Preston, Seton and Gosford (ward)

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.

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)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 East Lothian Council election ^[2]

Preston, Seton and Gosford - 4 seats

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
	Scottish 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 Election

2012 East Lothian Council election

Preston/Seton/Gosford - 4 seats

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 Election

2007 East Lothian Council election

Preston/Seton/Gosford

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. East Lothian Council. "Council Election Results - 4 May 2017 | Election results | East Lothian Council". eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.