2017 East Lothian Council election

2017 East Lothian Council election

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All 22 seats to East Lothian Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con SNP Leader Willie Innes Jane Henderson Stuart Currie Party Labour Conservative SNP Leader's seat Preston, Seton and Gosford North Berwick Coastal Musselburgh Last election 10 seats, 43.1% 3 seats, 14.4% 9 seats, 30.4% Seats before 10 3 9 Seats after 9 7 6 Seat change 1 4 3
Overall Result Labour vote share by wards Conservative vote share by wards SNP vote share by wards
Council Leader before election Willie Innes Labour Council Leader after election Willie Innes Labour

2017 Elections to East Lothian Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election consisted of 6 wards electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 22 councillors elected.

This election featured revised ward boundaries to three wards resulting in the reduction of the number of East Lothian councillors from 23 to 22. Two former Musselburgh wards were merged, while losing Wallyford and Whitecraig with 4 councillors being elected. The bulk of the previous Fa'side ward became Tranent/Wallyford/Macmerry. Haddington and Lammermuir ward expanded with the addition of Ormiston and Pencaitland and gained a councillor.

Following the elections, Labour announced that they would form a minority administration. This replaced the previous coalition between Labour, the Conservatives and the one Independent councillor.^[1]