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All 23 seats to East Lothian Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Labour
SNP
Liberal Democrats
Last election
17 seats, 40.6%
1 seat, 19.2%
1 seat, 14.9%
Seats before
17
1
1
Seats won
7
7
6
Seat change
10
6
5
Fourth party
Fifth party
Party
Conservative
Independent
Last election
4 seats, 23.1%
0 seats, 0.6%
Seats before
4
0
Seats won
2
1
Seat change
2
1
The multi-member wards
Council Leader before election
Labour
Council Leader after election
Paul Stewart McLennan SNP
Elections to East Lothian Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local governmentelections and the Scottish Parliamentgeneral election.
The election was the first using seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. The wards replaced 23 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The Labour majority administration was replaced by a coalition between the SNP and Liberal Democrats, led by the SNP's Paul Stewart McLennan.
Election results[]
East Lothian Local Election Result 2007
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
7
N\A
N\A
-9
30.4
32.6
13,514
SNP
7
N\A
N\A
+6
30.4
26.9
11,157
Liberal Democrats
6
N\A
N\A
+5
26.1
15.4
6,391
Conservative
2
N\A
N\A
-2
8.7
17.4
7,209
Green
0
N\A
N\A
0
0.0
1.6
674
Solidarity
0
N\A
N\A
0
0.0
0.5
221
Scottish Senior Citizens
0
N\A
N\A
0
0.0
0.2
75
Independent
1
N\A
N\A
0
4.3
5.3
2,200
Ward results[]
Musselburgh West
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
John Williamson
1,427
30.7
1
1
Labour
John McNeil
1,144
24.6
2
2
Liberal Democrats
Barry Turner
857
18.4
3
5
Labour
John Ross
572
12.3
Conservative
Robert Fairnie
499
10.7
Solidarity
Jack Fraser
153
3.3
Musselburgh East and Carberry
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Roger Knox
1,256
25.1
1
1
Labour
Andy Forrest
1,057
21.1
2
5
Independent
John Caldwell
937
18.7
3
6
Liberal Democrats
Jenny Mollison
809
16.2
Labour
Pat O'Donnell
585
11.7
Conservative
Ian Robertson
281
5.6
Scottish Senior Citizens
Alan Eeles
75
1.5
Preston/Seton/Gosford
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
Fa'side
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Kenny McLeod
2,065
30.4
1
1
Labour
Jim Gillies
1,348
19.8
2
2
Labour
Donald Grant
1,118
16.4
4
4
Liberal Democrats
Ruth Currie††
892
13.1
3
4
Labour
Robert McNeill
835
12.3
Conservative
Henry Murray-Smith
540
7.9
North Berwick Coastal
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Conservative
Neil Rankin
1,837
29.7
1
1
SNP
David Berry
1,670
27.0
2
1
Labour
Pat Hanson
980
15.8
Liberal Democrats
Stuart MacKinnon
747
12.1
3
5
Conservative
Kathryn Smith
565
9.1
Green
Susan Moffat
393
6.3
Haddington and Lammermuir
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Conservative
Ludovic Broun-Lindsay
1,317
22.6
1
4
SNP
Tom Trotter
1,107
19.0
3
4
Liberal Democrats
Sheena Richardson
1,041
17.9
2
4
Independent
Charles Ingle
1,019
17.5
Labour
Ann McCarthy
985
16.9
Green
Eurig Scandrett
281
4.8
Solidarity
Gary Galbraith
68
1.2
Dunbar and East Linton
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Paul McLennan
1,726
30.0
1
1
Liberal Democrats
Jacquie Bell
1,136
19.8
3
3
Conservative
Katie Mackie
1,130
19.7
Labour
Norman Hampshire
1,033
18.0
2
3
Labour
Herbert Coutts
725
12.6
Changes after 2007[]
† Stuart Currie defected from the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party on 11 August 2009
†† Ruth Currie defected from the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party on 11 August 2009