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Elections to the West Lothian District Council took place on 7 May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

Results

1992 West Lothian District Council election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SNP	11	4	0	4	45.8	43.0	19,502	4.5
Labour	10	1	5	4	41.6	38.5	17,448	8.5
Conservative	2	2	0	2	8.3	12.2	5,501	3.6
Independent	1	0	1	1	4.1	4.1	1,815	0.9
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	1,088	New

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Preston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J. McGinley (incumbent)	1,634	58.6
	Conservative	A. Maxwell	645	23.1
	Labour	J. H. Brown	509	18.3
Majority			989	35.5
Turnout			2789	47.8
	SNP hold

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Kerr	1,047	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. A. Chapman	532	21.5
	SNP	J. G. Wardrop	470	19.0
	Labour	T. Conn	425	17.2
Majority			515	20.8
Turnout			2475	44.9
	Conservative gain from Ind. Ratepayers

Hopetoun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	I Leslie	1,165	67.7
	Labour	A. B. Blair	526	30.5
Majority			639	37.2
Turnout			2,789	44.9
	SNP hold

Barbauchlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J. G. M. Sibbald (incumbent)	1,077	55.9
	Labour	N. Sinnet	840	43.6
Majority			237	12.3
Turnout			1,925	39.8
	SNP hold

Bathville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D. Mclean (incumbent)	940	66.9
	Labour	C. N. Dahle	466	33.1
Majority			474	33.8
Turnout			1,406	35.6
	SNP gain from Labour

Easton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. M. Campbell (incumbent)	852	40.7
	SNP	G. B. Menzies	820	39.2
	Independent	Mcl. C. Welsh	235	11.2
	Conservative	J. L. Mumford	186	8.9
Majority			32	1.5
Turnout			2,094	43.5
	SNP hold

Newlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Walker (incumbent)	994	47.9
	SNP	A. Kerr	571	27.3
	Labour	J. McNab	503	24.3
Majority			423	20.6
Turnout			2,073	48.2
	Independent hold

Starlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A. B. Gordon (incumbent)	1,380	55.4
	Labour	A. Murphy	915	36.7
	Conservative	J. A. Seeger	194	7.8
Majority			465	18.7
Turnout			2,490	52.7
	SNP hold

Burnbrae
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W. D. Burns	855	52.3
	Labour	W. Russell (incumbent)	772	47.2
Majority			83	5.1
Turnout			1,634	43.8
	SNP gain from Labour

Polkemmet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W. R. WcBride	1,027	52.2
	Labour	R. Gamble (Incumbent)	933	47.5
Majority			94	4.7
Turnout			1,966	42.8
	SNP gain from Labour

Fauldhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Lee (Incumbent)	1,324	61.9
	SNP	R. Cole	595	27.8
	Conservative	T. Linton	220	10.3
Majority			729	34.1
Turnout			2,139	44.5
	Labour hold

Whitrigg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J. Dickson (Incumbent)	1,142	62.4
	Labour	A. Mackie	547	29.9
	Conservative	T. K. Graham	142	7.8
Majority			595	32.5
Turnout			1,831	42.2
	SNP hold

Deans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Owens	995	54.0
	SNP	A. MacNeil	610	33.1
	Conservative	H. J. Laurenson	238	12.9
Majority			385	20.9
Turnout			1,844	28.6
	Labour hold

Knightsbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. C. W. Ryce (Incumbent)	492	43.7
	SNP	J. Johnston	455	40.4
	Conservative	C. C. Mac. Welwood	178	15.8
Majority			37	3.3
Turnout			1,125	30.3
	Labour hold

Ladywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	P. J. B. A. Johnston (Incumbent)	1,043	69.7
	Labour	B. Moohan	359	24.0
	Conservative	M. Wilson	93	6.2
Majority			684	45.7
Turnout			1,496	37.7
	SNP hold

Craigshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	F. Anderson (Incumbent)	696	55.7
	Labour	M. M. Clark	303	24.3
	Liberal Democrats	A. McC. Chalmers	157	12.6
	Conservative	I. Black	93	7.4
Majority			393	31.4
Turnout			1,249	34.5
	SNP hold

Howden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. J. Coleman (incumbent)	652	39.6
	SNP	L. A. Burton	647	39.3
	Conservative	J. T. Laurenson	215	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	P. F. Chalmers	129	7.8
Majority			5	0.3
Turnout			1,645	30.8
	Labour hold

Bankton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J. A. Richardson	818	39.1
	Labour	I. Barclay (incumbent)	775	37.0
	Conservative	J. M. Gordon	493	23.5
Majority			43	2.1
Turnout			2,094	32.8
	SNP gain from Labour

Houston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Davidson	846	42.8
	SNP	M. Patterson	738	37.3
	Conservative	K. Graham	389	19.7
Majority			108	5.5
Turnout			1,976	42.7
	Labour hold

Strathbrock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Cumming (incumbent)	949	55.2
	SNP	C. B. Campbell	550	32.0
	Conservative	H. J. Spurway	216	23.6
Majority			399	23.2
Turnout			1,718	42.1
	Labour hold

Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Morrice (incumbent)	914	60.7
	SNP	J. MacD. Campbell	485	32.2
	Conservative	V. E. M. Welwood	107	7.1
Majority			429	28.5
Turnout			1,507	42.4
	Labour hold

Linhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. G. Brydie	855	38.4
	Labour	B. Muldoon	660	29.6
	SNP	M. Doyle	523	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hudson	187	8.4
Majority			195	8.8
Turnout			2,226	48.1
	Conservative gain from Labour

East Calder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. J. King	600	31.4
	Independent	W. S. C. Renwick (incumbent)	586	30.7
	SNP	L. M. M. Irvine	449	23.5
	Conservative	J. H. H. Gordon	190	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	G. T. Durance	83	4.4
Majority			14	0.7
Turnout			1,908	45.2
	Labour gain from Independent