Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Almond Valley
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Almond Valley shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population86,477 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Angela Constance
Council area West Lothian

Almond Valley (Gaelic: Srath Amain) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of West Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

The constituency was formed for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises much of the old Livingston constituency. It is named for the River Almond which flows through Livingston. Since being formed the seat has been held by Angela Constance of the Scottish National Party, who was formerly the MSP for Livingston.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow 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

Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

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

The new seat of Almond Valley replaces Livingston. The electoral wards used in its creation are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2011 Angela Constance SNP

Election results

2020s

2026

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Angela Constance
Labour Jordan Stokoe
Conservative Damian Doran-Timson
Reform UK
Liberal Democrats
Green
Alba
Majority
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout


2021

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley [2] [3]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Angela Constance [a] 22,67554.3Increase2.svg1.318,91345.2Decrease2.svg3.1
Labour Craig Smith10,54525.2Decrease2.svg3.78,47420.2Decrease2.svg4.0
Conservative Damian Doran-Timson6,95216.6Increase2.svg1.47,86118.8Increase2.svg2.0
Green 3,0717.3Increase2.svg2.7
Liberal Democrats Caron Lindsay1,6013.8Increase2.svg0.91,2292.9Increase2.svg0.8
Alba 7491.8New
Animal Welfare 3550.8New
All for Unity 2980.7New
Scottish Family 2430.6New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1170.3New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1140.3New
Reform UK 970.2New
Women's Equality 810.2Decrease2.svg0.5
Scottish Libertarian 770.2New
UKIP 750.2Decrease2.svg2.3
Communist 680.2New
Independent Ashley Graczyk250.1New
SDP 200.0New
Renew 140.0New
Majority12,13029.1Increase2.svg5.0
Valid Votes41,77341,881
Invalid Votes15172
Turnout 41,92461.1Increase2.svg7.241,95361.1Increase2.svg7.1
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg2.5
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Angela Constance [a] 18,47553.0Decrease2.svg1.316,87848.3Decrease2.svg0.3
Labour Neil Findlay [b] 10,08228.9Decrease2.svg7.48,45324.2Decrease2.svg7.6
Conservative Stephanie Smith5,30815.2Increase2.svg9.15,86816.8Increase2.svg10.7
Green 1,6264.6Increase2.svg2.1
UKIP 8752.5Increase2.svg1.7
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas1,0072.9Increase2.svg0.87232.1Increase2.svg0.3
Women's Equality 2310.7New
Solidarity 2150.6Increase2.svg0.5
RISE 1100.3New
Majority8,39324.1Increase2.svg6.1
Valid Votes34,87234,979
Invalid Votes12855
Turnout 35,00053.9Increase2.svg2.435,03454.0Increase2.svg2.5
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Elected on the party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Angela Constance [a] 16,70454.3N/A14,94648.6N/A
Labour Laurence Fitzpatrick11,16236.3N/A9,77031.8N/A
Conservative Andrew Hardie1,8866.1N/A1,8916.1N/A
Independent Margo MacDonald [a] 1,2824.2N/A
Green 7592.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Emma Sykes6562.1N/A5501.8N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 3961.3N/A
BNP 3341.1N/A
National Front Neil McIvor3291.1N/A
UKIP 2370.8N/A
Socialist Labour 1980.6N/A
Scottish Christian 1010.3N/A
Scottish Socialist 880.3N/A
CPA 630.2N/A
Liberal 460.1N/A
Independent David John Hogg450.1N/A
Solidarity 370.1N/A
Independent Ken O'Neil70.0N/A
Independent Mev Brown50.0N/A
Majority5,54218.0N/A
Valid Votes30,73730,755
Invalid Votes8673
Turnout 30,82351.5N/A30,82851.5N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

References

  1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. "Election Results". West Lothian Council . 8 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. "Constituencies A-Z: Almond Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. "Scottish Parliament Elections 2016" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. "Scottish Parliament Elections 2011" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 5 July 2021.