East Lothian Council elections
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Local government elections in East Lothian, Scotland
East Lothian Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.
As a district council
| Year | Labour | SNP | Conservative | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984[a] | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1[b] |
| 1992 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
As a unitary authority
| Year | Labour | SNP | Conservative | Green | Liberal Democrats | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999[a] | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007[b] | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2012 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017[c] | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Results maps
1995 results map
1999 results map
2003 results map
2007 results map
2012 results map
2017 results map
2022 results map
By-elections
2017-2022
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Craig Hoy | 35.0 | 2,212 | 2,249 | 2,428 | 2,759 | 3,277 | |
| SNP | Lorraine Glass | 29.5 | 1,866 | 1,874 | 2,044 | 2,469 | ||
| Labour | Neal Black | 21.5 | 1,359 | 1,370 | 1,589 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Crawford | 12.3 | 774 | 782 | ||||
| UKIP | David Sisson | 1.7 | 108 | |||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
| Valid: 6,319 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 3,160 Turnout: 6,363 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Colin Yorkston | 38.5 | 1,793 | 1,815 | 1,861 | 1,927 | 2,390 | |
| SNP | Janis Wilson | 26.2 | 1,217 | 1,242 | 1,258 | 1,391 | 1,458 | |
| Conservative | Andy Ovens | 24.8 | 1,154 | 1,173 | 1,204 | 1,212 | ||
| Scottish Green | Tim Porteus | 5.p | 231 | 241 | 266 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Morse | 2.9 | 136 | 154 | ||||
| Independent | Calum Miller | 2.6 | 122 | |||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
| Valid: 4,696 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 2,327 Turnout: 4,739 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - East Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - East Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ↑ "Candidate votes per stage report". East Lothian Council. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ↑ "East Lothian Council by-election results - 22 January 2022 | Election results". Eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
