Dunbar and East Linton (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Dunbar and East Linton is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jacquie Bell (Liberal Democrats)		Paul McLennan (SNP)		Norman Hampshire (Labour)
2012		Michael George Veitch (Conservative)
2017	Sue Kempson (Conservative)
2022	Donna Collins (Conservative)	Lyn Jardine (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 East Lothian Council election ^[2]

Dunbar and East Linton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Sue Kempson	29.86	1,834
	Labour	Norman Hampshire (incumbent)	26.59	1,633
	SNP	Paul McLennan (incumbent)	17.04	1,047	1,054	1,064	1,094	1,199	2,216
	SNP	Isobel Knox	13.2	811	819	828	852	1,177
	Scottish Green	Sarah Beattie-Smith	8.79	540	569	584	761
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Wilson	4.49	276	392	421
Electorate: 10,995  Valid: 6,141  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 1,536  Turnout: 56.4%

2012 Election

2012 East Lothian Council election

Dunbar and East Linton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Norman Hampshire (incumbent)	25.49	1,191
	SNP	Paul Stewart McLennan (incumbent)	24.78	1,158	1,160	1,195
	Conservative	Michael George Veitch	21.04	983	983.8	1,072.9	1,074.7	1,185.9
	SNP	Isobel Margaret Knox	14.04	656	657.1	681.1	702.7	805.1
	Labour	Hayley Flanagan	9.50	444	460.1	516.3	517.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Burt Taylor	5.16	241	241.5
Electorate: 9,760  Valid: 4,673  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 1,169  Turnout: 4,744 (47.88%)

2007 Election

2007 East Lothian Council election

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

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. East Lothian Council. "Council Election Results - 4 May 2017 | Election results | East Lothian Council". eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.