Local Election Results 2003
East Lothian
Whole council up for election.
Other results for East Lothian:
2007
2012
2017
By-elections for East Lothian (may be incomplete): 9th May 2019 (Haddington & Lammermuir)
— 20th January 2022 (Preston, Seton & Gosford)
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| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
15061 |
40.6% |
17 |
| Conservative |
8561 |
23.1% |
4 |
| Scottish National Party |
7132 |
19.2% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
5503 |
14.9% |
1 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
589 |
1.6% |
0 |
| Independent |
210 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Gilbert Meikle |
C |
1126 |
56.9% |
| Bernard Harkins |
Lab |
307 |
15.5% |
| Robert Kane |
LD |
304 |
15.4% |
| Ronald Purves |
SNP |
241 |
12.2% |
| Margaret Libberton |
Lab |
906 |
47.3% |
| Alexander Campbell |
SNP |
413 |
21.6% |
| Christopher Reynolds |
C |
371 |
19.4% |
| Katharine Odling |
LD |
131 |
6.8% |
| Kenneth Munro |
SSP |
94 |
4.9% |
| Kevin Jarvie |
Lab |
498 |
28.0% |
| Paul McLennan |
SNP |
473 |
26.6% |
| Mark Neeham |
C |
446 |
25.0% |
| Allan Wilson |
LD |
273 |
15.3% |
| Joanna Cockburn |
SSP |
91 |
5.1% |
| Norman Hampshire |
Lab |
777 |
45.4% |
| Stuart Ritchie |
LD |
372 |
21.7% |
| June Addies |
SNP |
314 |
18.3% |
| Michael Playfair |
C |
249 |
14.5% |
| Ludovic Broun-Lindsay |
C |
916 |
48.3% |
| Alick Arnold |
LD |
421 |
22.2% |
| Raymond McCabe |
Lab |
326 |
17.2% |
| Susan Swain |
SNP |
232 |
12.2% |
| Ann McCarthy |
Lab |
580 |
37.5% |
| Dominic Gray |
LD |
364 |
23.5% |
| Norman Lawrie |
SNP |
321 |
20.7% |
| Margaret Burn |
C |
282 |
18.2% |
| Charles Ingle |
Lab |
707 |
46.2% |
| Thomas Trotter |
SNP |
361 |
23.6% |
| Ann Taylor |
LD |
198 |
12.9% |
| Maureen Hall |
C |
186 |
12.1% |
| Gary Galbraith |
SSP |
79 |
5.2% |
| Sheena Richardson |
LD |
620 |
37.1% |
| James Robertson |
C |
487 |
29.2% |
| William Watson |
Lab |
360 |
21.6% |
| John Donachy |
SNP |
203 |
12.2% |
| Peter Ford |
C |
1184 |
60.4% |
| Iain Stewart |
Lab |
391 |
20.0% |
| Peter MacKenzie |
SNP |
276 |
14.1% |
| Marion Provan |
LD |
108 |
5.5% |
| Norman Murray |
Lab |
638 |
39.2% |
| Jennifer Mollison |
LD |
635 |
39.0% |
| Duncan Clairmount |
SNP |
266 |
16.3% |
| Norman Nash |
C |
90 |
5.5% |
| Andrew Forrest |
Lab |
595 |
45.8% |
| Roger Knox |
SNP |
566 |
43.5% |
| Rebecca Croft |
LD |
76 |
5.8% |
| Julian Nettlefold |
C |
63 |
4.8% |
| Maureen Talac |
Lab |
744 |
51.3% |
| Malcolm Fleming |
SNP |
283 |
19.5% |
| Robert Fairnie |
C |
200 |
13.8% |
| Sarah Kurt-Elli |
LD |
165 |
11.4% |
| Ross Carpenter |
Ind |
59 |
4.1% |
| Daniel McNeil |
Lab |
837 |
54.8% |
| William Renton |
SNP |
367 |
24.0% |
| Christopher Butler |
LD |
177 |
11.6% |
| Stephen Edwards |
C |
147 |
9.6% |
| John Ross |
Lab |
724 |
45.3% |
| John Williamson |
SNP |
345 |
21.6% |
| Jane Fairnie |
C |
201 |
12.6% |
| Martin Hayman |
LD |
197 |
12.3% |
| John Fraser |
SSP |
132 |
8.3% |
| David Berry |
SNP |
723 |
44.0% |
| Kathryn Smith |
C |
482 |
29.4% |
| Donald Shankie |
Lab |
258 |
15.7% |
| Gillian Colston |
LD |
179 |
10.9% |
| Neil Rankin |
C |
1245 |
62.5% |
| Patrick Hanson |
Lab |
254 |
12.8% |
| Stuart Smith |
LD |
238 |
11.9% |
| Mary Lee |
SNP |
210 |
10.5% |
| Hugh Kerr |
SSP |
45 |
2.3% |
| David Costello |
Lab |
845 |
50.6% |
| Margaret Jones |
SNP |
351 |
21.0% |
| Sheelagh Keddie |
LD |
275 |
16.5% |
| Norman Galbraith |
C |
199 |
11.9% |
| Patrick O'Brien |
Lab |
1130 |
73.7% |
| James Skinner |
SNP |
256 |
16.7% |
| Joan Busby |
LD |
93 |
6.1% |
| Colin Beveridge |
C |
54 |
3.5% |
| William Innes |
Lab |
949 |
68.8% |
| George Watson |
Ind |
151 |
10.9% |
| William Taylor |
SSP |
148 |
10.7% |
| Hugh Mackay |
C |
68 |
4.9% |
| Christopher Middleton |
LD |
64 |
4.6% |
| Bishop Shepherd |
Lab |
942 |
64.1% |
| Brian Logan |
LD |
247 |
16.8% |
| David Martin |
SNP |
197 |
13.4% |
| Frances Broun-Lindsay |
C |
84 |
5.7% |
| Robert McNeill |
Lab |
763 |
59.2% |
| Vincent Gordon |
SNP |
272 |
21.1% |
| Linda Brown |
LD |
133 |
10.3% |
| Stuart Combe |
C |
120 |
9.3% |
| Donald Grant |
Lab |
824 |
63.7% |
| Peter Swain |
SNP |
232 |
17.9% |
| Andrew Dalrymple |
C |
128 |
9.9% |
| Aydin Kurt-Elli |
LD |
110 |
8.5% |
| Patrick O'Donnell |
Lab |
706 |
54.6% |
| John Robertson |
C |
233 |
18.0% |
| Jean Cadger |
SNP |
230 |
17.8% |
| Duncan Slater |
LD |
123 |
9.5% |
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