# Midlothian East (ward)

Midlothian East is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Lisa Beattie (SNP) | | Peter Boyes (Labour) | Katie Moffat (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | | Lisa Beattie (SNP) | Peter de Vink (Ind.) | Peter Boyes (Labour) |
| 2014 by | Kenny Young (Labour) | Lisa Beattie (SNP) | Peter de Vink (Ind.) |
| 2017 | Kenneth Baird (SNP) | John Hackett (Labour) | | Peter Smaill (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Stuart Douglas McKenzie (SNP) | Bryan Pottinger (Labour) | | Peter Smaill (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2021 By-election

Midlothian East By-election (25 March 2021) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Stuart McKenzie | 35.38% | 1,538 | 1,547 | 1,662 | 1,963 |
| | Conservative | Alan Symon | 29.42% | 1,279 | 1,326 | 1,364 | 1,656 |
| | Labour | Hazel Flanagan | 24.61% | 1,070 | 1,114 | 1,222 | |
| | Scottish Green | Joy Hannah Godfrey | 6.49% | 282 | 332 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Louise Davis | 4.09% | 178 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,052 Valid: 4,347 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 2,174 Turnout: 4,368 (35.8%) ||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Midlothian Council election
Midlothian East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smaill | 26.9 | 1,522 | | | |
| | Labour | John Hackett | 22.7 | 1,284 | 1,314.3 | 1,387.5 | 1,431.6 |
| | Independent | Robert Hogg | 18.8 | 1,064 | 1,098.0 | 1,169.1 | 1,210.2 |
| | SNP | Kenneth Baird | 15.4 | 872 | 873.1 | 928.1 | 1,485.8 |
| | SNP | Louise D'Arcy-Greig | 10.8 | 609 | 610.4 | 677.4 | |
| | Scottish Green | Helen Armstrong | 5.3 | 301 | 309.1 | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,652 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,414 Turnout: 48.3% ||||||||

### 2014 By-election

Midlothian East By-election (27 November 2014) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Kenny Young | 32.9% | 1,294 | 1,310 | 1,343 | 1,443 | 1,682 |
| | SNP | Colin Cassidy | 32.1% | 1,260 | 1,270 | 1,357 | 1,384 | 1,613 |
| | Independent | Robert Hogg | 19.8% | 780 | 789 | 831 | 914 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 8.4% | 331 | 342 | 359 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Bill Kerr-Smith | 5.0% | 197 | 210 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Euan Davidson | 1.7% | 68 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,637 Valid: 3,930 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,966 Turnout: 3,970 (34.1%) |||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Midlothian Council election
Midlothian East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Lisa Beattie (incumbent) | 33.1 | 1,372 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Peter Boyes (incumbent) † | 24.2 | 1,003 | 1,015.5 | 1,020.5 | 1,036.7 | 1,048.6 | | |
| | Labour | Katie Moffat (incumbent) | 11.5 | 475 | 486.9 | 493.2 | 525.7 | | | |
| | Independent | Peter de Vink | 11.1 | 461 | 484.9 | 503.4 | 686.3 | 737.8 | 800.9 | 1014.3 |
| | SNP | Paul Bertram | 9.8 | 405 | 656.9 | 665.9 | 689.4 | 721.1 | 781.7 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Thomson | 9.1 | 379 | 388.3 | 388.3 | | | | |
| | TUSC | Bob Goupillot | 1.3 | 52 | 54.2 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,409 Valid: 4,147 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,037 Turnout: 4,225 (39.84%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Midlothian Council election
Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian East :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Lisa Beattie | 1,988 | 34.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Peter Boyes | 1,357 | 23.6 | 2 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Katie Moffat† | 831 | 14.5 | 3 | 7 |
| Conservative | Robin Traquair | 812 | 14.1 | | |
| Labour | Bob Jenkins | 617 | 10.7 | | |
| Solidarity | Derek Duncan | 82 | 1.4 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Murray Court | 63 | 1.1 | | |