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2007 East Lothian Council election

Scottish local government election

Scottish local government election

FieldValue
election_name2007 East Lothian Council election
countryScotland
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2003 East Lothian Council election
previous_year2003
election_date
next_electionEast Lothian Council election, 2012
next_year2012
seats_for_electionAll 23 seats to East Lothian Council
majority_seats12
1blankFirst preferences
2blankFirst preferences (%)
3blankSwing (pp)
party1Scottish Labour Party
last_election117 seats, 40.6%
seats_before1*17*
seats17
seat_change110
party2Scottish National Party
last_election21 seat, 19.2%
seats_before21
seats_needed212
seats27
seat_change26
party3Scottish Liberal Democrats
last_election31 seat, 14.9%
seats_before31
seats_needed312
seats36
seat_change35
party4Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
last_election44 seats, 23.1%
seats_before44
seats_needed47
seats42
seat_change42
party5Independent politician
last_election50 seats, 0.6%
seats_before50
seats_needed513
seats51
seat_change51
map_imageEast Lothian Council election 2007.svg
map_captionThe multi-member wards
titleCouncil Leader
before_partyScottish Labour Party
posttitleCouncil Leader after election
after_electionPaul Stewart McLennan
after_partyScottish National Party

Main article: 2007 Scottish local elections

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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

|seats % = 30.4 |votes % = 32.6 |plus/minus = |seats % = 30.4 |votes % = 26.9 |plus/minus = |seats % = 26.1 |votes % = 15.4 |plus/minus = |seats % = 8.7 |votes % = 17.4 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.6 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.5 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = |seats % = 4.3 |votes % = 5.3 |plus/minus =

Ward results

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

References

  1. "Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Local Election Results 2007 - East Lothian". Local Elections Archive Project.
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