Midlothian East (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Midlothian East is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Lisa Beattie (SNP)		Peter Boyes (Labour)		Katie Moffat (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Peter de Vink (Ind.)
2014 by	Kenny Young (Labour)
2017	Kenneth Baird (SNP)	John Hackett (Labour)		Peter Smaill (Conservative)
2022 [2]	Stuart Douglas McKenzie (SNP)	Bryan Pottinger (Labour)

Election results

2021 By-election

Midlothian East By-election (25 March 2021) ^[3] - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Stuart McKenzie	35.38%	1,538	1,547	1,662	1,963
	Conservative	Alan Symon	29.42%	1,279	1,326	1,364	1,656
	Labour	Hazel Flanagan	24.61%	1,070	1,114	1,222
	Green	Joy Hannah Godfrey	6.49%	282	332
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Louise Davis	4.09%	178
Electorate: 12,052  Valid: 4,347  Spoilt: 21  Quota: 2,174  Turnout: 4,368 (35.8%)

2017 Election

2017 Midlothian Council election ^[4]

Midlothian East - 3 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Peter Smaill	26.9	1,522
	Labour	John Hackett	22.7	1,284	1,314.3	1,387.5	1,431.6
	Independent	Robert Hogg	18.8	1,064	1,098.0	1,169.1	1,210.2
	SNP	Kenneth Baird	15.4	872	873.1	928.1	1,485.8
	SNP	Louise D'Arcy-Greig	10.8	609	610.4	677.4
	Green	Helen Armstrong	5.3	301	309.1
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 5,652  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 1,414  Turnout: 48.3%

2014 By-election

Midlothian East By-election (27 November 2014) ^[6] - 1 Seat

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
	Green	Bill Kerr-Smith	5.0%	197	210
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Davidson	1.7%	68
Electorate: 11,637  Valid: 3,930  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 1,966  Turnout: 3,970 (34.1%)

2012 Election

2012 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Lisa Beattie (incumbent)	33.1	1,372
	Labour	Peter Boyes (incumbent) †	24.2	1,003	1,015.5	1,020.5	1,036.7	1,048.6
	Labour	Katie Moffat (incumbent)	11.5	475	486.9	493.2	525.7
	Independent	Peter de Vink	11.1	461	484.9	503.4	686.3	737.8	800.9	1014.3
	SNP	Paul Bertram	9.8	405	656.9	665.9	689.4	721.1	781.7
	Conservative	Richard Thomson	9.1	379	388.3	388.3
	TUSC	Bob Goupillot	1.3	52	54.2
Electorate: 10,409  Valid: 4,147  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 1,037  Turnout: 4,225 (39.84%)

2007 Election

2007 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian East

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Lisa Beattie	1,988	34.6	1	1
	Labour	Peter Boyes	1,357	23.6	2	4
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Moffat†	831	14.5	3	7
	Conservative	Robin Traquair	812	14.1
	Labour	Bob Jenkins	617	10.7
	Solidarity	Derek Duncan	82	1.4
	Scottish Socialist	Murray Court	63	1.1

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. "Local Government Election 2022".
3. 2021 Midlothian East by-election
4. "2017 local council elections | Local government election results". Midlothian Council . Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
5. "Declaration of results: Ward 5 - Midlothian East" (PDF). Midlothian Council . 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
6. "Midlothian East by-election". Midlothian Council . 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015.