West Lothian Council elections

West Lothian Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Ratepayers	Independent
1974	6	12	0	1	2
1977	9	9	0	2	1
1980	4	15	0	0	2
1984 [a]	2	19	0	2	1
1988	7	14	0	1	2
1992	11	10	2	0	1

1. New ward boundaries. ^[1]

As a unitary authority

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Independent
1995	11	15	1	0	0	0
1999 [a]	11	20	1	0	0	0
2003	12	18	1	0	0	1
2007 [b]	13	14	1	0	3	1
2012	15	16	1	0	0	1
2017 [c]	13	12	7	0	0	1
2022	15	12	4	1	0	1

1. New ward boundaries. ^[2]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[3]

Results maps

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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2022 results map

By-elections

2012-2017

Armadale and Blackridge By-Election 26 March 2015 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Sarah King	43.4	1,620	1,647	1,676	1,874
	Labour	Andrew McGuire	27.0	1,009	1,018	1,074	1,382
	Independent	Scott Mackay	20.3	756	786	868
	Conservative	Ian Burgess	6.8	255	264
	Green	Jenny Johnson	2.4	90
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,730  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,866  Turnout: 3,776

Linlithgow By-Election 1 October 2015 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	David Tait	43.1	2,049	2,061	2,099	2,234	2,325
	Labour	David Manion	22.9	1,088	1,131	1,175	1,279	1,644
	Conservative	Ian Burgess	20.5	973	992	1,056	1,070
	Green	Maire McCormack	5.9	282	303	346
	Independent	Brenda Galloway	4.8	230	246
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	2.8	133
	SNP hold
Valid: 4,755  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 2,378  Turnout: 4,783

2017-2022

Livingston South By-Election 11 March 2021 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Maria MacAulay	43.9	2,465	2,467	2,496	2,603	2,703	2,763	3,370
	Labour	Gordon Connolly	24.6	1,382	1,384	1,419	1,481	1,579	2,098
	Conservative	Douglas Smith	17.6	989	996	1,025	1,037	1,124
	Independent	Eddie Millar	5.9	332	338	365	413
	Green	Cameron Glasgow	4.2	234	234	273
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	3.3	185	186
	UKIP	John Mumford	0.5	29
	SNP hold
Valid: 5,616  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 2,809  Turnout: 5,668

East Livingston and East Calder By-Election 5 August 2021 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Thomas Ullathorne	42.5	1,890	1,906	1,918	2,122	2,368
	Conservative	David Philip	24.4	1,085	1,088	1,103	1,131	1,425
	Labour	Danny Logue	21.8	969	972	1,012	1,094
	Green	Neal Drummond	7.6	336	343	377
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Edginton	2.7	118	122
	ISP	John Hannah	1.1	47
	SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 4,445  Spoilt: 48  Quota: 2,223  Turnout: 4,493

2022-2027

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh By-Election 1 December 2022 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Tony Boyle	39.8	1,783	1,790	1,809	1,839	1,912	2,016	2,191	2,778
	SNP	Thomas Ullathorne	35.2	1,576	1,605	1,671	1,703	1,728	1,772	1,792
	Conservative	Douglas Smith	7.8	347	348	349	354	381	458
	Independent	Chris Horne	6.1	275	285	292	328	353
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Clarke	3.7	167	168	183	191
	Independent	Steven Laidlaw	2.8	125	132	136
	Green	Chris Cotter	2.7	122	126
	Alba	Debbie Ewen	1.8	29
	Labour hold
Valid: 4,476  Spoilt: 24  Quota: 2,239  Turnout: 4,500

Armadale and Blackridge By-Election 22 August 2024 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Susan Manion	28.9	795	814	853	890	955	1,103	1,427
	SNP	Keith Alan Barclay	28.3	777	805	820	903	917	967
	Reform	David McLennan	18.9	519	519	534	559	637
	Conservative	Douglas Smith	8.2	226	227	248	272
	ISP	John Hannah	8.6	236	240	245
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Thomas Butler	4.4	122	131
	Green	Adam William Rafferty	2.7	73
	Labour gain from Independent
Electorate: 13,371  Valid: 2,748  Spoilt: 22  Quota: 1,375  Turnout: 2,770

Whitburn and Blackburn By-Election 14 November 2024 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	David Russell	30.9	1,093	1,108	1,126	1,164	1,283	1,424	1,778
	SNP	Aileen Brown	28.9	1,022	1,063	1,078	1,091	1,173	1,238
	Reform	David McLennan	16.3	578	579	586	653	739
	Independent	Thomas Robert Lynch	11.9	421	429	452	498
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy	6.7	239	239	259
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Thomas Butler	2.7	97	111
	Green	Cameron Glasgow	2.6	92
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,542  Spoilt: 35  Quota: 1,772  Turnout: 3,577

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh By-Election 13 March 2025 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Mike Carlin	31.8	1,375	1,428	1,504	1,550	1,571	1,672	2,126
	Labour	June Andrews	29.2	1,263	1,273	1,310	1,397	1,491	1,655
	Reform	David McLennan	18.7	809	826	832	851	943
	Conservative	Mamie Taylor	7.5	324	326	330	363
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Thomas Ferrario	5.3	229	235	274
	Green	Chris Cotter	4.3	185	195
	Alba	Frank Anderson	3.1	135
	SNP hold
Valid: 4,320  Spoilt: 37  Quota: 2,161  Turnout: 4,357

Whitburn and Blackburn By-Election 11 December 2025 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Reform	David McLennan	32.0	1,177	1,180	1,185	1,191	1,231	1,321	1,411	1,653
	SNP	Callum Cox	28.0	1,028	1,028	1,071	1,101	1,110	1,230	1,387
	Labour	Samual McCulloch	17.1	627	631	636	655	683	762
	Independent	Thomas Robert Lynch	13.2	484	497	505	530	549
	Conservative	Reece Sinnott	3.5	129	129	130	142
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Thomas Butler	2.8	102	104	121
	Green	Robbie Gerald Walker	2.7	101	102
	Independent	Eddie Millar	0.7	27
	Reform gain from Labour
Valid: 3,675  Spoilt: 44  Quota: 1,838  Turnout: 3,719

References

1. "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
2. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - West Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - West Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
4. "Armadale and Blackridge By-Election 26 March 2015 Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
5. "LINLITHGOW BY‐ELECTION on 1 OCTOBER 2015" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
6. "Preference Summary Report - Livingston South By-Election Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
7. "Preference Summary Report - East Livingston and East Calder By-Election Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
8. "Preference Summary Report - Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh By-Election Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
9. "Preference Summary Report - Ward 9 - Armadale and Blackridge" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
10. "Ward 7 - Whitburn and Blackburn Transfers Report" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
11. "Ward 2 - Broxburn Uphall and Winchburgh Transfers Report" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
12. "Ward 7 - Whitburn and Blackburn - Candidate Votes per Stage Report" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 12 December 2025.