East Lothian Council elections

East Lothian Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year	Labour	SNP	Conservative	Independent
1974	10	0	6	1
1977	9	0	8	0
1980	10	0	7	0
1984 [a]	12	0	5	0
1988	12	0	4	1 [b]
1992	9	1	7	0

1. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
2. Independent Labour.

As a unitary authority

Year	Labour	SNP	Conservative	Green	Liberal Democrats	Independent
1995	15	0	3	0	0	0
1999 [a]	17	1	5	0	0	0
2003	17	1	4	0	1	0
2007 [b]	7	7	2	0	6	1
2012	10	9	3	0	0	1
2017 [c]	9	6	7	0	0	0
2022	9	7	4	1	0	1

1. New ward boundaries. ^[2]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[3]

Results maps

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  1995 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2022 results map

By-elections

2017-2022

Haddington and Lammermuir By-Election 9 May 2019 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Craig Hoy	35.0	2,212	2,249	2,428	2,759	3,277
	SNP	Lorraine Glass	29.5	1,866	1,874	2,044	2,469
	Labour	Neal Black	21.5	1,359	1,370	1,589
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Crawford	12.3	774	782
	UKIP	David Sisson	1.7	108
	Conservative hold
Valid: 6,319  Spoilt: 44  Quota: 3,160  Turnout: 6,363

Preston, Seton and Gosford By-Election 20 January 2022 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Colin Yorkston	38.5	1,793	1,815	1,861	1,927	2,390
	SNP	Janis Wilson	26.2	1,217	1,242	1,258	1,391	1,458
	Conservative	Andy Ovens	24.8	1,154	1,173	1,204	1,212
	Scottish Green	Tim Porteus	5.p	231	241	266
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Morse	2.9	136	154
	Independent	Calum Miller	2.6	122
	Labour hold
Valid: 4,696  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 2,327  Turnout: 4,739

References

1. "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
2. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - East Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - East Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
4. "Candidate votes per stage report". East Lothian Council. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
5. "East Lothian Council by-election results - 22 January 2022 | Election results". Eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.