Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Linlithgow | ||
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County Council area West Lothian | |
Linlithgow is a
The seat has been held by Fiona Hyslop of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western and Midlothian North and Musselburgh
The region includes all of the
Constituency boundaries and council area
The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.
The Linlithgow constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
The electoral wards used in this seat are:
- In full: Armadale and Blackridge, Bathgate, Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh and Linlithgow
- In part: Whitburn and Blackburn (shared with Almond Valley)
As of 2019, Linlithgow's population (95,663) was the highest among the 70 Holyrood mainland constituencies, almost one-third greater than those at the bottom of the list, the lowest being Argyll and Bute which had barely 60,000 within its boundaries.[1]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Mary Mulligan | Labour | |
2011 | Fiona Hyslop | SNP |
Election results
2020s
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Fiona Hyslop[a] | 22,693 | 48.4 | 2.0 | 18,735 | 39.8 | 4.2 | |
Labour | Kirsteen Sullivan | 12,588 | 26.9 | 0.8 | 10,135 | 21.6 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Kennedy | 9,472 | 20.2 | 0.2 | 10,556 | 22.4 | 1.9 | |
Scottish Green | 3,566 | 7.6 | 2.0 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Pattle | 2,126 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 1,551 | 3.3 | 0.8 | |
Alba | 724 | 1.5 | New | |||||
Animal Welfare | 393 | 0.8 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 330 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 221 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 146 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 128 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 120 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 99 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |||||
Libertarian | 88 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP
|
88 | 0.2 | 2.4 | |||||
Communist | 62 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Independent
|
Ashley Graczyk | 39 | 0.1 | New | ||||
SDP | 26 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Renew | 14 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 10,105 | 21.5 | 2.8 | |||||
Valid Votes | 46,879 | 47,021 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 199 | 91 | ||||||
Turnout | 47,078 | 62.2 | 8.2 | 47,112 | 62.3 | 8.3 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
2010s
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Fiona Hyslop[a] | 19,362 | 50.4 | 0.6 | 16,987 | 44.0 | 2.4 | |
Labour | Angela Moohan | 10,027 | 26.1 | 11.7 | 8,905 | 23.1 | 7.6 | |
Conservative | Charles Kennedy | 7,699 | 20.0 | 12.3 | 7,931 | 20.5 | 13.1 | |
Scottish Green | 2,179 | 5.6 | 2.4 | |||||
UKIP
|
1,001 | 2.6 | 1.9 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Dan Farthing-Sykes | 1,319 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 961 | 2.5 | 0.4 | |
Women's Equality | 269 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 248 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||||
RISE
|
133 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Majority | 9,335 | 24.3 | 12.3 | |||||
Valid Votes | 38,407 | 38,614 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 143 | 35 | ||||||
Turnout | 38,550 | 54.0 | 1.3 | 35,649 | 54.0 | 1.2 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Fiona Hyslop[a] | 17,027 | 49.8 | N/A | 15,883 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Mary Mulligan[b] | 12,936 | 37.8 | N/A | 10,517 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Chris Donnelly | 2,646 | 7.7 | N/A | 2,524 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Margo MacDonald[a] | 1,644 | 4.8 | N/A | ||||
Scottish Green | 1,088 | 3.2 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Lang | 1,015 | 3.0 | N/A | 680 | 2.0 | N/A | |
National Front | Michael Coyle | 558 | 1.6 | N/A | ||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 463 | 1.4 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 436 | 1.3 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 315 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
UKIP
|
248 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian
|
142 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 127 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 78 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Liberal | 52 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 24 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Independent
|
David Hogg | 9 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent
|
Ken O'Neil | 8 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent
|
Mev Brown | 5 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 4,091 | 12.0 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 34,182 | 34,243 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 113 | 79 | ||||||
Turnout | 34,295 | 52.7 | N/A | 34,322 | 52.8 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Mulligan | 12,715 | 42.9 | +1.1 | |
SNP | Fiona Hyslop | 11,565 | 39.0 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Donald Cameron | 3,125 | 10.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Oliver | 2,232 | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 1,150 | 3.9 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,637 | 52.7 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Mulligan | 11,548 | 41.8 | -3.3 | |
SNP | Fiona Hyslop | 9,578 | 34.6 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Gordon Lindhurst | 3,059 | 11.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Oliver | 2,093 | 7.5 | -0.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Steven Nimmo | 1,367 | 4.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,970 | 7.2 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,645 | 51.1 | -11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 |
1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Mulligan | 15,247 | 45.1 | N/A | |
SNP | Stewart Stevenson | 12,319 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gordon Lindhurst | 3,158 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Barrett
|
2,643 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Irene Overstone | 415 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,928 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,710 | 62.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Footnotes
- ^ a b Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Election Results". West Lothian Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Linlithgow]". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Elections 2016" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament Elections 2011" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links
- "Linlithgow constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 5 July 2021.