Location of the ward [1]
Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Janet Campbell (SNP) | Graeme Morrice (Labour) | Alex Davidson (Labour) | Ellen Glass (Action to Save St John's Hospital) | ||||
| 2012 | Tony Boyle (Labour) | Alex Davidson (Labour) | Diane Calder (SNP) | |||||
| 2017 | Chris Horne (Conservative) | Angela Doran (Labour) | ||||||
| 2022 | Ann Davidson (Labour) | |||||||
| Dec 2022 | Tony Boyle (Labour) | |||||||
Following the death of Scottish Labour councillor, Ann Davidson, a by-election was triggered and was held on 1 December 2022, where Tony Boyle won for Scottish Labour.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Tony Boyle | 39.08% | 1,783 | |||||||||
| SNP | Thomas Ullathorne | 35.02% | 1,576 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Douglas Smith | 7.08% | 347 | |||||||||
| Independent | Chris Horne | 6.01% | 275 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Clarke | 3.07% | 167 | |||||||||
| Independent | Steven Laidlaw | 2.08% | 298 | |||||||||
| Green | Chris Cotter | 2.07% | 122 | |||||||||
| Alba | Debbie Ewen | 1.80% | 81 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 16,545 Valid: 4,500 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 2,239 Turnout: 27.2% | ||||||||||||
2022 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Diane Calder (incumbent) | 29.04% | 1,990 | |||||||||
| Labour | Ann Davidson | 19.04% | 1,305 | 1,321 | 1,329 | 1,336 | 1,345 | 1,430 | ||||
| Conservative | Angela Doran-Timson (incumbent [LAB] ) | 17.73% | 1,215 | 1,220 | 1,222 | 1,239 | 1,252 | 1,299 | 1,305 | 1,328 | 1,611 | |
| SNP | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 12.84% | 880 | 1,419 | ||||||||
| Labour | Hazel McLeod | 10.56% | 724 | 732 | 735 | 745 | 752 | 773 | 819 | 981 | ||
| Green | Cam Wright | 4.35% | 298 | 317 | 332 | 345 | 383 | 447 | 449 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Corser | 3.72% | 255 | 261 | 264 | 275 | 287 | |||||
| Alba | Phil Noble | 1.39% | 95 | 100 | 103 | 115 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Kenneth Sutherland | 1.33% | 91 | 92 | 93 | |||||||
| Electorate: 16,643 Valid: 6,853 Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,371 Turnout: 42.2% [6] | ||||||||||||
2017 West Lothian Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Diane Calder (incumbent) | 27.24% | 1,898 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Chris Horne | 27.23% | 1,897 | |||||||||
| Labour | Angela Doran | 19.00% | 1,324 | 1,340 | 1,448 | |||||||
| SNP | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 8.37% | 583 | 868 | 880 | 882 | 894 | 961 | 990 | 1,057 | 1,666 | |
| SNP | Pippa Plevin | 6.06% | 422 | 571 | 577 | 577 | 580 | 626 | 668 | 739 | ||
| Labour | Audrey Middleton | 4.49% | 313 | 318 | 368 | 410 | 423 | 467 | 628 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Woods | 3.12% | 217 | 224 | 350 | 352 | 368 | 454 | ||||
| Green | June Douglas | 3.67% | 256 | 274 | 297 | 299 | 313 | |||||
| TUSC | Elaine Mallon | 0.82% | 57 | 59 | 72 | 74 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,967 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 46.2% | ||||||||||||
2012 West Lothian Council election [9]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Diane Calder | 28.21 | 1,551 | ||||||
| Labour | Tony Boyle | 21.11 | 1,161 | ||||||
| Labour | Alex Davidson | 19.79 | 1,088 | 1,107.2 | |||||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Ellen Glass (incumbent) | 13.93 | 766 | 791.6 | 816.1 | 818.7 | 996.9 | ||
| SNP | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 11.22 | 617 | 1,006.4 | 1,013.2 | 1,014.1 | 1,054.3 | 1,411.2 | |
| Conservative | George Thompson | 5.75 | 316 | 320.7 | 324.1 | 324.6 | |||
| Electorate: 13,558 Valid: 5,499 Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,100 Turnout: 5,598 (40.56%) | |||||||||
2007 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alexander Davidson | 1,668 | 22.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Janet Campbell | 1,562 | 21.1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Graeme Morrice | 1,139 | 15.4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Ellen Glass | 1,047 | 14.2 | 3 | 5 | |
| SNP | Eddie Malcolm | 987 | 13.3 | |||
| Conservative | Jack Thompson | 559 | 7.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Chapman | 431 | 5.8 | |||
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