North Berwick Coastal (ward)

North Berwick Coastal is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.[citation needed]

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors edit

Election Councillors
2007 Stuart MacKinnon
(Liberal Democrats)
Neil Rankin
(Conservative)
David Berry
(SNP)
2012 Jim Goodfellow
(Labour)
Tim Day
(Conservative)
2017 Jeremy Douglas Findlay
(Conservative)
Jane Henderson
(Conservative)
2022 Carol McFarlane
(Labour)
Liz Allan
(SNP)

Election Results edit

2017 Election edit

2017 East Lothian Council election[2]

North Berwick Coastal - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Jeremy Douglas Findlay 27.16 1,703        
Labour Jim Goodfellow (incumbent) 23.73 1,488 1,497 1,573    
Conservative Jane Henderson 21.38 1,341 1,454 1,474 1,475 1,589
SNP Laura Lowe Forrest 17.97 1,127 1,128 1,233 1,234 1,335
Liberal Democrats Robert O'Riordan 5.07 318 323 388 389  
Scottish Green Eurig Scandrett 4.67 293 294      
Electorate: 10,752   Valid: 6,270   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,568   Turnout: 59.4  

2012 Election edit

2012 East Lothian Council election

North Berwick Coastal - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Conservative Tim Day 30.65 1,465      
Labour Jim Goodfellow 27.08 1,294      
SNP David Stuart Berry (incumbent)† 21.30 1,018 1,043.8 1,059 1,253.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Leitch MacKinnon (incumbent) 8.47 405 485.2 510.6 526.3
Independent Jeremy Douglas Findlay 7.32 350 426.8 444.4 464.9
SNP Ronnie Gurr 5.17 247 250.1 255.1  
Electorate: 9,811   Valid: 4,779   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,195   Turnout: 4,821 (48.71%)  

2007 Election edit

2007 East Lothian Council election

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

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.