Midlothian Council elections

Midlothian 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	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal [a]	Independent
1974	1	11	2	0	1
1977	5	7	2	0	1
1980 [b]	0	13	0	1	1
1984	0	14	1	1	0
1988	0	14	1	0	0
1992	1	12	1	0	0

1. Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1995.
2. New ward boundaries. ^[1]

As a unitary authority

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independent
1995	2	13	0	0	0	0
1999 [a]	0	17	0	1	0	0
2003	0	15	0	2	0	1
2007 [b]	6	9	0	3	0	0
2012	8	8	0	0	1	1
2017 [c]	6	7	5	0	0	0
2022	8	7	3	0	0	0

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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  1980 results map
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  1988 results map
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  1992 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

By-elections

2003-2007

Dalkeith/Woodburn By-Election 17 March 2005 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		742	52.6	+30.4
	Labour		418	29.6	−18.6
	SNP		179	12.7	−4.9
	Scottish Socialist		48	3.4	−5.3
	Conservative		24	1.7	−1.6
Majority			324	23.0
Turnout			1,411
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Loanhead By-Election 10 November 2005 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Owen Thompson [6]	768	45.4	+29.3
	Labour		311	18.4	−15.4
	Independent		268	15.8	+15.8
	Independent		217	12.8	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats		97	5.7	−5.3
	Conservative		13	0.8	−3.8
	Independent		9	0.5	+0.5
	Scottish Green		8	0.5	+0.5
Majority			457	27.0
Turnout			1,691
	SNP gain from Independent		Swing

2012-2017

Midlothian East By-Election 27 November 2014 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Kenny Young	32.9	1,294	1,310	1,343	1,443	1,682
	SNP	Colin Cassidy	32.1	1,260	1,270	1,357	1,384	1,613
	Independent	Robert Hogg	19.8	780	789	831	914
	Conservative	Andrew Hardie	8.4	331	342	359
	Scottish Green	Bill Kerr-Smith	5.0	197	210
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Davidson	1.7	68
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,930  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 1,966  Turnout: 3,970

Midlothian West By-Election 10 September 2015 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Kelly Parry	43.2	1,540	1,558	1,701
	Labour	Ian Miller	26.5	945	977	1,082
	Conservative	Pauline Winchester	14.7	524	570	618
	Scottish Green	Daya Feldwick	10.4	372	420
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Davidson	4.5	162
	Independent	David Tedford	0.7	25
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,568  Spoilt: 49  Quota: 1,785  Turnout: 3,617

2012-2017

Penicuik By-Election 22 March 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Joe Wallace	35.0	1,663	1,803	2,237
	Conservative	Murdo MacDonald	30.2	1,433	1,469	1,788
	Labour	Vivienne Wallace	27.6	1,310	1,414
	Scottish Green	Helen Armstrong	7.2	344
Valid: 4,781  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 2,376  Turnout: 4,812

Midlothian East By-Election 25 March 2021 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Stuart McKenzie	35.4	1,538	1,547	1,662	1,963
	Conservative	Alan Symon	29.4	1,279	1,326	1,364	1,656
	Labour	Hazel Flanagan	24.6	1,070	1,114	1,222
	Scottish Green	Joy Godfrey	6.5	282	332
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Davis	4.1	178
Valid: 4,347  Spoilt: 21  Quota: 2,174  Turnout: 4,368

References

1. "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
2. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Midlothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Midlothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project — Dalkeith/Woodburn Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Loanhead Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
6. "EDM (Early Day Motion) 1023: SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY VICTORY IN LOANHEAD BY-ELECTION". UK Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
7. "Midlothian East by-election". Midlothian Council . 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Midlothian West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
9. Scotland, Ballot Box (25 March 2018). "By-Election Results March 2018". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
10. "Almond and Earn / Midlothian East By-Election Results". Ballot Box Scotland. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2025.