Bathgate (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Bathgate
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Electorate66,803 [1]
Major settlements Bathgate
Future constituency
Created 2026
Seats1
Council area West Lothian
Created from Linlithgow

Bathgate is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of West Lothian. [2] It will elect one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it will also form one of the nine constituencies in the Central Scotland and Lothians West 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. [3]

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Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region are Airdrie, Almond Valley, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Uddingston and Bellshill. [3] The region includes all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and parts of the South Lanarkshire council area. [4]

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Bathgate constituency was created by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, and will first be contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It is based on the town of Bathgate, which was formerly in the constituency of Linlithgow; other settlements within the seat include Armadale, Broxburn and Whitburn. It lies entirely within the West Lothian council area, and covers the entirety of the West Lothian Council wards of Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, Whitburn and Blackburn, Bathgate, and Armadale and Blackridge, and part of the Linlithgow ward. [2]

Election results

2020s

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Bathgate
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Pauline Stafford
Labour Jenny Young
Conservative Peter Heggie
Liberal Democrats Stephen Harte
Majority
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 25.
  2. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140.
  3. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  4. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.

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