The arrival of a new town and loss of a veteran campaigner will all play a part when residents of Preston, Seton Gosford ward, known locally as PSG, go to the polls for East Lothian Council elections.
Former council leader Willie Innes, who served the ward for three decades, lost his battle with cancer last October sparking a by- election which saw teacher Colin Yorkston take over his seat.
Mr Innes was a veteran Labour man and one of four councillors representing the ward. His successor Mr Yorkston, a fellow Labour party member, will hope Labour support remains strong in the ward which returned two Labour councillors in 2017 while the SNP lost one seat to the Scottish Conservatives as the council's youngest councillor Laclan Bruce won a seat.
