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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.
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).
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.
The leader of Edinburgh City Council, Labour's Cammy Day, is being investigated by police over an allegation of inappropriate behaviour. Scottish Labour confirmed he had been suspended pending the ...
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.
The East Lothian News was first published in 1971, as part of Scottish County Press Group, with editorial offices in Dalkeith and printing at Bonnyrigg (both in Midlothian). The Scottish County Press Group was acquired by Regional Independent Media in 2000, which was in turn bought by Johnston Press in 2002. The East Lothian News closed in 2015 ...
2012 Elections to East Lothian Council were held on 3 May 2012, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.The election used the 7 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 23 councillors elected.