The Local Party will be campaigning on several fronts in the forthcoming Scottish Elections due in May 2011. This is due to boundary changes with new constituencies.
East Lothian (revised)
The new constituency comprises of Fa'side, Preston/Seton/Gosford, Haddington & Lammermuir, North Berwick Coastal and Dunbar & East Linton wards. In other words, everything excluding the two Musselburgh wards.
This revised constituency will remain part of the South of Scotland Regional area.
The Local Party are pleased to announce that local campaigner Ettie Spencer has been selected as our candidate for the new constituency of "East Lothian" in next year's Holyrood elections.
Ettie lives in Stenton with her husband, son and daughter. She has 4 older sons and daughters and four grandchildren. She works as a community artist (most recent project "Whose Waves" featured at this year's 3 Harbours Festival in Prestonpans) and part-time university lecturer.
Ettie is also founder and project manager of Carbon Neutral Stenton, a social enterprise company working towards the community becoming carbon neutral. You can find out more about Ettie on her own site, please use this link.
North Midlothian and Musselburgh (new)
This is a brand new constituency made up of the two Musselburgh wards and bits of Midlothian (Dalkeith, Pathhead, Fala, Mayfield, Lasswade, Loanhead, Bonnyrigg, Roslin, Bilston, Bush). This new constituency will from part of a revised Lothian's Regional area.
The Local Party is working with Midlothian Local Party to select a candidate and details will be available soon.
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