Before (end of 1994) (17 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 9 · Conservative 7 · SNP 1 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1995) (18 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 15 · Conservative 3 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0 · SNP 0
Ward results
| G Meikie | Conservative | 1,017 ✓ |
| W Thomson | Labour | 724 |
| David Martin | SNP | 211 |
| P McAndrew | LDem | 175 |
Cockenzie and Port Seton1 seat
| Thomas Lawrie | Labour | 1,299 ✓ |
| D Paton | Conservative | 496 |
| Vv Gordon | SNP | 194 |
| $ McAndrew | LDem | 39 |
Dunbar1 seat
| Norman Hampshire | Labour | 1,106 ✓ |
| Ss Bunyan | Conservative | 593 |
| } Knox | SNP | 332 |
| J Holcombe | LDem | 209 |
East Linton/Gifford1 seat
| Ludovic Broun-Lindsay | Conservative | 894 ✓ |
| E Foy | Labour | 625 |
| D White | SNP | 243 |
| A Arnold | LDem | 182 |
Haddington East1 seat
| Cc Ingle | Labour | 1,108 ✓ |
| M Lyon | Conservative | 331 |
| Norman Lawrie | SNP | 248 |
| M Barrett | LDem | 105 |
Haddington West1 seat
| A McCarthy | Labour | 663 ✓ |
| Fraser Crawford | Conservative | 528 |
| John Donachy | SNP | 276 |
| J Busby | LDem | 147 |
Longniddry/Macmerry1 seat
| Iain Stewart | Labour | 1,068 ✓ |
| PHF Burton | Conservative | 752 |
| E Muirhead | SNP | 147 |
| B Logan | LDem | 89 |
Musselburgh East/Pinkie1 seat
| Cc Moohan | Labour | 1,135 ✓ |
| R Martin | SNP | 495 |
Musselburgh North West1 seat
| Maureen Talac | Labour | 1,044 ✓ |
| Duncan Clairmount | SNP | 367 |
| J Smith | Independent | 206 |
Musselburgh South1 seat
| J Ross | Labour | 929 ✓ |
| J Williamson | SNP | 393 |
| R Mtchison | LDem | 126 |
North Berwick1 seat
| cS} Stewart | Conservative | 613 ✓ |
| Ss Smith | LDem | 508 |
| David Berry | SNP | 372 |
| & Taylor | Labour | 257 |
Ormiston/Pencaitiand1 seat
| David Costello | Labour | 1,170 ✓ |
| Ss McComb | SNP | 310 |
| Norman Galbraith | Conservative | 157 |
| E Strachan | LDem | 143 |
Prestonpans East1 seat
| P O Brien | Labour | 1,666 ✓ |
| A Campbell | SNP | 583 |
| Willie Innes | Labour | 1,412 ✓ |
| Roger Knox | SNP | 245 |
| A Gillan | Independent | 62 |
| A Crawford | Conservative | 39 |
Tranent East1 seat
| Bishop Shepherd | Labour | 1,062 ✓ |
| T Kerr | SNP | 269 |
| A Hadley | LDem | 68 |
Tranent West/Carberry1 seat
| T Ferguson | Labour | 1,409 ✓ |
| W Macadie | SNP | 289 |
| L Black | LDem | 95 |
Tyninghame1 seat
| J McEwan | Labour | 851 ✓ |
| J Miller | Conservative | 664 |
| D McKinney | SNP | 305 |
| Jacquie Bell | LDem | 159 |