Linlithgow (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		Martyn Day (SNP)
2017	David Tait (SNP)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 West Lothian Council election^[3]

Linlithgow - 3 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	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^[5]

Linlithgow - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	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
Green	Simon King-Spooner	316	4.0
Conservative	Sandy Pagan	194	2.4
Scottish Socialist	Eddy Cornock	49	2.5

References[]

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ "statistics.gov.scot/Linlithgow". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017
^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13916/Ward-1-Linlithgow-results-2017
^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results

[1] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[Population-2] "statistics.gov.scot/Linlithgow". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[3] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017

[4] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13916/Ward-1-Linlithgow-results-2017

[5] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results

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