Livingston South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In April 2020, Peter Johnson retired from West Lothian Council triggering a by-election on the 11th March 2021 where Maria MacAulay (SNP) was duly elected. [2]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Peter Johnson (SNP) | John Muir (SNP) | Danny Logue (Labour) | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Moira Shemilt (SNP) | Peter Heggie (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Maria Macaulay (SNP) | |||||||
2022 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | Maria Macaulay | 29.76% | 2,252 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 26.80% | 2,028 | ||||||||||
| Conservative | Peter Heggie (incumbent) | 11.68% | 884 | 888 | 946 | 954 | 984 | 1,013 | 1,032 | 1,034 | 1,134 | 1,385 | |
| SNP | Moira Shemilt (incumbent) | 9.23% | 698 | 1,344 | 1,374 | 1,385 | 1,403 | 1,459 | 1,631 | ||||
| Labour | Craig Smith | 5.58% | 422 | 430 | 736 | 745 | 786 | 841 | 911 | 931 | 1,106 | ||
| Independent | Eddie Anderson | 5.08% | 384 | 393 | 422 | 434 | 453 | 601 | 657 | 680 | |||
| Green | Cameron Glasgow | 4.34% | 328 | 360 | 381 | 386 | 424 | 443 | |||||
| Independent | Eddie Millar | 4.27% | 323 | 333 | 347 | 362 | 373 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Caron Lindsay | 2.21% | 167 | 171 | 189 | 195 | |||||||
| Scottish Family | Margaret Hamilton | 1.06% | 80 | 82 | 87 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 19,101 Valid: 7,566 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,514 Turnout: 40.2% [5] | |||||||||||||
2017 West Lothian Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 27.12% | 2,228 | |||||||
| SNP | Peter Johnston (incumbent) | 20.69% | 1,700 | |||||||
| Conservative | Peter Heggie | 19.40% | 1,594 | 1,673 | ||||||
| SNP | Moira Shemilt | 13.02% | 1,070 | 1,109 | 1,151 | 1,151 | 1,169 | 1,268 | 1,827 | |
| Labour | Danny Logue (incumbent) | 8.41% | 691 | 1,080 | 1,083 | 1,091 | 1,137 | 1,216 | 1,241 | |
| SNP | Annmargaret Watson | 7.17% | 589 | 593 | 598 | 599 | 602 | 620 | ||
| Green | Jayne Glass | 2.44% | 200 | 221 | 223 | 225 | 275 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Pattle | 1.75% | 144 | 154 | 155 | 160 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 8,216 Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,644 Turnout: 46.3% | ||||||||||
2012 West Lothian Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 34.89 | 2,395 | ||||||
| SNP | Peter Johnston (incumbent) | 24.34 | 1,671 | ||||||
| Labour | Danny Logue (incumbent) | 13.01 | 893 | 1,631.7 | |||||
| SNP | John Muir (incumbent) | 11.92 | 818 | 867.1 | 966.2 | 986 | 1,015.6 | 1,534.4 | |
| SNP | John Lindsay | 5.84 | 401 | 444.9 | 603.8 | 622.1 | 648.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nick Davis | 5.45 | 374 | 425.2 | 428.8 | 448.9 | |||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Derreck Allen McCullough | 4.55 | 312 | 376.9 | 392.4 | 458.9 | 679.3 | 731.3 | |
| Electorate: 16,441 Valid: 6,864 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 6,937 (41.75%) | |||||||||
2007 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick | 2,584 | 30.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Peter Johnson | 2,543 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Danny Logue | 1,081 | 12.7 | 3 | 3 | |
| SNP | John Muir | 879 | 10.4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Marion Kerr | 527 | 6.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Evan Bell | 420 | 4.9 | |||
| Independent | Eddie Anderson | 341 | 4.0 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Mary Kerr | 115 | 1.4 | |||
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