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National
Marie Sharp

East Lothian Election 2022: Former Dunbar councillor hopes to return a decade after stepping down

With just under 11,000 in this three-seat East Lothian ward, Dunbar and East Linton ward's residents have returned one councillor from each of the main parties in the county for the last decade.

The Conservatives gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats in 2012 and increased their support in 2017 when they leapfrogged the incumbent Labour and SNP councillors to go from third place to top with first time candidate Dr Sue Kempson.

Like many of the East Lothian wards new housing developments are high in the list of issues raised by local residents as well as pressure on infrastructure.

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