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The council has been under no overall control since 2007, with a Labour leader since 2012.. 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.
The 2022 West Lothian Council election was held on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , with 33 Councillors elected.
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]
2007 West Lothian Council election: Armadale and Blackridge Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count Independent: Stuart Borrowman: 1,385 24.7 1 3 Labour: Jim Dixon: 1,330 23.7 2 5 SNP: Isabel Hutton: 1,156 20.6 3 7 Independent: Duncan MacLean 780 13.9 SNP: Grant McLennan 517 9.2 Conservative: Lindsay Butchart 252 4.5 Liberal Democrats: Caron Howden ...
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 ...
West Lothian Council election, 2007: East Livingston and East Calder Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count SNP: Frank Anderson: 1,918 24.6 1 1 Labour: Willie Dunn: 1,733 22.3 2 1 Labour: Dave King: 1,569 20.2 3 1 SNP: Carl John: 795 10.2 4 7 Action to Save St John's Hospital Lorraine Robertson 625 8.0 Conservative: Andy Murray 591 7.6 Liberal ...
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland Kirsteen Ann Sullivan [ 1 ] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bathgate and Linlithgow since 2024 . A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party , she gained the seat from Martyn Day , a member of the Scottish National Party .
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 required the commission to review boundaries of all constituencies except Orkney and Shetland (which cover, respectively, the Orkney Islands council area and the Shetland Islands council area) so that the area covered by the reviewed constituencies continues to be covered by a total of 71 ...