Preston, Seton and Gosford (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Preston, Seton and Gosford is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Peter MacKenzie (SNP) |
Willie Innes (Labour) |
Margaret Libberton (Labour) |
Stuart Currie (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Steven Brown (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Neil Gilbert (SNP) |
Fiona O'Donnell (Labour) |
Lachlan Bruce (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Colin Yorkson (Labour) |
Brooke Ritchie (Labour) | ||||||
Election Results
[edit]2017 Election
[edit]2017 East Lothian Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Willie Innes (Incumbent) | 24.3 | 1,801 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Lachlan Bruce | 24.1 | 1,784 | ||||||||
| SNP | Neil Gilbert | 16.2 | 1,197 | 1,208 | 1,215 | 1,260 | 1,288 | 1,294 | 1,322 | 2,201 | |
| Labour | Fiona O'Donnell | 12.6 | 932 | 1,164 | 1,226 | 1,261 | 1,369 | 1,818 | |||
| SNP | Janis Wilson | 11.4 | 844 | 852 | 854 | 922 | 936 | 951 | 975 | ||
| Labour | Brian Weddell | 5.8 | 429 | 471 | 485 | 501 | 520 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Lesley Orr | 3.11 | 230 | 234 | 250 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ghill Donald | 2.4 | 180 | 184 | 260 | 300 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,702 Valid: 7,397 Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,480 Turnout: 51.5% | |||||||||||
2012 Election
[edit]2012 East Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Willie Innes (incumbent) | 38.76 | 2,312 | |||||||
| SNP | Steven Brown | 18.51 | 1,104 | 1,149.5 | 1,204.8 | |||||
| Labour | Margaret Libberton (incumbent) | 15.46 | 922 | 1,871.2 | ||||||
| SNP | Peter Robert MacKenzie (incumbent) | 13.89 | 829 | 850.8 | 900.9 | 910.1 | 926.9 | 997.7 | 1,166.5 | |
| Conservative | Lachlan Bruce | 8.38 | 500 | 512.1 | 555.2 | 555.4 | 587.4 | 697 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Reid | 3.6 | 215 | 223.2 | 266.6 | 266.8 | 280.1 | |||
| UKIP | Gordon Norrie | 1.39 | 83 | 89.3 | 113.9 | 114.1 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,386 Valid: 5,965 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 6,088 (44.56%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election
[edit]2007 East Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ East Lothian Council. "Council Election Results - 4 May 2017 | Election results | East Lothian Council". eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.