Location of the ward [1]
Armadale and Blackridge is one of nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
Armadale and Blackridge is one of nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Isabel Hutton (SNP) | Stuart Borrowman (Independent) | Jim Dixon (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Sarah King (SNP) | Andrew McGuire (Labour) | ||||||
| 2022 | Lynda Kenna (SNP) | |||||||
| 2024 by | Susan Manion (Labour) | |||||||
In May 2024, independent councillor Stuart Borrowman died. [2] A by-election was held on 22 August 2024 to elect his replacement, and was won by Labour candidate Susan Manion. [3] [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Susan Manion | 28.9 | 795 | 814 | 853 | 890 | 955 | 1,103 | 1,427 | |
| SNP | Keith Alan Barclay | 28.3 | 777 | 805 | 820 | 903 | 917 | 967 | ||
| Reform UK | David McLennan | 18.9 | 519 | 519 | 534 | 559 | 637 | |||
| ISP | John Hannah | 8.6 | 236 | 240 | 245 | |||||
| Conservative | Douglas Smith | 8.2 | 226 | 227 | 248 | 272 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas Thomas Butler | 4.4 | 122 | 131 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Adam William Rafferty | 2.7 | 73 | |||||||
| Electorate: 13,371 Valid: 2,748 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 1,375 Turnout: 20.7% | ||||||||||
2022 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Stuart Borrowman (incumbent) | 48.92% | 2,571 | ||||||
| SNP | Lynda Kenna | 22.05% | 1,159 | 1,407 | |||||
| Labour | Andrew McGuire (incumbent) | 14.12% | 742 | 1,110 | 1,130 | 1,148 | 1,196 | 1,319 | |
| Conservative | Chris Terry | 10.56% | 555 | 789 | 790 | 794 | 820 | 834 | |
| Scottish Green | Sophie Brodie | 2.59% | 136 | 232 | 264 | 291 | 308 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Mackenzie | 0.95% | 50 | 107 | 110 | 121 | |||
| ISP | John Hannah | 0.82% | 43 | 78 | 91 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,162 Valid: 5,256 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,315 Turnout: 40.4% [9] | |||||||||
2017 West Lothian Council election [10]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Stuart Borrowman (incumbent) | 45.02% | 2,343 | ||||||
| SNP | Sarah King (incumbent) | 25.41% | 1,322 | ||||||
| Labour | Andrew McGuire | 13.59% | 707 | 1,012 | 1,016 | 1,056 | 1,131 | 1,589 | |
| Conservative | Ian Burgess | 13.89% | 723 | 1,016 | 1,017 | 1,035 | 1,057 | ||
| Scottish Green | Paula Stokes | 1.19% | 62 | 149 | 157 | 189 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Smillie | 0.90% | 47 | 117 | 118 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,204 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,302 Turnout: 42.20% | |||||||||
2012 West Lothian Council election [12]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Stuart Borrowman (incumbent) | 56.68 | 2,541 | ||
| SNP | Isabel Hutton (incumbent)† | 19.21 | 861 | 1,217.5 | |
| Labour | Jim Dixon (incumbent) | 17.58 | 788 | 1,283.1 | |
| SNP | Dean Williamson | 3.75 | 168 | 229.5 | |
| Conservative | Marion Kerr | 2.79 | 125 | 246.8 | |
| Electorate: 11,247 Valid: 4,483 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,121 Turnout: 4,532 (39.86%) | |||||
2007 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Stuart Borrowman | 1,385 | 24.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Labour | Jim Dixon | 1,330 | 23.7 | 2 | 5 | |
| SNP | Isabel Hutton | 1,156 | 20.6 | 3 | 7 | |
| Independent | Duncan MacLean | 780 | 13.9 | |||
| SNP | Grant McLennan | 517 | 9.2 | |||
| Conservative | Lindsay Butchart | 252 | 4.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Caron Howden | 137 | 2.4 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Steve Nimmo | 55 | 1.0 | |||
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