West Lothian Council election, 2017

West Lothian Council election, 2017
All 33 seats to West Lothian Council ; 17 seats needed for a majority
Council Leader before election; John McGinty; Labour	Council Leader after election; TBD;

Last updated April 29, 2019

The 2017 West Lothian Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of West Lothian Council. The election used the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected.

West Lothian Council is the local authority for the West Lothian area of Scotland and has 33 elected members. Councillors are generally elected every 5 years.

The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies. Under STV, an elector (voter) has a single vote that is initially allocated to their most preferred candidate. Votes are totalled and a quota derived. If their candidate achieves quota, he/she is elected and in some STV systems any surplus vote is transferred to other candidates in proportion to the voters' stated preferences. If more candidates than seats remain, the bottom candidate is eliminated with his/her votes being transferred to other candidates as determined by the voters' stated preferences. These elections and eliminations, and vote transfers if applicable, continue until there are only as many candidates as there are unfilled seats. The specific method of transferring votes varies in different systems.

Election result summary

^[1]

West Lothian Local Election Result 2017
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
SNP	13	0	-2	-2	39.39	37.29	23,218
Labour	12	0	-4	-4	36.36	29.04	18,082
Conservative	7	6	0	+6	21.21	23.21	14,449
Independent	1	0	0	-	3.03	4.96	3,088
Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	2.72	1,695
Liberal Democrats	0	-	-	-	-	2.62	1,632
TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.092	57
UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.064	40

Ward results

Linlithgow

2012: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
2012-2017 Change: No Change

Linlithgow - 3 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Tom Kerr (incumbent)	41.92%	3,037
	Labour	Tom Conn (incumbent)	14.63%	1,060	1,425	1,450	1,558	1,956
	SNP	David Tait (incumbent)	16.01%	1,160	1,215	1,217	1,310	1,390	1,405	2,529
	SNP	Sue Friel	15.06%	1,091	1,126	1,129	1,246	1,319	1,341
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Pattle	5.26%	381	692	714	872
	Scottish Green	Maire McCormack	6.57%	476	535	541
	UKIP	Alan Cooper	0.55%	40	113
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,245 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,812 Turnout: 59.0%

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh

2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh - 4 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 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
	Scottish 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%

Livingston North

2012: 2 x SNP, 2 x Labour
2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Livingston North - 4 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Alison Adamson	25.45%	1,940
	Labour	Dom McGuire	13.03	993	1,077	1,092	1,209	1,898
	SNP	Robert De Bold (incumbent)	16.31%	1,243	1,254	1,279	1,303	1,327	1,347	2,161
	SNP	Andrew Miller (incumbent)	15.35%	1,170	1,175	1,207	1,235	1,260	1,297	1,606
	SNP	Lorna Menzies Craig	14.53%	1,107	1,115	1,141	1,163	1,181	1,210
	Labour	Anne McMillan (incumbent)	9.52%	726	764	782	853
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	3.28%	250	360	417
	Scottish Green	Mark Wilkinson	2.53%	193	213
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,622 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,525 Turnout: 43.5%

Livingston South

2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Livingston South - 4 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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
	Scottish 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%

East Livingston and East Calder

2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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%

Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley

2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
2012-2017 Change: No Change

Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley - 3 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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%

Whitburn and Blackburn

2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP

Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	George Paul (incumbent)	28.08%	1,822
	SNP	Jim Dickson (incumbent)	24.44%	1,586
	Conservative	Bruce Fairbairn	21.99%	1,427
	Labour	Kirsteen Sullivan	8.59%	557	1,015	1,020	1,054	1,149	1,209	1,486
	SNP	Mary Dickson (incumbent)	7.75%	503	519	742	744	766	1,129
	SNP	John Leslie	6.47%	420	426	468	470	481
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Howden	2.68%	174	182	186	224
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,489 Spoilt: 175 Quota: 1,298 Turnout: 42.6%

Bathgate

2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
2017: 2xLabour; 1xSNP; 1xConservative
2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from SNP

Bathgate - 4 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	William Hannah Boyle (incumbent)	20.20%	1,554
	Labour	Harry Cartmill (incumbent)	21.40%	1,646
	Labour	John McGinty (incumbent)	14.98%	1,152	1,227	1,228	1,257	1,278	1,291	1,597
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy	17.93%	1,379	1,388	1,389	1,400	1,409	1,413	1,574
	SNP	Barry Burrows	8.49%	653	658	668	675	709	1,031	1,176
	Independent	James Walker	9.68%	745	752	752	765	795	806
	SNP	Lisa McArthur	4.50%	346	347	350	355	380
	Scottish Green	Dale McDowell	1.56%	120	122	123	143
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Ann Stevens	1.26%	97	98	98
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,692 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 45.1%

Armadale and Blackridge

2012: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
2012-2017 Change: No Change

Armadale and Blackridge - 3 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	Stuart Borrowman (incumbent)	45.02%	2,343
	SNP	Sarah King (incumbent)	25.41%	1,322
	Labour	Andrew McGuire	13.59%	707	1,012	1,016	1,056	1,131	1,589
	Conservative	Ian Burgess	13.89%	723	1,016	1,017	1,035	1,057
	Scottish Green	Paula Stokes	1.19%	62	149	157	189
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Smillie	0.90%	47	117	118
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,204 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,302 Turnout: 42.20%

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[1] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017

[2] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13916/Ward-1-Linlithgow-results-2017

[3] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13917/Ward-2-Broxburn-Uphall-and-Winchburgh-2017-Results

[4] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13918/Ward-3-Livingston-North-2017-Results

[5] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13919/Ward-4-Livingston-South-2017-Results

[6] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13920/Ward-5-East-Livingston-and-East-Calder-2017-Results

[7] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13921/Ward-6-Fauldhouse-and-the-Breich-Valley-2017-Results

[8] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13922/Ward-7-Whitburn-and-Blackburn-2017-Results

[9] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13923/Ward-8-Bathgate-2017-Results

[10] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13924/Ward-9-Armadale-and-Blackridge-2017-Results

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