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East Lothian District Council had been created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as one of four districts within the Lothian region (along with Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian, each having some differences from the territory of their corresponding historic counties).
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.
The top tier of local government was the regional council. Services provided at the regional level were those needing greater finance or resources, or best exercised over a wide area. These included police, fire services, consumer protection, education and transport. [1] Each district had an elected district council.
He has served as a local councillor for the Dunbar and East Linton multi-member ward of East Lothian Council since 2007 [3] having previously been an unsuccessful candidate in earlier elections to single-member wards, [4] and was both the SNP group leader and the council leader from 2007 to 2012.
Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 ... Summary of the 1988 Scottish district council election results [1] Parties Votes ... East Lothian: Labour: Labour ...
Local elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 3 May 1984, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which had established the two-tier system of regions and districts. This was the first election to take place after the 1983 general election landslide victory for the Conservatives.
He was a member of East Lothian Council, representing the Haddington and Lammermuir ward, [8] having been elected in a by-election in 2019. [5] Hoy contested the East Lothian seat in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, where he finished third. [9] Hoy stood in East Lothian at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, coming third. [10]
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.