East Lothian Council

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East Lothian Council
Full council election every 4 years.
Logo
East Lothian Council logo
Type
Type
History
Preceded byEast Lothian District Council
Leadership
Provost of East Lothian
Cllr John McMillan, Labour
since 26 May 2017
Leader of the Council
Norman Hampshire
since 16 November 2021
Chief executive
Monica Patterson
since 2020
Structure
Seats22
East Lothian Council composition
Political groups
Administration
  Labour (8)
Other parties
  Conservative (7)
  SNP (6)
Elections
Single transferable vote
Last election
5 May 2017
Next election
5 May 2022
Meeting place
Haddington town hall, East Lothian.jpg
Council Chamber, Haddington Town House
Website
www.eastlothian.gov.uk

East Lothian Council is one of the 32 local government councils in Scotland covering the East Lothian area.

The council is based at John Muir House, Haddington. Twenty two councillors are elected across 6 wards. Council meetings are held at Haddington Town House.[1][2]

Wards[]

Map of the area's wards (2017 configuration)
Ward
number 		Ward name Seats 2017 results[3]
Labour Conservative SNP
1 Musselburgh 4 1 1 2
2 Preston, Seton and Gosford 4 2 1 1
3 Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry 4 2 1 1
4 North Berwick Coastal 3 1 2 -
5 Haddington and Lammermuir 4 2 1 1
6 Dunbar and East Linton 3 1 1 1
Total 22 9 7 6

History[]

East Lothian District Council had been created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, coming under the Lothian region (along with Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian, each having some differences from the territory of their corresponding historic counties). All became four of the newly created single tier local authorities in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.[4]

Electoral history[]

Map of the area's single-member wards with the results of the 2003 East Lothian Council election, the last to use that system
Election Control Administration
1980 Labour Labour
1984 Labour Labour
1988 Labour Labour
1992 Labour Labour
1995 Labour Labour
1999 Labour Labour
2003 Labour Labour
2007 No overall control SNP - Lib Dem
2012 No overall control Labour - Conservative
2017 Labour Labour minority

References[]

  1. ^ "£600,000 of work set to be carried out on Haddington Town House". East Lothian Courier. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Council Meeting Agenda". East Lothian Council. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ UK General Election Results - 12 December 2019
  4. ^ See also Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website Archived 1 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine (OPSI home page Archived 18 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine)


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