Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Linlithgow
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Linlithgow shown within the
Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Mary Mulligan
Party: Labour
Council area: West Lothian

Linlithgow is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also Lothians Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Livingston and Midlothian.

The region covers the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The Linlithgow constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].

The Holyrood constituency is one of two covering the West Lothian council area, the other being Livingston, east and south of the Linlithgow constituency.


[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Mary Mulligan Labour
2003
2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Mulligan 12,715 42.9 +1.1
Scottish National Party Fiona Hyslop 11,565 39.0 +4.4
Conservative Donald Cameron 3,125 10.5 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Oliver 2,232 7.5 -0.1
Majority 1,150 3.9 -3.2
Turnout 29,637 52.7 1.6
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Mulligan 11,548 41.77 -3.36
Scottish National Party Fiona Hyslop 9,578 34.65 -1.82
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 3,059 11.07 +1.72
Liberal Democrats Martin Oliver 2,093 7.57 -0.25
Scottish Socialist Steven Nimmo 1,367 4.94 +4.94
Majority 1,970 7.13 -1.54
Turnout 27,645 51.09 -11.17
Labour hold Swing -3.36
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Mulligan 15,247 45.13 -9.01
Scottish National Party Stewart Stevenson 12,319 36.47 +9.66
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 3,158 9.35 -3.17
Liberal Democrats John Barrett 2,643 7.82 +1.94
Independent Irene Overstone 415 1.23 + 1.23
Majority 2,928 8.66 -18.67
Turnout
Labour hold Swing -9.01

[edit] Members of the Scottish Parliament

[edit] Footnote

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

2007 election result


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