An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Lothian, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour gain from SNP by Martin Whitfield with a majority of 3,083 - 5.5% - on a turnout of 70.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WHITFIELD, Martin | Lab | 20,158 | 36.1% | 5.1% |
KEREVAN, George | SNP | 17,075 | 30.6% | -12.0% |
LOW, Sheila | Con | 16,540 | 29.6% | 10.1% |
WILSON, Elisabeth | LD | 1,738 | 3.1% | 0.5% |
ALLAN, Mike | Ind | 367 | 0.7% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 79,093, having a valid vote count of 55,878 and an invalid vote count of 57.
Result declared at 03:07 on 9 June 2017.