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West Lothian has a diverse economy and as of 2020 had approximately 4,500 businesses providing almost 72,000 jobs in the area. [47] In 2014, West Lothian Council reported that the five largest employment sectors in the council area were healthcare, construction, retail, manufacturing, and business administration and support services. [48]
The first election to West Lothian District Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. A shadow authority was again elected in 1995 ahead of the reforms which came into force on 1 April 1996.
Subsequently, West Lothian County Council was created in 1890. The historic county of West Lothian or of Linlithgowshire contained six burghs: Armadale, Bathgate, Bo'ness, Linlithgow, Queensferry, and Whitburn. Areas outside the burghs were administered as districts, of which there were also six: Borrowstounness, Linlithgow, Queensferry ...
Shown in West Lothian West Lothian Civic Centre is a municipal building on Howden South Road in Livingston, West Lothian in Scotland. The building serves as the offices and meeting place of West Lothian Council as well as the venue for hearings of Livingston Sheriff Court.
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Whitburn and Blackburn Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count SNP: James Dickson: 1,981 27.1 1 1 Labour: Jim Swan: 1,528 20.9 2 1 Labour: George Paul: 1,367 18.7 3 5 Action to Save St John's Hospital Gordon Beurskens: 851 11.7 4 8 SNP: Mary Dickson 507 6.9 Conservative: Alistair Lowrie 435 6.0 Independent: Tony ...
Livingston South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. It elects four Councillors. In April 2020, Peter Johnson retired from West Lothian Council triggering a by-election on the 11th March 2021 where Maria MacAulay (SNP) was duly elected.
West Lothian was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. Its area corresponded to the Council area of West Lothian . It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Eliburn park (in the north-west of Livingston) is a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) site owned by West Lothian Council which features a reservoir (fed by the local Nell burn) with fishing access, sports facilities and a children's play area. [113]