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.
Musselburgh is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects four 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) | |||||
| 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 | |
| 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 East Lothian Council election [5]
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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