Bathgate (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Bathgate is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		William Boyle (SNP)		James Walker (SNP)		John McGinty (Labour)	3 seats
2012			Harry Cartmill (Labour)
2017				Charles Kennedy (Conservative)
2022				Pauline Stafford (SNP)	Tony Pearson (Labour)

Election results

2022 Election

2022 West Lothian Council election

Bathgate – 4 seats ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Harry Cartmill (incumbent)	33.67%	2,496
	SNP	William Boyle (incumbent)	24.36%	1,806
	SNP	Pauline Stafford	16.05%	1,190	1,265	1,507
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy (incumbent)	14.14%	1,048	1,162	1,167	1,168	1,174	1,208	1,236
	Labour	Tony Pearson	5.06%	375	1,015	1,023	1,027	1,034	1,094	1,246	1,774
	Scottish Green	Siobhan Flannigan	3.79%	281	323	351	360	392	425
	Liberal Democrats	John Mackenzie	2.02%	150	186	191	192	195
	Alba	Gordon Dent	0.90%	67	74	83	85
Electorate: 18,082  Valid: 7,413  Spoilt: 138  Quota: 1,483  Turnout: 41.8% [4]

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election ^[5]

Bathgate – 4 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	William Hannah Boyle (incumbent)	20.20%	1,554
	Labour	Harry Cartmill (incumbent)	21.40%	1,646
	Labour	John McGinty (incumbent)	14.98%	1,152	1,227	1,228	1,257	1,278	1,291	1,597
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy	17.93%	1,379	1,388	1,389	1,400	1,409	1,413	1,574
	SNP	Barry Burrows	8.49%	653	658	668	675	709	1,031	1,176
	Independent	James Walker	9.68%	745	752	752	765	795	806
	SNP	Lisa McArthur	4.50%	346	347	350	355	380
	Scottish Green	Dale McDowell	1.56%	120	122	123	143
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Ann Stevens	1.26%	97	98	98
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 7,692  Spoilt: 174  Quota: 1,539  Turnout: 45.1%

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election ^[7]

Bathgate – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	John McGinty (incumbent)	22.59	1,314
	SNP	Jim Walker (incumbent)	22.04	1,282
	Labour	Harry Cartmill	19.56	1,138	1,231.1
	SNP	William H. Boyle (incumbent)	18.69	1,087	1,094.8	1,123.8	1,127.9	1,135.2	1,174.7	1,215.1
	Independent	Jamie Firth	6.63	453	214.7	218.4	222.3	236.9	293.7
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy	5.93	345	347.5	349.9	352.8	371	405.4	455.9
	SNP	Calum Laurie	5.14	299	303.6	347.8	349.7	355.2	371.1	397.4
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Douglas Banks	3.35	195	198.5	201.9	207.8	224.3
	UKIP	Alistair Forrest	1.34	78	79	79.8	80.8
Electorate: 13,933  Valid: 5,817  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,164  Turnout: 5,925 (41.75%)

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election

West Lothian Council election, 2007: Bathgate

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	John McGinty	1,521	22.2	2	5
	SNP	William Boyle	1,494	21.8	1	5
	Labour	Harry Cartmill	1,366	20.0
	SNP	James Walker	1,308	19.1	3	5
	Conservative	Donald MacDonald	425	6.2
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Gary Montgomery	371	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Corser	265	3.9
	Scottish Socialist	Ally Hendry	93	1.4

References

1. "5th Reviews – ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. "NOTICE OF POLL – West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 8 Bathgate)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
4. "Declaration of Results (Ward 8 Bathgate)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
5. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017%5B%5D
6. "Ward 8 Bathgate 2017 Results – West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
7. "Previous Election Results". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.