Musselburgh (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Musselburgh is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2017		Andrew Forrest [2] (Labour)		Stuart Currie (SNP)		John Williamson (SNP)		Katie Mackie (Conservative)
2022	Cher Cassini (SNP)			Ruaridh Bennett (Labour)		Shona McIntosh (Green)

Election results

2022 election

Musselburgh − 4 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Cher Cassini	21.70	1,596
	Labour	Andrew Forrest (incumbent) [4]	16.44	1,209	1,214	1,222	1,231	1,287	1,425	1,472
	Conservative	Katie Mackie (incumbent)	14.71	1,082	1,082	1,100	1,106	1,161	1,172	1,177	1,177
	Labour	Ruaridh Bennett	14.60	1,074	1,078	1,081	1,091	1,160	1,234	1,276	1,276
	Scottish Green	Shona Mcintosh	13.47	991	1,001	1,017	1,035	1,100	1,666
	SNP	Iain Whyte	12.63	929	1,022	1,026	1,056	1,075
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Butts	4.24	312	313	322	325
	Alba	Michelle Graham	1.14	84	85	92
	Scottish Family	Stephen Carter	1.07	79	79
Electorate: 16,636  Valid: 7,356  Spoilt: 126  Quota: 1,472  Turnout: 45.0

2017 election

2017 East Lothian Council election ^[5]

Musselburgh - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Stuart Currie (incumbent)	22.12	1,683
	Conservative	Katie Mackie	19.34	1,472	1,473	1,478	1,570
	Labour	Andy Forrest (incumbent)	15.48	1,178	1,187	1,192	1,266	1,274	1,362	1,924
	SNP	John Williamson (incumbent)	11.04	840	960	967	1,007	1,008	1,241	1,278	1,322	1,583
	Independent	John Caldwell (incumbent)	10.56	804	809	843	896	907	985	1,015	1,107
	Labour	Katherine Sangster	7.47	568	570	579	637	644	742
	Scottish Green	Jason Rose	6.53	497	506	520	630	633
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Graham	6.17	470	473	487
	Independent	Theresa Sives	1.26	96	96
Electorate: 15,874  Valid: 7,608  Spoilt: 139  Quota: 1,522  Turnout: 48.8

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. "Andrew Forrest (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
3. "Ward 1 (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
4. "Andrew Forrest (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
5. East Lothian Council. "Council Election Results - 4 May 2017 | Election results | East Lothian Council". eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.