Musselburgh is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Andrew Forrest [2] (Labour) |
Stuart Currie (SNP) |
John Williamson (SNP) |
Katie Mackie (Conservative) | ||||
| 2022 | Cher Cassini (SNP) |
Ruaridh Bennett (Labour) |
Shona McIntosh (Green) | |||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Cher Cassini | 21.70 | 1,596 | ||||||||
| Labour | Andrew Forrest (incumbent) [4] | 16.44 | 1,209 | 1,214 | 1,222 | 1,231 | 1,287 | 1,425 | 1,472 | ||
| Conservative | Katie Mackie (incumbent) | 14.71 | 1,082 | 1,082 | 1,100 | 1,106 | 1,161 | 1,172 | 1,177 | 1,177 | |
| Labour | Ruaridh Bennett | 14.60 | 1,074 | 1,078 | 1,081 | 1,091 | 1,160 | 1,234 | 1,276 | 1,276 | |
| Scottish Green | Shona Mcintosh | 13.47 | 991 | 1,001 | 1,017 | 1,035 | 1,100 | 1,666 | |||
| SNP | Iain Whyte | 12.63 | 929 | 1,022 | 1,026 | 1,056 | 1,075 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Butts | 4.24 | 312 | 313 | 322 | 325 | |||||
| Alba | Michelle Graham | 1.14 | 84 | 85 | 92 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Stephen Carter | 1.07 | 79 | 79 | |||||||
| Electorate: 16,636 Valid: 7,356 Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,472 Turnout: 45.0 | |||||||||||
2017 election
edit2017 East Lothian Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Stuart Currie (incumbent) | 22.12 | 1,683 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Katie Mackie | 19.34 | 1,472 | 1,473 | 1,478 | 1,570 | ||||||
| Labour | Andy Forrest (incumbent) | 15.48 | 1,178 | 1,187 | 1,192 | 1,266 | 1,274 | 1,362 | 1,924 | |||
| SNP | John Williamson (incumbent) | 11.04 | 840 | 960 | 967 | 1,007 | 1,008 | 1,241 | 1,278 | 1,322 | 1,583 | |
| Independent | John Caldwell (incumbent) | 10.56 | 804 | 809 | 843 | 896 | 907 | 985 | 1,015 | 1,107 | ||
| Labour | Katherine Sangster | 7.47 | 568 | 570 | 579 | 637 | 644 | 742 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Jason Rose | 6.53 | 497 | 506 | 520 | 630 | 633 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Graham | 6.17 | 470 | 473 | 487 | |||||||
| Independent | Theresa Sives | 1.26 | 96 | 96 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 15,874 Valid: 7,608 Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,522 Turnout: 48.8 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Andrew Forrest (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
- ^ "Ward 1 (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
- ^ "Andrew Forrest (Musselburgh): Council election results | Council elections results – 5 May 2022 | East Lothian Council".
- ^ East Lothian Council. "Council Election Results - 4 May 2017 | Election results | East Lothian Council". eastlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.