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.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors edit

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

Election Results edit

2019 By-Election edit

Haddington and Lammermuir by-election 9 May 2019
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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 edit

2017 East Lothian Council election[2]

Haddington and Lammermuir - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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 edit

2012 East Lothian Council election

Haddington and Lammermuir - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ East Lothian Council. "Council Election Results - 4 May 2017 | Election results | East Lothian Council". eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.