2022 East Lothian Council election
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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]
Ward summary
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 |  |
41.0 | 32.6 | 12.426 |  0.5 | |
| SNP | 7 | 2 | 1 |  1 |
32.0 | 28.2 | 11,563 | 0.3 | |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
18.0 | 21.9 | 8,978 | 5.5 | |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4.5 | 9.9 | 4,069 | 5.5 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4.5 | 3.1 | 1,192 | 2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 5.3 | 2,166 | 0.5 | |
| Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.7 | 289 | New | |
| Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.4 | 146 | New | |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 57 | | |
| ISP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 44 | New | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 18 | New | |
Source:[3]
Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[4][5]
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| Musselburgh | 34.33 | 1 | 31.04 | 2 | 14.73 | 0 | 13.47 | 1 | 4.24 | 0 | 2.21 | 0 | 4 |
| Preston, Seton and Gosford | 29.78 | 1 | 39.67 | 2 | 20.46 | 1 | 5.78 | 0 | 3.29 | 0 | 1.02 | 0 | 4 |
| Tranent/Wallyford/Macmerry | 32.97 | 2 | 45.57 | 2 | 13.44 | 0 | 4.09 | 0 | 2.12 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | 4 |
| North Berwick Coastal | 19.86 | 1 | 21.12 | 1 | 38.97 | 1 | 13.16 | 0 | 6.21 | 0 | 0.69 | 0 | 3 |
| Haddington and Lammermuir | 26.19 | 1 | 36.44 | 2 | 21.89 | 1 | 7.37 | 0 | 5.52 | 0 | 2.59 | 0 | 4 |
| Dunbar and East Linton | 26.78 | 1 | 25.25 | 1 | 21.45 | 1 | 15.13 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 | 1.26 | 0 | 3 |
