2017_West_Lothian_Council_election
The 2017 West Lothian Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of West Lothian Council. The election used the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected. The election resulted in no overall party majority, leading to the Labour Party and the Conservative Party forming a coalition administration.
Quick Facts All 33 seats to West Lothian Council 17 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SNP | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 39.39 | 37.29 | 23,218 | 11.36 | |
Labour | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36.36 | 29.04 | 18,082 | 9.06 | |
Conservative | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21.21 | 23.21 | 14,449 | 14.42 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.03 | 4.96 | 3,088 | 0.31 | |
Scottish Green | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2.72 | 1,695 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2.62 | 1,632 | 2.24 | |
TUSC | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.092 | 57 | New | |
UKIP | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.064 | 40 | 0.09 | |
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Linlithgow
- 2012: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
- 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Tom Kerr (incumbent) | 41.92% | 3,037 | |||||||
Labour | Tom Conn (incumbent) | 14.63% | 1,060 | 1,425 | 1,450 | 1,558 | 1,956 | |||
SNP | David Tait (incumbent) | 16.01% | 1,160 | 1,215 | 1,217 | 1,310 | 1,390 | 1,405 | 2,529 | |
SNP | Sue Friel | 15.06% | 1,091 | 1,126 | 1,129 | 1,246 | 1,319 | 1,341 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Pattle | 5.26% | 381 | 692 | 714 | 872 | ||||
Scottish Green | Maire McCormack | 6.57% | 476 | 535 | 541 | |||||
UKIP | Alan Cooper | 0.55% | 40 | 113 | ||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,245 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,812 Turnout: 59.0% |
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Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SNP | Diane Calder (incumbent) | 27.24% | 1,898 | |||||||||
Conservative | Chris Horne | 27.23% | 1,897 | |||||||||
Labour | Angela Doran††† | 19.00% | 1,324 | 1,340 | 1,448 | |||||||
SNP | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 8.37% | 583 | 868 | 880 | 882 | 894 | 961 | 990 | 1,057 | 1,666 | |
SNP | Pippa Plevin | 6.06% | 422 | 571 | 577 | 577 | 580 | 626 | 668 | 739 | ||
Labour | Audrey Middleton | 4.49% | 313 | 318 | 368 | 410 | 423 | 467 | 628 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Woods | 3.12% | 217 | 224 | 350 | 352 | 368 | 454 | ||||
Scottish Green | June Douglas | 3.67% | 256 | 274 | 297 | 299 | 313 | |||||
TUSC | Elaine Mallon | 0.82% | 57 | 59 | 72 | 74 | ||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,967 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 46.2% |
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Livingston North
- 2012: 2 x SNP, 2 x Labour
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Alison Adamson | 25.45% | 1,940 | |||||||
Labour | Dom McGuire | 13.03 | 993 | 1,077 | 1,092 | 1,209 | 1,898 | |||
SNP | Robert De Bold (incumbent) | 16.31% | 1,243 | 1,254 | 1,279 | 1,303 | 1,327 | 1,347 | 2,161 | |
SNP | Andrew Miller (incumbent) | 15.35% | 1,170 | 1,175 | 1,207 | 1,235 | 1,260 | 1,297 | 1,606 | |
SNP | Lorna Menzies Craig | 14.53% | 1,107 | 1,115 | 1,141 | 1,163 | 1,181 | 1,210 | ||
Labour | Anne McMillan (incumbent) | 9.52% | 726 | 764 | 782 | 853 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Caron Lindsay | 3.28% | 250 | 360 | 417 | |||||
Scottish Green | Mark Wilkinson | 2.53% | 193 | 213 | ||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,622 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,525 Turnout: 43.5% |
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Livingston South
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 27.12% | 2,228 | |||||||
SNP | Peter Johnston (incumbent) † | 20.69% | 1,700 | |||||||
Conservative | Peter Heggie | 19.40% | 1,594 | 1,673 | ||||||
SNP | Moira Shemilt | 13.02% | 1,070 | 1,109 | 1,151 | 1,151 | 1,169 | 1,268 | 1,827 | |
Labour | Danny Logue (incumbent) | 8.41% | 691 | 1,080 | 1,083 | 1,091 | 1,137 | 1,216 | 1,241 | |
SNP | Annmargaret Watson | 7.17% | 589 | 593 | 598 | 599 | 602 | 620 | ||
Scottish Green | Jayne Glass | 2.44% | 200 | 221 | 223 | 225 | 275 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jill Pattle | 1.75% | 144 | 154 | 155 | 160 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 8,216 Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,644 Turnout: 46.3% |
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East Livingston and East Calder
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | Dave King (incumbent)†† | 23.75% | 1,749 | |||||||
Conservative | Damian Timson | 22.00% | 1,620 | |||||||
SNP | Frank Anderson (incumbent) | 20.09% | 1,479 | |||||||
SNP | Carl John (incumbent) | 13.20% | 972 | 994 | 998 | 1,002 | 1,014 | 1,105 | 1,648 | |
Labour | Scott Rogers | 7.13% | 525 | 724 | 765 | 766 | 829 | 918 | 941 | |
SNP | Veronica Smith | 7.54% | 555 | 561 | 564 | 565 | 578 | 652 | ||
Scottish Green | Neal Drummond | 3.60% | 265 | 274 | 284 | 285 | 366 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Corser | 2.69% | 198 | 208 | 239 | 239 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,363 Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,473 Turnout: 45.9% |
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Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Labour | David Dodds (incumbent) | 29.81% | 1,623 | ||||||
SNP | Pauline Clark | 18.53% | 1,012 | 1,022 | 1,035 | 1,079 | 1,781 | ||
Labour | Cathy Muldoon (incumbent) | 17.68% | 966 | 1,070 | 1,206 | 1,233 | 1,293 | 1,417 | |
Conservative | Marion Kerr | 15.23% | 832 | 842 | 867 | 892 | 896 | 920 | |
SNP | Greg McCarra (incumbent) | 14.33% | 783 | 787 | 794 | 817 | |||
Scottish Green | Pamela Barnes | 2.25% | 123 | 128 | 162 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Brown | 2.27% | 124 | 127 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,463 Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,366 Turnout: 46.6% |
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Whitburn and Blackburn
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | George Paul (incumbent) | 28.08% | 1,822 | |||||||
SNP | Jim Dickson (incumbent) | 24.44% | 1,586 | |||||||
Conservative | Bruce Fairbairn | 21.99% | 1,427 | |||||||
Labour | Kirsteen Sullivan | 8.59% | 557 | 1,015 | 1,020 | 1,054 | 1,149 | 1,209 | 1,486 | |
SNP | Mary Dickson (incumbent) | 7.75% | 503 | 519 | 742 | 744 | 766 | 1,129 | ||
SNP | John Leslie | 6.47% | 420 | 426 | 468 | 470 | 481 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Howden | 2.68% | 174 | 182 | 186 | 224 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,489 Spoilt: 175 Quota: 1,298 Turnout: 42.6% |
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Bathgate
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2xLabour; 1xSNP; 1xConservative
- 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from SNP
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | William Hannah Boyle (incumbent) | 20.20% | 1,554 | |||||||
Labour | Harry Cartmill (incumbent) | 21.40% | 1,646 | |||||||
Labour | John McGinty (incumbent) | 14.98% | 1,152 | 1,227 | 1,228 | 1,257 | 1,278 | 1,291 | 1,597 | |
Conservative | Charles Kennedy | 17.93% | 1,379 | 1,388 | 1,389 | 1,400 | 1,409 | 1,413 | 1,574 | |
SNP | Barry Burrows | 8.49% | 653 | 658 | 668 | 675 | 709 | 1,031 | 1,176 | |
Independent | James Walker | 9.68% | 745 | 752 | 752 | 765 | 795 | 806 | ||
SNP | Lisa McArthur | 4.50% | 346 | 347 | 350 | 355 | 380 | |||
Scottish Green | Dale McDowell | 1.56% | 120 | 122 | 123 | 143 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Ann Stevens | 1.26% | 97 | 98 | 98 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,692 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 45.1% |
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Armadale and Blackridge
- 2012: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Stuart Borrowman (incumbent) | 45.02% | 2,343 | ||||||
SNP | Sarah King (incumbent) | 25.41% | 1,322 | ||||||
Labour | Andrew McGuire | 13.59% | 707 | 1,012 | 1,016 | 1,056 | 1,131 | 1,589 | |
Conservative | Ian Burgess | 13.89% | 723 | 1,016 | 1,017 | 1,035 | 1,057 | ||
Scottish Green | Paula Stokes | 1.19% | 62 | 149 | 157 | 189 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Smillie | 0.90% | 47 | 117 | 118 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,204 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,302 Turnout: 42.20% |
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- † On 29 March 2020 Livingston South Councillor Peter Johnston resigned his seat due to illness.[11] The By-Election was postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic.[12] The By Election was held on Thursday 11 March 2021.
- ††On 11 May 2021 East Livingston and East Calder Labour Cllr Dave King died. A by-election was held on 5 August 2021 and was gained by the SNP's Thomas Ullathorne.
- †††On 26 October 2021 Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh Labour Cllr Angela Doran-Timson left the Labour Party and joined the Conservatives.[13]
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Maria MacAulay | 43.9% | 2,465 | 2,467 | 2,496 | 2,603 | 2,703 | 2,763 | 3,370 | |
Labour | Gordon Connolly | 24.6% | 1,382 | 1,384 | 1,419 | 1,481 | 1,579 | 2,098 | ||
Conservative | Douglas Smith | 17.6% | 989 | 996 | 1,025 | 1,037 | 1,124 | |||
Independent | Eddie Millar | 5.9% | 332 | 338 | 365 | 413 | ||||
Scottish Green | Cameron Glasgow | 4.2% | 234 | 234 | 273 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Caron Lindsay | 3.3% | 185 | 186 | ||||||
UKIP | John Mumford | 0.5% | 29 | |||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,616 Spoilt: TBC Quota: 2,809 Turnout: 30.2% |
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Thomas Ullathorne | 42.5 | 1,890 | 1,906 | 1,918 | 2,122 | 2,368 | |
Conservative | David Philip | 24.4 | 1,085 | 1,088 | 1,103 | 1,131 | 1,425 | |
Labour | Danny Logue | 21.8 | 969 | 972 | 1,012 | 1,094 | ||
Scottish Green | Neal Drummond | 7.6 | 336 | 343 | 377 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hans Edginton | 2.7 | 118 | 122 | ||||
ISP | John Hannah | 1.1 | 47 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,445 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 2,223 Turnout: 4,493 (25.1%) |
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- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Stage 1 – Linlithgow" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 2 – Broxburn Uphall and Winchburgh" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 3 – Livingston North" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 4 – Livingston South" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 5 – East Livingston and East Calder" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 6 – Fauldhouse and the Breich [sic] Valley" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 7 – Whitburn and Blackburn" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 8 – Bathgate" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report – Ward 9 – Armadale and Blackridge" (PDF). West Lothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021.
- Sommerville, Stuart (14 April 2020). "Livingston councillor steps down after serving Livingston fro [sic] 35 years". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- "Livingston South By-Election". West Lothian Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- "West Lothian Labour councillor defects to Tories after marrying Tory group leader". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- "Local By Elections 11th March 2021 Notice of Poll" (PDF). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- "Local By Elections 5 August 2021 Notice of Poll" (PDF). 2 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.