawford 5.52 432 469.91 474.47 478.73 533.41 Independent David Barrett 0.37 29 132.65 134.27 148.44 Alba Morgwn Davies 1.09 85 85.66 85.86 Electorate: 16,204 Valid: 7,830 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: 7,951 (49.1%)
Dunbar and East Linton [ edit ] Dunbar and East Linton − 3 seats[10] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 SNP Lyn Jardine 26.84 1,742 Labour Norman Hampshire (incumbent ) 25.32 1,643 Conservative Donna Collins 21.49 1,395 1,397.97 1,401.07 1,411.10 1,414.12 1,638.47 Scottish Green Mark James 15.16 984 1,049.02 1,051.99 1,061.52 1,091.10 1,359.02 Liberal Democrats Jacquie Bell 10.15 659 673.32 678.20 687.86 698.45 Scottish Family Timothy Anderson 0.59 38 40.04 40.45 ISP Cris Thacker 0.45 29 40.05 56.34 56.56 Electorate: 16,204 Valid: 6,490 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,627 Turnout: 6,505 (40.1%)
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