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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.
Until the early 21st century, West Lothian Council was based at County Buildings in Linlithgow, which had been built as the headquarters for the old West Lothian County Council in 1935. [1] However, the council also owned Lindsay House on South Bridge Street, Bathgate, which had been built as the Burgh Chambers for the old Bathgate Town Council ...
1 1 SNP: Greg McCarra: 1,669 26.4 2 1 Labour: Cathy Muldoon: 1,340 21.1 3 4 Conservative: Shiela Grierson 335 5.3 Action to Save St John's Hospital Tom Orr 319 5.0 Independent: James Ford 203 3.2 Liberal Democrats: Graham Wenham 184 2.9 Scottish Socialist: Alun Birrell 139 2.2
The top tier of local government was the regional council. Services provided at the regional level were those needing greater finance or resources, or best exercised over a wide area. These included police, fire services, consumer protection, education and transport. [1] Each district had an elected district council.
[1] Following the abolition of West Lothian County Council in 1975, the complex passed to the new West Lothian District Council, which chose to use the former Burgh Chambers of Bathgate Town Council (built in 1966) as its headquarters, extending the building in 1976 and renaming it Lindsay House.
West Lothian Almond Valley ( Gaelic : Srath Amain ) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood ) covering part of the council area of West Lothian . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.
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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 ...