Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Livingston
County constituency
for the House of Commons
LivingstonConstituency.svg
Boundary of Livingston in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland West Lothian
Major settlements Livingston, West Calder
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Gregor Poynton (Labour)
Created from Midlothian
West Lothian

Livingston is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns one Member of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Contents

It was formed from parts of traditional Midlothian and West Lothian for the 1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called Livingston, was used by the Scottish Parliament until 2011. In 2005 a small part of the Linlithgow constituency was moved into Livingston.

Boundaries

Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1983–1997: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn, Calders, Livingston North, and Livingston South; and the City of Edinburgh District ward of Kirkliston.

1997–2005: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn/Uphall, Craigshill/Ladywell, Deans/Knightsridge, Dedridge/West Calder, and Murieston/East Calder.

2005–present: The area of the West Lothian Council other than that part in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.

The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston. It is bordered by the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.

Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for this seat had been Robin Cook of the Labour Party since its creation in 1983. Following his death on 6 August 2005, a by-election was held on 29 September, and Jim Devine was elected. On 8 February 2010, Devine was suspended from the Labour Party after he was charged with a criminal offence in relation to his parliamentary expenses. He was succeeded in 2010 by Labour's Graeme Morrice. Morrice was defeated by Hannah Bardell of the Scottish National Party (SNP) five years later. She in turn was defeated by Gregor Poynton in 2024.

ElectionMember [1] PartyNotes
1983 Robin Cook Labour Foreign Secretary 1997–2001, Leader of the House of Commons 2001–2003, died in office 2005
2005 by-election Jim Devine Labour barred from standing at the 2010 general election by the Labour Party's National Executive Committee [2]
2010 Graeme Morrice Labour
2015 Hannah Bardell SNP
2024 Gregor Poynton Labour

Election results

General election results 1983-2017 LivingstonGraph.svg
General election results 1983–2017

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Livingston [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gregor Poynton 18,324 40.9 +18.9
SNP Hannah Bardell 14,79633.0−14.3
Reform UK David McLennan3,9778.9N/A
Conservative Damian Doran-Timson3,4697.7−14.2
Liberal Democrats Caron Lindsay2,0254.5−1.7
Scottish Green Cameron Glasgow1,7043.8+1.2
Alba Debbie Ewen5451.2N/A
Majority3,5287.9N/A
Turnout 44,84057.5−7.8
Registered electors 78,043
Labour gain from SNP Swing +16.6

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Livingston [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Hannah Bardell 25,617 46.9 +6.8
Conservative Damian Timson12,18222.3−2.1
Labour Caitlin Kane11,91521.8−10.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas3,4576.3+3.4
Scottish Green Cameron Glasgow [7] 1,4212.6New
Majority13,43524.6+17.2
Turnout 54,59266.3+1.6
SNP hold Swing
General election 2017: Livingston [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Hannah Bardell 21,036 40.1 −16.8
Labour Rhea Wolfson17,15832.7+5.1
Conservative Damian Timson [9] 12,79924.4+14.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas1,5122.9+0.8
Majority3,8787.4−21.9
Turnout 52,50564.7−5.2
SNP hold Swing
General election 2015: Livingston [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Hannah Bardell 32,736 56.9 +31.0
Labour Graeme Morrice [12] 15,89327.6−20.9
Conservative Chris Donnelly5,92910.3−0.5
UKIP Nathan Somerville [13] 1,7573.1+2.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas [14] 1,2322.1−9.0
Majority16,84329.3N/A
Turnout 57,54769.9+6.8
SNP gain from Labour Swing +25.9
General election 2010: Livingston [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graeme Morrice 23,215 48.5 −2.6
SNP Lis Bardell12,42425.9+4.3
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas5,31611.1−4.3
Conservative Alison Adamson-Ross5,15810.8+0.7
BNP David Orr9602.0New
UKIP Alistair Forrest4430.9New
Scottish Socialist Ally Hendry2420.5−1.3
Independent Jim Slavin1490.3New
Majority10,79122.6−6.9
Turnout 47,90763.1+5.0
Labour hold Swing −3.5

Elections in the 2000s

By-election 2005: Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Devine 12,319 41.8 −9.3
SNP Angela Constance 9,63932.7+11.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas4,36214.8−0.6
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 1,9936.7−3.4
Scottish Green David Robertson5291.8New
Scottish Socialist Steven Nimmo4071.4−0.4
UKIP Peter Adams1080.4New
Independent Melville Brown550.2New
Alliance for ChangeJohn Allman330.1New
Socialist (GB) Brian Gardner320.1New
Majority2,6809.1−20.4
Turnout 29,47738.6−19.5
Labour hold Swing −10.2
General election 2005: Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Cook 22,657 51.1 −1.9
SNP Angela Constance 9,56021.6−2.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas6,83215.4+5.5
Conservative Alison Ross4,49910.1+2.5
Scottish Socialist Steven Nimmo7891.8−1.2
Majority13,09729.5+0.1
Turnout 44,33758.1+2.0
Labour hold Swing -1.2
General election 2001: Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Cook 19,108 53.0 −1.9
SNP Graham Sutherland8,49223.6−3.9
Liberal Democrats Gordon Mackenzie3,96911.0+4.3
Conservative Ian Mowat2,9958.3−1.1
Scottish Socialist Wendy Milne1,1103.1New
UKIP Robert Kingdon3591.0New
Majority10,61629.4+2.0
Turnout 36,03355.6−15.4
Labour hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Cook 23,510 54.9 +10.5
SNP Peter Johnston11,76327.5+0.9
Conservative Hugh Halkett4,0289.4−10.0
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hawthorn2,8766.7−1.9
Referendum Helen Campbell4441.0New
Socialist (GB) Matt Culbert2130.5New
Majority11,74727.4+9.6
Turnout 42,83471.0−3.6
Labour hold Swing +4.8
General election 1992: Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Cook 20,245 44.4 −1.2
SNP Peter J.B. Johnston12,14026.6+10.0
Conservative Hugh Gordon8,82419.4+0.7
Liberal Democrats Fred Mackintosh3,9118.6−10.5
Scottish Green Alpin G. Ross-Smith4691.0New
Majority8,10517.8−8.7
Turnout 45,58974.6+0.5
Labour hold Swing −5.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Cook 19,110 45.6 +7.9
Liberal Robert McCreadie8,00519.1−5.5
Conservative Mark Mayall7,86018.7−5.5
SNP Kenny MacAskill 6,96916.6+3.1
Majority11,10526.5+13.4
Turnout 41,94474.1+3.2
Labour hold Swing +6.7
General election 1983: Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Cook 14,255 37.7 −13.7
Liberal Alexander Henderson9,30424.6+16.4
Conservative John Campbell9,12924.2+7.1
SNP Kenny MacAskill 5,09013.5−9.8
Majority4,95113.1
Turnout 37,77870.9
Labour win (new seat)

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