Scottish local government election
Elections to East Lothian Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general 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[1][2] 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 | |
| Scottish 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 | | |
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 | | |
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 | | |
| Scottish Green | Eurig Scandrett | 281 | 4.8 | | |
| Solidarity | Gary Galbraith | 68 | 1.2 | | |
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
References
- ^ "Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2007 - East Lothian". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 18 February 2024.