Dunbar and East Linton (ward)

{{Short description|Electoral ward in East Lothian, Scotland}}

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Dunbar and East Linton is one of the six wards used to elect members of the East Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

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!Election

!colspan=8|Councillors

2007

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|rowspan=1|Jacquie Bell
(Liberal Democrats)

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|rowspan=3|Paul McLennan
(SNP)

|rowspan=4; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" |

|rowspan=4|Norman Hampshire
(Labour)

2012

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|rowspan=1|Michael George Veitch
(Conservative)

2017

|rowspan=1|Sue Kempson
(Conservative)

2022

|rowspan=1|Donna Collins
(Conservative)

|rowspan=1|Lyn Jardine
(SNP)

Election Results

=2017 Election=

2017 East Lothian Council election{{cite web|url=https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210600/elections_and_voting/12030/election_results/4|author=East Lothian Council|title=Council Election Results - 4 May 2017 | Election results | East Lothian Council|website=eastlothian.gov.uk|accessdate=2020-03-15}}

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Dunbar and East Linton - 3 seats

|numcounts= 6

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = Sue Kempson

|count1 = 1,834

|percentage = 29.86

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Norman Hampshire (incumbent)

|count1 = 1,633

|percentage = 26.59

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Paul McLennan (incumbent)

|count1 = 1,047

|percentage = 17.04

|count2 = 1,054

|count3 = 1,064

|count4 = 1,094

|count5 = 1,199

|count6 = 2,216

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Isobel Knox

|count1 = 811

|percentage = 13.2

|count2 = 819

|count3 = 828

|count4 = 852

|count5 = 1,177

|count6 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Green Party

|candidate = Sarah Beattie-Smith

|count1 = 540

|percentage = 8.79

|count2 = 569

|count3 = 584

|count4 = 761

|count5 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Elisabeth Wilson

|count1 = 276

|percentage = 4.49

|count2 = 392

|count3 = 421

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 10,995

|valid = 6,141

|spoilt = 43

|quota = 1,536

|turnout = 56.4%

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=2012 Election=

2012 East Lothian Council election

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Dunbar and East Linton - 3 seats

|numcounts= 5

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Norman Hampshire (incumbent)

|count1 = 1,191

|percentage = 25.49

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Paul Stewart McLennan (incumbent)

|count1 = 1,158

|percentage = 24.78

|count2 = 1,160

|count3 = 1,195

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

|candidate = Michael George Veitch

|count1 = 983

|percentage = 21.04

|count2 = 983.8

|count3 = 1,072.9

|count4 = 1,074.7

|count5 = 1,185.9

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Isobel Margaret Knox

|count1 = 656

|percentage = 14.04

|count2 = 657.1

|count3 = 681.1

|count4 = 702.7

|count5 = 805.1

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Hayley Flanagan

|count1 = 444

|percentage = 9.50

|count2 = 460.1

|count3 = 516.3

|count4 = 517.3

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Ann Burt Taylor

|count1 = 241

|percentage = 5.16

|count2 = 241.5

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 5

|electorate = 9,760

|valid = 4,673

|spoilt = 71

|quota = 1,169

|turnout = 4,744 (47.88%)

}}

=2007 Election=

2007 East Lothian Council election

{{Irish Election box begin|

|title=Dunbar and East Linton}}

{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Paul McLennan

|votes = 1,726

|percentage = 30.0

|seat = 1

|count = 1

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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Jacquie Bell

|votes = 1,136

|percentage = 19.8

|seat = 3

|count = 3

}}

{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = Katie Mackie

|votes = 1,130

|percentage = 19.7

|seat =

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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Norman Hampshire

|votes = 1,033

|percentage = 18.0

|seat = 2

|count = 3

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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Herbert Coutts

|votes = 725

|percentage = 12.6

|seat =

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References

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{{Wards of East Lothian}}

Category:Wards of East Lothian

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