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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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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 | |||
Scottish Green | Susan Moffat | 393 | 6.3 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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
[edit]- † 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
[edit]- ^ "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.