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.

Aggregate results

Ward summary

Ward results

Musselburgh

Preston Seton and Gosford

Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry

North Berwick Coastal

Haddington and Lammermuir

Dunbar and East Linton

References


Elections 2022 Meet the candidates ECSA

East Lothian Council Wikipedia

First full meeting of the new East Lothian Council East Lothian

West Lothian Elections 2022 Traffic increase from housing among East

East Lothian Council 2022 Ballot Box Scotland