# Haddington and Lammermuir (ward)

Haddington and Lammermuir is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Sheena Richardson (Liberal Democrats) | Ludovic Broun-Lindsay (Conservative) | Tom Trotter (SNP) | 3 seats |
| 2012 | | John McMillan (Labour) | Ludovic Broun-Lindsay (Conservative) | Tom Trotter (SNP) | 3 seats |
| 2017 | Brian Small (Conservative) | John McMillan (Labour) | Shamin Akhtar (Labour) | Tom Trotter (SNP) |
| 2019 by | Craig Hoy (Conservative) | John McMillan (Labour) | Shamin Akhtar (Labour) | Tom Trotter (SNP) |
| 2022 | George McGuire (Conservative) | John McMillan (Labour) | Shamin Akhtar (Labour) | Tom Trotter (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2019 By-Election

Haddington and Lammermuir by-election 9 May 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Craig Hoy | 35.01 | 2,212 | 2,249 | 2,428 | 2,759 | 3,277 |
| | SNP | Lorraine Glass | 29.53 | 1,866 | 1,874 | 2,044 | 2,469 | |
| | Labour | Neal Black | 21.51 | 1,359 | 1,370 | 1,589 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Crawford | 12.25 | 774 | 782 | | | |
| | UKIP | David Sisson | 1.71 | 108 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,396 Valid: 6,319 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 3,160 Turnout: 44.2% |||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 East Lothian Council election
Haddington and Lammermuir - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Brian Small† | 29.03 | 2,262 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John McMillan (incumbent) | 18.71 | 1,458 | 1593 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Shamin Akhtar (incumbent) | 15.00 | 1,169 | 1,234 | 1,256 | 1,316 | 1,627 | | |
| | SNP | Tom Trotter (incumbent) | 14.66 | 1,142 | 1,153 | 1,155 | 1,236 | 1,327 | 1,333 | 2,227 |
| | SNP | Ruth Currie | 11.41 | 889 | 894 | 895 | 947 | 1,007 | 1,017 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelvin Pate | 7.29 | 568 | 791 | 795 | 889 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Cris Thacker | 3.88 | 302 | 329 | 330 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,095 Valid: 7,790 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,559 Turnout: 56% |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 East Lothian Council election
Haddington and Lammermuir - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | John McMillan | 33.38 | 1,522 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Tom Trotter (incumbent) | 26.74 | 1,219 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Ludovic Broun-Lindsay (incumbent) | 19.92 | 908 | 961.7 | 971.8 | 1,004 | 1,076.1 | 1,483.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelvin Logan Pate | 13.38 | 610 | 723.2 | 743.9 | 755.9 | 867.7 | |
| | Independent | David Barrett | 4.98 | 227 | 276.4 | 289.9 | 313.4 | | |
| | UKIP | Oluf George Marshall | 1.60 | 73 | 86.1 | 90 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,948 Valid: 4,559 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 4,597 (45.83%) ||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 East Lothian Council election
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 | | |