Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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 Lothian 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.

Not to be confused with Linlithgow (Parliament of Scotland constituency) or Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency).

Linlithgow
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Linlithgow shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPFiona Hyslop
Council areaWest Lothian

Electoral region
See also: Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.

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 electoral wards used in this seat are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1999 Mary Mulligan Labour
2011 Fiona Hyslop SNP

Election results

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Fiona Hyslop 19,362 50.4 +0.6
Labour Angela Moohan 10,027 26.1 -11.7
Conservative Charles Kennedy 7,699 20.0 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Dan Farthing-Sykes 1,319 3.4 +0.4
Majority 9,335 24.3 +12.3
Turnout 38,407 53.8 +1.3
SNP hold Swing
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Fiona Hyslop 17,027 49.8 +10.8
Labour Mary Mulligan 12,936 37.8 -2.1
Conservative Chris Donnelly 2,646 7.7 -2.9
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Lang 1,015 3.0 -4.6
National Front Michael Coyle 558 1.6 New
Majority 4,091 12.0 N/A
Turnout 34,182 52.5 -0.2
SNP win (new boundaries)

2000s
2007 Scottish Parliament election: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Mulligan 12,715 42.9 +1.1
SNP 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 0.0
Majority 1,150 3.9 -3.3
Turnout 29,637 52.7 +1.6
Labour hold Swing -3.2
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Mulligan 11,548 41.8 -3.3
SNP Fiona Hyslop 9,578 34.6 -1.9
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 3,059 11.1 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Oliver 2,093 7.5 -0.3
Scottish Socialist Steven Nimmo 1,367 4.9 New
Majority 1,970 7.2 -1.4
Turnout 27,645 51.1 -11.2
Labour hold Swing -3.4

1990s
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Linlithgow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Mulligan 15,247 45.1 N/A
SNP Stewart Stevenson 12,319 36.5 N/A
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 3,158 9.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Barrett 2,643 7.8 N/A
Independent Irene Overstone 415 1.2 N/A
Majority 2,928 8.6 N/A
Turnout 36,710 62.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Footnotes
  1. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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