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
Ward results
Preston/Seton/Gosford |
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 |
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 |
|
|
Haddington and Lammermuir |
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 |
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 Since 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