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The council is responsible for the co-ordination of the planning and provision of public services in West Lothian. It works closely with other public bodies such as police, fire and health, through its community planning partnership. West Lothian Council operates country parks at Beecraigs, Polkemmet, and Almondell & Calderwood. [24]
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 in 1966, [2] and West Lothian House on Almondvale Boulevard in Livingston, which had been built as the headquarters of the Livingston Development Corporation in 1981. [3]
[6] [7] The district council retained the county buildings in Linlithgow as additional office space. [8] In November 2009, the new unitary authority, West Lothian Council, centralised its services at the new West Lothian Civic Centre in Livingston and much of the space in the county buildings in Linlithgow fell vacant. [9]
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]
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Linlithgow Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count Conservative: Tom Kerr: 2,120 26.9 1 1 SNP: Martyn Day: 1,792 22.7 2 6 SNP: Tam Smith
It was home to the divisional headquarters of Lothian and Borders Police until the creation of Police Scotland in 2013, as well as the sheriff and justice of the peace, West Lothian Council, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service, and the West ...
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 ...
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 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency.