East Lothian Council election, 2007
Elections to East Lothian Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.
The election was the first using seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. The new wards replace 23 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
East Lothian Local Election Result 2007 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 7 | N\A | N\A | -9 | 30.4 | 32.6 | 13,514 | |||
SNP | 7 | N\A | N\A | +6 | 30.4 | 26.9 | 11,157 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | N\A | N\A | +5 | 26.1 | 15.4 | 6,391 | |||
Conservative | 2 | N\A | N\A | -2 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 7,209 | |||
Scottish Green | 0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 674 | |||
Solidarity | 0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 221 | |||
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 75 | |||
Independent | 1 | N\A | N\A | 0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 2,200 | |||
Ward results
Musselburgh West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
SNP | John Williamson | 1,427 | 30.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | John McNeil | 1,144 | 24.6 | 2 | 2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Turner | 857 | 18.4 | 3 | 5 | |
Labour | John Ross | 572 | 12.3 | |||
Conservative | Robert Fairnie | 499 | 10.7 | |||
Solidarity | Jack Fraser | 153 | 3.3 | |||
Musselburgh East and Carberry | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
SNP | Roger Knox | 1,256 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Andy Forrest | 1,057 | 21.1 | 2 | 5 | |
Independent | John Caldwell | 937 | 18.7 | 3 | 6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Mollison | 809 | 16.2 | |||
Labour | Pat O'Donnell | 585 | 11.7 | |||
Conservative | Ian Robertson | 281 | 5.6 | |||
Scottish Senior Citizens | Alan Eeles | 75 | 1.5 | |||
Preston/Seton/Gosford | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour | Willie Innes | 2,205 | 30.5 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Peter MacKenzie | 1,906 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 | |
Conservative | Michael Veitch | 1,040 | 14.4 | |||
Labour | Margaret Libberton | 927 | 12.8 | 3 | 3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Currie† | 909 | 12.6 | 4 | 5 | |
Independent | Andy Spence | 244 | 3.4 | |||
Fa'side | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
SNP | Kenny McLeod | 2,065 | 30.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Jim Gillies | 1,348 | 19.8 | 2 | 2 | |
Labour | Donald Grant | 1,118 | 16.4 | 4 | 4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Currie†† | 892 | 13.1 | 3 | 4 | |
Labour | Robert McNeill | 835 | 12.3 | |||
Conservative | Henry Murray-Smith | 540 | 7.9 | |||
North Berwick Coastal | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Conservative | Neil Rankin | 1,837 | 29.7 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | David Berry | 1,670 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Pat Hanson | 980 | 15.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart MacKinnon | 747 | 12.1 | 3 | 5 | |
Conservative | Kathryn Smith | 565 | 9.1 | |||
Scottish Green | Susan Moffat | 393 | 6.3 | |||
Haddington and Lammermuir | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Conservative | Ludovic Broun-Lindsay | 1,317 | 22.6 | 1 | 4 | |
SNP | Tom Trotter | 1,107 | 19.0 | 3 | 4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheena Richardson | 1,041 | 17.9 | 2 | 4 | |
Independent | Charles Ingle | 1,019 | 17.5 | |||
Labour | Ann McCarthy | 985 | 16.9 | |||
Scottish Green | Eurig Scandrett | 281 | 4.8 | |||
Solidarity | Gary Galbraith | 68 | 1.2 | |||
Dunbar and East Linton | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
SNP | Paul McLennan | 1,726 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacquie Bell | 1,136 | 19.8 | 3 | 3 | |
Conservative | Katie Mackie | 1,130 | 19.7 | |||
Labour | Norman Hampshire | 1,033 | 18.0 | 2 | 3 | |
Labour | Herbert Coutts | 725 | 12.6 | |||
Changes after 2007
- † Stuart Currie defected from the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party on 11 August 2009
- †† Ruth Currie defected from the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party on 11 August 2009
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