Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency).

Linlithgow
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Linlithgow shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Fiona Hyslop
Council area	West Lothian

Linlithgow is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.

The Linlithgow constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.^[1]

The electoral wards used in this seat are:

In full: Linlithgow, Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, Bathgate and Armadale, Blackridge
In part: Whitburn, Blackburn (shared with Almond Valley)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Mary Mulligan	Labour
2003
2007
2011	Fiona Hyslop	SNP
2016	Fiona Hyslop	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Fiona Hyslop	19,362	50.4	+0.6
	Labour	Angela Boyd Moohan	10,027	26.1	-11.7
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy	7,699	20.0	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Farthing-Sykes	1,319	3.4	+0.5
Majority			9,335
Turnout				53.8
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Fiona Hyslop	17,027	49.8	+10.8
	Labour	Mary Mulligan	12,936	37.8	-2.1
	Conservative	Chris Donnelly	2,646	7.7	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Lang	1,015	3.0	-4.6
	National Front	Michael Coyle	558	1.6	N/A
Majority			4,091	12.0
Turnout			34,182	52.5

Liberal Democrats and National Front both gained under 5% of the vote and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		13,402	39.9
	SNP		13,108	39.0
	Conservative		3,570	10.6
	Liberal Democrats		2,547	7.6
	Others		993	3.0
Majority			294	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Mulligan	12,715	42.9	+1.1
	SNP	Fiona Hyslop	11,565	39.0	+4.4
	Conservative	Donald Cameron	3,125	10.5	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Oliver	2,232	7.5	-0.1
Majority			1,150	3.9	-3.2
Turnout			29,637	52.7	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Mulligan	11,548	41.77	-3.36
	SNP	Fiona Hyslop	9,578	34.65	-1.82
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	3,059	11.07	+1.72
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Oliver	2,093	7.57	-0.25
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	1,367	4.94	N/A
Majority			1,970	7.13	-1.54
Turnout			27,645	51.09	-11.17
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.36

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Mulligan	15,247	45.13	-9.01
	SNP	Stewart Stevenson	12,319	36.47	+9.66
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	3,158	9.35	-3.17
	Liberal Democrats	John Barrett	2,643	7.82	+1.94
	Independent	Irene Overstone	415	1.23	+ 1.23
Majority			2,928	8.66	-18.67
Turnout			36,710
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.01

Members of the Scottish Parliament

1999 - 2011 : Mary Mulligan, Labour
2011 - : Fiona Hyslop, SNP

Footnotes

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

2007 election result

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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