2022 East Lothian Council election|
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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LAB |
SNP |
CON |
| Leader |
Norman Hampshire |
Lyn Jardine |
Lachlan Bruce |
| Party |
Labour |
SNP |
Conservative |
| Leader's seat |
Dunbar and East Linton |
Dunbar and East Linton |
North Berwick Coastal |
| Last election |
9 seats |
6 seats |
7 seats |
| Seats won |
9 |
7 |
4 |
| Seat change |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| First preferences |
32.6% |
28.24% |
21.93% |
| First preferences (%) |
12,426 |
11,563 |
8,978 |
| Swing (pp) |
0.53% |
0.34% |
5.47% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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GRN |
IND |
| Leader |
Shona Mcintosh |
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| Party |
Scottish Green |
Independents |
| Leader's seat |
Musselburgh |
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| Last election |
0 seats |
0 seats |
| Seats won |
1 |
1 |
| Seat change |
1 |
1 |
| First preferences |
9.94% |
3.12% |
| First preferences (%) |
4,069 |
1,192 |
| Swing (pp) |
5.45% |
2.81% |
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Labour vote share by wards
Conservative vote share by wards
Green vote share by wards |
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Council Leader before election
Norman Hampshire
Labour |
Council Leader after election
Norman Hampshire
Labour |
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The 2022 East Lothian Council election took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 5 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 18 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
Scottish Labour retained control of the council, whilst the Scottish Greens won their first ever seat in East Lothian.
