Location of the ward [1]
Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council in Scotland. It elects three Councillors.
Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council in Scotland. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Greg McCarra (SNP) | Cathy Muldoon (Labour) | Neil Findlay (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | David Dodds (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Pauline Clark (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Craig Meek (Labour) | |||||||
2022 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Pauline Clark (incumbent) | 25.47% | 1,292 | |||||||
| Labour | Cathy Muldoon (incumbent) | 21.94% | 1,113 | 1,114 | 1,123 | 1,158 | 1,202 | 1,363 | ||
| Labour | Craig Meek | 18.22% | 924 | 925 | 930 | 948 | 975 | 1,219 | 1,295 | |
| Conservative | Elaine Fairbairn | 14.16% | 718 | 718 | 720 | 740 | 754 | |||
| SNP | Greg McCarra | 12.85% | 652 | 671 | 693 | 700 | 778 | 801 | 804 | |
| Scottish Green | Neil Barnes | 3.65% | 185 | 186 | 197 | 216 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Pattle | 2.33% | 118 | 118 | 127 | |||||
| Alba | Hani Mohamed | 1.38% | 70 | 70 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,714 Valid: 5,072 Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,269 Turnout: 41.1% [4] | ||||||||||
2017 West Lothian Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | David Dodds (incumbent) | 29.81% | 1,623 | ||||||
| SNP | Pauline Clark | 18.53% | 1,012 | 1,022 | 1,035 | 1,079 | 1,781 | ||
| Labour | Cathy Muldoon (incumbent) | 17.68% | 966 | 1,070 | 1,206 | 1,233 | 1,293 | 1,417 | |
| Conservative | Marion Kerr | 15.23% | 832 | 842 | 867 | 892 | 896 | 920 | |
| SNP | Greg McCarra (incumbent) | 14.33% | 783 | 787 | 794 | 817 | |||
| Scottish Green | Pamela Barnes | 2.25% | 123 | 128 | 162 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Brown | 2.27% | 124 | 127 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,463 Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,366 Turnout: 46.6% | |||||||||
2012 West Lothian Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | David Dodds | 33.30 | 1,713 | ||||||
| SNP | Garry Knox | 17.57 | 904 | 929.6 | 949.1 | 1,023.6 | 1,039.2 | ||
| Labour | Cathy Muldoon (incumbent) | 17.53 | 902 | 1,235.7 | 1,264.5 | 1,423.6 | |||
| SNP | Greg McCarra (incumbent) | 17.42 | 896 | 905.7 | 931.2 | 1,063.7 | 1,085.5 | 1,999.8 | |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Jim Warnock | 10.34 | 532 | 557.4 | 647.6 | ||||
| Conservative | Alastair Lowrie | 3.83 | 197 | 202.5 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,239 Valid: 5,144 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,287 Turnout: 5,250 (45.77%) | |||||||||
2007 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Findlay | 2,137 | 33.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Greg McCarra | 1,669 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Cathy Muldoon | 1,340 | 21.1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Conservative | Shiela Grierson | 335 | 5.3 | |||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Tom Orr | 319 | 5.0 | |||
| Independent | James Ford | 203 | 3.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Wenham | 184 | 2.9 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Alun Birrell | 139 | 2.2 | |||
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