2007 East Lothian Council election

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2007 East Lothian Council election

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All 23 seats to East Lothian Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Last election 17 seats, 40.6% 1 seat, 19.2% 1 seat, 14.9% Seats before 17 1 1 Seats won 7 7 6 Seat change 10 6 5   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 4 seats, 23.1% 0 seats, 0.6% Seats before 4 0 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1
The multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Labour Council Leader after election Paul Stewart McLennan SNP

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 elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. The wards replaced 23 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The Labour majority administration was replaced by a coalition between the SNP and Liberal Democrats, led by the SNP's Paul Stewart McLennan.

Election results

East Lothian local election result 2007 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	N\A	N\A	-9	30.4	32.6	13,514
	SNP	7	N\A	N\A	+6	30.4	26.9	11,157
	Liberal Democrats	6	N\A	N\A	+5	26.1	15.4	6,391
	Conservative	2	N\A	N\A	-2	8.7	17.4	7,209
	Green	0	N\A	N\A	0	0.0	1.6	674
	Solidarity	0	N\A	N\A	0	0.0	0.5	221
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	N\A	N\A	0	0.0	0.2	75
	Independent	1	N\A	N\A	0	4.3	5.3	2,200

Ward results

Musselburgh West

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	John Williamson	1,427	30.7	1	1
	Labour	John McNeil	1,144	24.6	2	2
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Turner	857	18.4	3	5
	Labour	John Ross	572	12.3
	Conservative	Robert Fairnie	499	10.7
	Solidarity	Jack Fraser	153	3.3

Musselburgh East and Carberry

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Roger Knox	1,256	25.1	1	1
	Labour	Andy Forrest	1,057	21.1	2	5
	Independent	John Caldwell	937	18.7	3	6
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Mollison	809	16.2
	Labour	Pat O'Donnell	585	11.7
	Conservative	Ian Robertson	281	5.6
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Alan Eeles	75	1.5

Preston/Seton/Gosford

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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	FPv%	%	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

North Berwick Coastal

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Neil Rankin	1,837	29.7	1	1
	SNP	David Berry	1,670	27.0	2	1
	Labour	Pat Hanson	980	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart MacKinnon	747	12.1	3	5
	Conservative	Kathryn Smith	565	9.1
	Green	Susan Moffat	393	6.3

Haddington and Lammermuir

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Green	Eurig Scandrett	281	4.8
	Solidarity	Gary Galbraith	68	1.2

Dunbar and East Linton

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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 after 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

References

1. "Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
2. "Local Election Results 2007 - East Lothian". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 18 February 2024.