The Liberal Democrats will be hoping for a comeback in East Lothian at the council elections after none of the leading parties put forward enough candidates to take an overall majority.
Both Labour and the SNP have put up 10 candidates for the 22 seats available ruling out any chance of taking control.
Instead they will have to form a minority administration working with rival parties to support policies or create a coalition.
The local authority has been run by a Labour minority administration since the 2017 election.
But they face competition as the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Green Party are both fielding a candidate in each of the six wards.
The Lib Dems had six councillors going into the 2012 election but lost all of them as a backlash against their Westminster leader Nick Clegg's coalition with David Cameron's Conservatives hit them hard.
They failed to regain any seats in 2017 but are again making a bid for a return to council; chambers at May's election.
The Scottish Family Party has also targeted East Lothian seats with three candidates standing - one in the Musselburgh ward, one in North Berwick Coastal and one in Dunbar.
And Alba has put forward four candidates targeting seats in Musselburgh, Preston Seton Gosford, Tranent Wallyford and Macmerry, and Haddington and Lammermuir.
UKIP has fielded a candidate in North Berwick Coastal, while the Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition have a candidate in Tranent Wallyford and Macmerry.
An independent candidate is standing in Haddington with a candidate for Independence for Scotland standing in Dunbar and East Linton.
Polling stations across the county will be open on Thursday, May 5 with the count expected to take place in Meadowmill Sports Centre, Tranent on Friday, May 6.
The full list of candidates are:
Ward 1 – Musselburgh
Ruaridh Bennett (Scottish Labour Party)
Susan Butts (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Stephen Carter (Scottish Family Party)
Cher Cassini (Scottish National Party)
Andy Forrest (Scottish Labour Party)
Michelle Graham (Alba Party)
Katie Mackie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Shona McIntosh (Scottish Green Party)
Iain Whyte (Scottish National Party)
Ward 2 – Preston, Seton and Gosford
Paul Brown (Alba Party)
Lachlan Bruce (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Neil Gilbert (Scottish National Party)
Ben Morse (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Tim Porteus (Scottish Green Party)
Brooke Ritchie (Scottish Labour Party)
Janis Wilson (Scottish National Party)
Colin Yorkston (Scottish Labour Party)
Ward 3 – Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry
Fiona Dugdale (Scottish Labour Party)
Jimmy Haddow (Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Hazel Hamilton (Alba Party)
Gordon Mackett (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Colin McGinn (Scottish Labour Party)
Kenny McLeod (Scottish National Party)
Lee-Anne Menzies (Scottish National Party)
Marnie Stirling (Scottish Green Party)
Elisabeth Mary Wilson (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Ward 4 – North Berwick Coastal
Liz Allan (Scottish National Party)
Alison Carter (Scottish Family Party)
Jacq Cottrell (Scottish Green Party)
George Henry Cowen (UKIP)
Jeremy Findlay (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Judy Lockhart-Hunter (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Carol McFarlane (Scottish Labour Party)
Stuart Smith (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Ward 5 – Haddington and Lammermuir
Shamin Akhtar (Scottish Labour Party)
David Barrett (Independent)
Stuart Crawford (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Morgwn Davies (Alba Party)
Graeme MacGregor (Scottish National Party)
George McGuire (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
John McMillan (Scottish Labour Party)
Jackie Swailes (Scottish Green Party)
Tom Trotter (Scottish National Party)
Ward 6 – Dunbar and East Linton
Timothy Anderson (Scottish Family Party)
Jacquie Bell (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Donna Collins (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Norman Hampshire (Scottish Labour Party)
Mark James (Scottish Green Party)
Lyn Jardine (Scottish National Party)
Cris Thacker (Independence for Scotland Party)
