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Livingston Scottish Parliament county constituency


Livingston shown within the Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created:	1999
MSP:	Angela Constance
Party:	Scottish National Party
Council area:	West Lothian

Livingston 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.

1 Electoral region
2 Constituency boundaries and council area
3 Member of the Scottish Parliament
4 Election results
5 Footnotes

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

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Livingston 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 Linlithgow, west and north of the Livingston constituency.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Bristow Muldoon	Labour
2003	Bristow Muldoon	Labour
2007	Angela Constance	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Angela Constance	13,159	39.6	+8.0
	Labour Party	Bristow Muldoon	12,289	37.0	-6.6
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Ernie Walker	2,814	8.5	+8.5
	Conservative	David Brown	2,804	8.4	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Evan Bell	2,158	6.5	-2.4
Majority			870	2.6
Turnout			33,224	50.0	+3.3
	Scottish National Party gain from Labour Party		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party	Bristow Muldoon	13,327	43.6	-3.7
	Scottish National Party	Peter Johnston	9,657	31.6	-5.1
	Conservative	Lindsay Paterson	2,848	9.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGreal	2,714	8.9	+1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Robert Richard	1,640	5.4	+5.4
	Scottish People's Alliance	Stephen Milburn	371	1.2	1.2
Majority			3,670	12.0
Turnout			30,557	46.7
	Labour Party hold		Swing	+0.7

Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party	Bristow Muldoon	17,313	47.34	N/A
	Scottish National Party	Greg McCarra	13,409	36.67	N/A
	Conservative	Douglas Younger	3,014	8.24	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Oliver	2,834	7.75	N/A
Majority			3,904	10.67
Turnout
	Labour Party hold		Swing

Footnotes

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

• • e Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts · Coatbridge and Chryston · Cumbernauld and Kilsyth · East Kilbride · Falkirk East · Falkirk West · Hamilton North and Bellshill · Hamilton South · Kilmarnock and Loudoun · Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland · Glasgow Baillieston · Glasgow Cathcart · Glasgow Govan · Glasgow Kelvin · Glasgow Maryhill · Glasgow Pollok · Glasgow Rutherglen · Glasgow Shettleston · Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute · Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber · Moray · Orkney · Ross, Skye and Inverness West · Shetland · Western Isles
Lothians	Edinburgh Central · Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · Edinburgh North and Leith · Edinburgh Pentlands · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh West · Linlithgow · Livingston · Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife · Dunfermline East · Dunfermline West · Kirkcaldy · North East Fife · North Tayside · Ochil · Perth · Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central · Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Angus · Banff and Buchan · Dundee East · Dundee West · Gordon · West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr · Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley · Clydesdale · Cunninghame South · Dumfries · East Lothian · Galloway and Upper Nithsdale · Roxburgh and Berwickshire · Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie · Cunninghame North · Dumbarton · Eastwood · Greenock and Inverclyde · Paisley North · Paisley South · Strathkelvin and Bearsden · West Renfrewshire