2022 East Lothian Council election

2022 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 SNP CON Leader Norman Hampshire Lyn Jardine Lachlan Bruce Party Labour SNP Conservative Leader's seat Dunbar and East Linton Dunbar and East Linton North Berwick Coastal Last election 9 seats 6 seats 7 seats Seats won 9 7 4 Seat change 0 1 3 First preferences 32.6% 28.24% 21.93% First preferences (%) 12,426 11,563 8,978 Swing (pp) 0.53% 0.34% 5.47%   Fourth party Fifth party   GRN IND Leader Shona Mcintosh Party Scottish Green Independents Leader's seat Musselburgh Last election 0 seats 0 seats Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 First preferences 9.94% 3.12% First preferences (%) 4,069 1,192 Swing (pp) 5.45% 2.81%
Overall Result Labour vote share by wards SNP vote share by wards Conservative vote share by wards Green vote share by wards
Council Leader before election Norman Hampshire Labour Council Leader after election Norman Hampshire Labour

The 2022 East Lothian Council election took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 5 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 18 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Scottish Labour retained control of the council, whilst the Scottish Greens won their first ever seat in East Lothian.^[1][2]