2022 East Lothian Council election
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All 22 seats to East Lothian Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
LAB
SNP
Leader Norman Hampshire Lyn Jardine
Party Labour SNP
Leader's seat Dunbar and East Linton Dunbar and East Linton
Last election 9 seats 6 seats
Seats won 9 7
Seat change Steady0 Increase1
First preferences 32.6% 28.24%
First preferences (%) 12,426 11,563
Swing (pp) Decrease0.53% Increase0.34%
  Third party Fourth party Fifth party
 
CON
GRN
IND
Leader Jane Henderson Shona Mcintosh
Party Conservative Scottish Green Independents
Leader's seat North Berwick Coastal Musselburgh
Last election 7 seats 0 seats 0 seats
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change Decrease3 Increase1 Increase1
First preferences 21.93% 9.94% 3.12%
First preferences (%) 8,978 4,069 1,192
Swing (pp) Decrease5.47% Increase5.45% Increase2.81%
Council Leader before election

Norman Hampshire
Labour

Council Leader after election

Norman Hampshire
Labour

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

2022 East Lothian Council election[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 0 0 Steady0 41.0 32.6 12.426 Decrease0.53
  SNP 7 2 1 Increase1 32.0 28.24 11,563 Increase0.34
  Conservative 4 0 3 Decrease3 18.0 21.93 8,978 Decrease5.47
  Scottish Green 1 1 0 Increase1 4.5 9.94 4,069 Increase5.45
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 4.5 3.12 1,192 Increase2.81
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 5.29 2,166 Increase0.54
  Alba 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.71 289 New
  Scottish Family 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.39 146 New
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.14 57 Decrease0.01
  ISP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.11 44 New
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.04 18 New

Ward summary

Results of the 2022 East Lothian Council election
by ward
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SNP Lab Conservative Green Lib Dem Others
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

Ward results

Musselburgh

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

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

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

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

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

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%)  

References

  1. ^ Berkeley, Sam (6 May 2022). "East Lothian Council election 2022: Labour finish as largest party as Greens win first ever seat". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ Berkeley, Sam (6 May 2022). "Musselburgh ward election result: Greens make history, Bennett successful". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Council election results 5 May 2022 - summary | Council elections results". East Lothian Council. 5 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Ward 1 (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
  5. ^ "Andrew Forrest (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
  6. ^ "Ward 2 (Preston, Seton and Gosford): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
  7. ^ "Ward 3 (Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
  8. ^ "Ward 4 (North Berwick Coastal): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
  9. ^ "Ward 5 (Haddington and Lammermuir): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
  10. ^ "Ward 6 (Dunbar and East Linton): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
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