# 2007 East Lothian Council election

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

East Lothian Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| 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

Musselburgh West :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| 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 | | |
Musselburgh East and Carberry :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| 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 | | |
Preston/Seton/Gosford :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| 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 | | |
Fa'side :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| 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 | | |
North Berwick Coastal :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| 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 | | |
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 | | |
Dunbar and East Linton :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| 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

* † 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