Location of the ward [1]
Preston, Seton and Gosford is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
Preston, Seton and Gosford is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Peter MacKenzie (SNP) | Willie Innes (Labour) | Margaret Libberton (Labour) | Stuart Currie (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Steven Brown (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Neil Gilbert (SNP) | Fiona O'Donnell (Labour) | Lachlan Bruce (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Colin Yorkson (Labour) | Brooke Ritchie (Labour) | ||||||
2017 East Lothian Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Willie Innes (Incumbent) | 24.3 | 1,801 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Lachlan Bruce | 24.1 | 1,784 | ||||||||
| SNP | Neil Gilbert | 16.2 | 1,197 | 1,208 | 1,215 | 1,260 | 1,288 | 1,294 | 1,322 | 2,201 | |
| Labour | Fiona O'Donnell | 12.6 | 932 | 1,164 | 1,226 | 1,261 | 1,369 | 1,818 | |||
| SNP | Janis Wilson | 11.4 | 844 | 852 | 854 | 922 | 936 | 951 | 975 | ||
| Labour | Brian Weddell | 5.8 | 429 | 471 | 485 | 501 | 520 | ||||
| Green | Lesley Orr | 3.11 | 230 | 234 | 250 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ghill Donald | 2.4 | 180 | 184 | 260 | 300 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,702 Valid: 7,397 Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,480 Turnout: 51.5% | |||||||||||
2012 East Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Willie Innes (incumbent) | 38.76 | 2,312 | |||||||
| SNP | Steven Brown | 18.51 | 1,104 | 1,149.5 | 1,204.8 | |||||
| Labour | Margaret Libberton (incumbent) | 15.46 | 922 | 1,871.2 | ||||||
| SNP | Peter Robert MacKenzie (incumbent) | 13.89 | 829 | 850.8 | 900.9 | 910.1 | 926.9 | 997.7 | 1,166.5 | |
| Conservative | Lachlan Bruce | 8.38 | 500 | 512.1 | 555.2 | 555.4 | 587.4 | 697 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Reid | 3.6 | 215 | 223.2 | 266.6 | 266.8 | 280.1 | |||
| UKIP | Gordon Norrie | 1.39 | 83 | 89.3 | 113.9 | 114.1 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,386 Valid: 5,965 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 6,088 (44.56%) | ||||||||||
2007 East Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Willie Innes | 2,205 | 30.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Peter MacKenzie | 1,906 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Michael Veitch | 1,040 | 14.4 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Libberton | 927 | 12.8 | 3 | 3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Currie† | 909 | 12.6 | 4 | 5 | |
| Independent | Andy Spence | 244 | 3.4 | |||
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