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.

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 Third party   LAB SNP CON Leader Norman Hampshire Lyn Jardine Lachlan Bruce Party Labour SNP Conservative Leader's seat Dunbar and East Linton Dunbar and East Linton North Berwick Coastal Last election 9 seats 6 seats 7 seats Seats won 9 7 4 Seat change 0 1 3 First preferences 32.6% 28.24% 21.93% First preferences (%) 12,426 11,563 8,978 Swing (pp) 0.53% 0.34% 5.47%   Fourth party Fifth party   GRN IND Leader Shona Mcintosh Party Scottish Green Independents Leader's seat Musselburgh Last election 0 seats 0 seats Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 First preferences 9.94% 3.12% First preferences (%) 4,069 1,192 Swing (pp) 5.45% 2.81%
Overall Result Labour vote share by wards SNP vote share by wards Conservative vote share by wards Green vote share by wards
Council Leader before election Norman Hampshire Labour Council Leader after election Norman Hampshire Labour

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	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

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: 12,181   Valid: 6,849   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,713   Turnout: 6,927 (56.9%)

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%)