Livingston (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°53′38″N 3°31′01″W / 55.894°N 3.517°W

Livingston
Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Livingston shown within the Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	West Lothian

Livingston was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Livingston was expanded and renamed Almond Valley

Electoral region

See also Lothians Scottish Parliament region

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Livingston 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]

Boundary review

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 elections, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended alterations to the existing Livingston and Linlithgow constituencies.

Livingston was effectively abolished, replaced by a newly formed Almond Valley seat. This constituency takes in the Livingston, East Calder, Fauldhouse, Breich Valley, and Seafield areas. A newly shaped Linlithgow constituency was formed from the Linlithgow, Broxburn, Blackburn, Whitburn, and Armadale areas.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Bristow Muldoon	Labour
	2003
	2007	Angela Constance	Scottish National Party
	2011	Constituency abolished; see Almond Valley

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance	13,159	39.6	+8.0
	Labour	Bristow Muldoon	12,289	37.0	-6.6
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Ernie Walker	2,814	8.5	+8.5
	Conservative	David Brown	2,804	8.4	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Evan Bell	2,158	6.5	-2.4
Majority			870	2.6
Turnout			33,224	50.0	+3.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bristow Muldoon	13,327	43.6	-3.7
	SNP	Peter Johnston	9,657	31.6	-5.1
	Conservative	Lindsay Paterson	2,848	9.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGreal	2,714	8.9	+1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Robert Richard	1,640	5.4	+5.4
	Scottish People's	Stephen Milburn	371	1.2	1.2
Majority			3,670	12.0
Turnout			30,557	46.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bristow Muldoon	17,313	47.34	N/A
	SNP	Greg McCarra	13,409	36.67	N/A
	Conservative	Douglas Younger	3,014	8.24	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Oliver	2,834	7.75	N/A
Majority			3,904	10.67
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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