Linlithgow (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Linlithgow is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In 2019, the population of the ward was 16,499.[2]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Martyn Day
(SNP) 		Tom Conn
(Labour) 		Tom Kerr
(Conservative)
2012
2017 David Tait
(SNP)
2022 Pauline Orr
(SNP) 		Sally Pattle
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 West Lothian Council election

Linlithgow - 3 seats[3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Pauline Orr 26.26% 1,869        
Liberal Democrats Sally Pattle 20.33% 1,447 1,457 1,466 1,901  
Conservative Chris Horne 19.83% 1,411 1,413 1,445 1,484  1,508
Labour Tom Conn (incumbent) 19.54% 1,391 1,406 1,413 1,733 1,788
Scottish Green Pamela Barnes 13.22% 941 988 992    
Scottish Family Rik Smith 0.81% 58 59      
Electorate: 12,435   Valid: 7,117   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,780   Turnout: 57.7%[5]  

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election[6]

Linlithgow - 3 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%  

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election[8]

Linlithgow - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Tom Kerr (incumbent) 33.18 2,112        
SNP Martyn Day (incumbent)†† 28.70 1,827        
Labour Tom Conn (incumbent) 20.30 1,292 1,453 1,478.7 1,483.2 1,627.9
SNP David Tait 13.02 829 920.3 1,101.4 1,106.9 1,186.9
Action to Save St John's Hospital Cherie Finlay 4.40 280 396.7 413.6 423.8  
National Front Ernest Wilson 0.39 25 30.2 30.6    
Electorate: 11,944   Valid: 6,365   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,592   Turnout: 6,409 (53.29%)  

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election

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 1,340 17.0
Labour Tom Conn 1,328 16.9 3 6
Liberal Democrats Geoff King 739 9.4
Scottish Green Simon King-Spooner 316 4.0
Conservative Sandy Pagan 194 2.4
Scottish Socialist Eddy Cornock 49 2.5

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "statistics.gov.scot/Linlithgow". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 1 Linlithgow)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 1 Linlithgow)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017 [dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Ward 1 Linlithgow results 2017 - West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Previous Election Results".