A public inquiry into plans to move nearly 9,000 East Lothian voters into a new ward for future Scottish Parliament elections is expected to be held after councillors described the move as 'nonsensical'.
The Boundary Commission for Scotland wants to move people living in Musselburgh, Prestonpans and parts of east Edinburgh into a new Midlothian North and Musselburgh constituency to try and reduce the number of voters in the current East Lothian seat.
However the move has been described as 'madness' as councillors covering one of the wards affected said they could end up having to deal with 16 MSPs on a daily basis.
