East Livingston and East Calder (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

East Livingston and East Calder is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Frank Anderson
(SNP) 		Carl John
(SNP) 		Willie Dunn
(Labour) 		Dave King
(Labour)
2012 Frank Toner
(Labour)
2017 Damian Timson
(Conservative)

Upcoming Elections[]

2021 By-Election[]

Following the death of Labour Councillor and Depute Provost Dave King a by-election was called and is due to take place on August 5th 2021.[2]

East Livingston and East Calder - 1 seat[3]
Neal Drummond Scottish Green Party
Hans Edgington Scottish Liberal Democrats
John Hannah Independence for Scotland Party
Danny Logue Scottish Labour Party
David Philip Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Thomas George Ullathorne Scottish National Party (SNP)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 West Lothian Council election[4]

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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  
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%

2012 Election[]

2012 West Lothian Council election[6]

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Dave King (incumbent) 32.14 1,914        
SNP Frank Anderson (incumbent) 19.26 1,147 1,161.7 1,164.8 1,180.9 1,398.6
SNP Carl John (incumbent) 16.89 1,006 1,058.4 1,061.2 1,094.1 1,304.3
Labour Frank Toner 11.45 682 1,237.6      
SNP Lis Bardell 7.62 454 462.3 464.5 485.9  
Action to Save St John's Hospital Jean Ann Finch 6.38 380 407.9 419.3 607.3 637.3
Conservative Evelyn Stirling 6.25 372 386.7 389.9    
Electorate: 14,346   Valid: 5,955   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,192   Turnout: 6,047 (41.51%)

2007 Election[]

2007 West Lothian Council election

West Lothian Council election, 2007: East Livingston and East Calder
Party Candidate 1st Pref % 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 Democrats James Chapman 421 5.4
Scottish Socialist Helen Donnelly 133 1.7

References[]

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  2. ^ Sommerville, Stuart (2021-05-11). "Heartfelt tributes after death of West Lothian Depute Provost Dave King". edinburghlive. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  3. ^ "WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL BY‐ELECTION EAST LIVINGSTON & EAST CALDER WARD (WARD 5) NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). West Lothian Council.
  4. ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017
  5. ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13920/Ward-5-East-Livingston-and-East-Calder-2017-Results
  6. ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results
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