Location of the ward [1]
East Livingston and East Calder is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
East Livingston and East Calder is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Frank Anderson (SNP) | Carl John (SNP) | Willie Dunn (Labour) | Dave King (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | Frank Toner (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Damian Timson (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2021 [2] | Thomas George Ullathorne (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Veronica Smith (SNP) | Danny Logue (Labour) | ||||||
Following the death of Labour Councillor and Depute Provost Dave King a by-election was called and is due to take place on August 5, 2021. [3]
| East Livingston and East Calder - 1 seat [4] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Neal Drummond | Scottish Green Party | |
| Hans Edgington | Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
| John Hannah | Independence for Scotland Party | |
| Danny Logue | Scottish Labour Party | |
| David Philip | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | |
| Thomas George Ullathorne | Scottish National Party (SNP) | |
2022 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Carl John (incumbent) | 26.43% | 1,741 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Damian Doran-Timson (incumbent) | 18.29% | 1,205 | 1,213 | 1,239 | 1,279 | 1,288 | 1,310 | 1,317 | 1,377 | |
| Labour | Danny Logue | 16.38% | 1,079 | 1,095 | 1,106 | 1,164 | 1,437 | ||||
| SNP | Veronica Smith | 9.44% | 622 | 907 | 915 | 927 | 936 | 946 | 1,287 | 1,499 | |
| Independent | Frank Anderson (incumbent [SNP] ) | 7.55% | 497 | 508 | 519 | 539 | 542 | 551 | 583 | ||
| Green | Neal Drummond | 6.62% | 436 | 474 | 478 | 534 | 542 | 560 | 585 | 686 | |
| SNP | Thomas Ullathorne | 5.92% | 390 | 426 | 426 | 427 | 433 | 435 | |||
| Labour | Andy Rafferty | 4.74% | 312 | 318 | 319 | 330 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Howden | 3.31% | 218 | 224 | 230 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Ruth Hutchison | 1.32% | 87 | 88 | |||||||
| Electorate: 17,970 Valid: 6,587 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,318 Turnout: 37.3% [7] | |||||||||||
2017 West Lothian Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 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 | ||
| 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% | ||||||||||
2012 West Lothian Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Dave King (incumbent) | 32.14 | 1,914 | |||||
| SNP | Frank Anderson (incumbent) | 19.26 | 1,147 | 1,161.7 | 1,164.8 | 1,180.9 | 1,398.6 | |
| SNP | Carl John (incumbent) | 16.89 | 1,006 | 1,058.4 | 1,061.2 | 1,094.1 | 1,304.3 | |
| Labour | Frank Toner | 11.45 | 682 | 1,237.6 | ||||
| SNP | Lis Bardell | 7.62 | 454 | 462.3 | 464.5 | 485.9 | ||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Jean Ann Finch | 6.38 | 380 | 407.9 | 419.3 | 607.3 | 637.3 | |
| Conservative | Evelyn Stirling | 6.25 | 372 | 386.7 | 389.9 | |||
| Electorate: 14,346 Valid: 5,955 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,192 Turnout: 6,047 (41.51%) | ||||||||
2007 West Lothian Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Frank Anderson | 1,918 | 24.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Willie Dunn | 1,733 | 22.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Dave King | 1,569 | 20.2 | 3 | 1 | |
| SNP | Carl John | 795 | 10.2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Lorraine Robertson | 625 | 8.0 | |||
| Conservative | Andy Murray | 591 | 7.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James Chapman | 421 | 5.4 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Helen Donnelly | 133 | 1.7 | |||
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