East Livingston and East Calder (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

East Livingston and East Calder is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Frank Anderson (SNP)		Carl John (SNP)		Willie Dunn (Labour)		Dave King (Labour)
2012	Frank Toner (Labour)
2017			Damian Timson (Conservative)
2021 [2]					Thomas George Ullathorne (SNP)
2022	Veronica Smith (SNP)				Danny Logue (Labour)

Upcoming Elections

2021 By-Election

Following the death of Labour Councillor and Depute Provost Dave King a by-election was called and is due to take place on August 5, 2021. ^[3]

East Livingston and East Calder - 1 seat [4]
	Neal Drummond	Scottish Green Party
	Hans Edgington	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	John Hannah	Independence for Scotland Party
	Danny Logue	Scottish Labour Party
	David Philip	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Thomas George Ullathorne	Scottish National Party (SNP)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 West Lothian Council election

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Carl John (incumbent)	26.43%	1,741
	Conservative	Damian Doran-Timson (incumbent)	18.29%	1,205	1,213	1,239	1,279	1,288	1,310	1,317	1,377
	Labour	Danny Logue	16.38%	1,079	1,095	1,106	1,164	1,437
	SNP	Veronica Smith	9.44%	622	907	915	927	936	946	1,287	1,499
	Independent	Frank Anderson (incumbent [SNP] )	7.55%	497	508	519	539	542	551	583
	Scottish Green	Neal Drummond	6.62%	436	474	478	534	542	560	585	686
	SNP	Thomas Ullathorne	5.92%	390	426	426	427	433	435
	Labour	Andy Rafferty	4.74%	312	318	319	330
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Howden	3.31%	218	224	230
	Scottish Family	Ruth Hutchison	1.32%	87	88
Electorate: 17,970  Valid: 6,587  Spoilt: 121  Quota: 1,318  Turnout: 37.3% [7]

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election ^[8]

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Dave King (incumbent)	23.75%	1,749
	Conservative	Damian Timson	22.00%	1,620
	SNP	Frank Anderson (incumbent)	20.09%	1,479
	SNP	Carl John (incumbent)	13.20%	972	994	998	1,002	1,014	1,105	1,648
	Labour	Scott Rogers	7.13%	525	724	765	766	829	918	941
	SNP	Veronica Smith	7.54%	555	561	564	565	578	652
	Scottish Green	Neal Drummond	3.60%	265	274	284	285	366
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Corser	2.69%	198	208	239	239
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 7,363  Spoilt: 141  Quota: 1,473  Turnout: 45.9%

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election ^[8]

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Dave King (incumbent)	32.14	1,914
	SNP	Frank Anderson (incumbent)	19.26	1,147	1,161.7	1,164.8	1,180.9	1,398.6
	SNP	Carl John (incumbent)	16.89	1,006	1,058.4	1,061.2	1,094.1	1,304.3
	Labour	Frank Toner	11.45	682	1,237.6
	SNP	Lis Bardell	7.62	454	462.3	464.5	485.9
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Jean Ann Finch	6.38	380	407.9	419.3	607.3	637.3
	Conservative	Evelyn Stirling	6.25	372	386.7	389.9
Electorate: 14,346  Valid: 5,955  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 1,192  Turnout: 6,047 (41.51%)

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election ^[8]

West Lothian Council election, 2007: East Livingston and East Calder

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Frank Anderson	1,918	24.6	1	1
	Labour	Willie Dunn	1,733	22.3	2	1
	Labour	Dave King	1,569	20.2	3	1
	SNP	Carl John	795	10.2	4	7
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Lorraine Robertson	625	8.0
	Conservative	Andy Murray	591	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Chapman	421	5.4
	Scottish Socialist	Helen Donnelly	133	1.7

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. "East Livingston and East Calder By-Election Result".
3. Sommerville, Stuart (11 May 2021). "Heartfelt tributes after death of West Lothian Depute Provost Dave King". edinburghlive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
4. "WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL BY‐ELECTION EAST LIVINGSTON & EAST CALDER WARD (WARD 5) NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2021.
5. "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
6. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 5 East Livingston and East Calder)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
7. "Declaration of Results (Ward 5 East Livingston and East Calder)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
8. "Previous Election Results". West Lothian Council.