Livingston South (ward)

Livingston South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In April 2020, Peter Johnson retired from West Lothian Council triggering a by-election, however the election has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK.[2]

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Peter Johnson
(SNP)
John Muir
(SNP)
Danny Logue
(Labour)
Lawrence Fitzpatrick
(Labour)
2012
2017 Moira Shemilt
(SNP)
Peter Heggie
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election [3]

Livingston South - 4 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 27.12% 2,228            
SNP Peter Johnston (incumbent) 20.69% 1,700            
Conservative Peter Heggie 19.40% 1,594 1,673          
SNP Moira Shemilt 13.02% 1,070 1,109 1,151 1,151 1,169 1,268 1,827
Labour Danny Logue (incumbent) 8.41% 691 1,080 1,083 1,091 1,137 1,216 1,241
SNP Annmargaret Watson 7.17% 589 593 598 599 602 620  
Scottish Green Jayne Glass 2.44% 200 221 223 225 275    
Liberal Democrats Jill Pattle 1.75% 144 154 155 160      
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 8,216   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,644   Turnout: 46.3%

    2012 Election

    2012 West Lothian Council election [5]

    Livingston South - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Labour Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 34.89 2,395          
    SNP Peter Johnston (incumbent) 24.34 1,671          
    Labour Danny Logue (incumbent) 13.01 893 1,631.7        
    SNP John Muir (incumbent) 11.92 818 867.1 966.2 986 1,015.6 1,534.4
    SNP John Lindsay 5.84 401 444.9 603.8 622.1 648.5  
    Conservative Nick Davis 5.45 374 425.2 428.8 448.9    
    Action to Save St John's Hospital Derreck Allen McCullough 4.55 312 376.9 392.4 458.9 679.3 731.3
    Electorate: 16,441   Valid: 6,864   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,373   Turnout: 6,937 (41.75%)

      2007 Election

      2007 West Lothian Council election

      West Lothian Council election, 2007: Livingston South
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      Labour Lawrence Fitzpatrick 2,584 30.4 1 1
      SNP Peter Johnson 2,543 30.0 2 1
      Labour Danny Logue 1,081 12.7 3 3
      SNP John Muir 879 10.4 4 5
      Conservative Marion Kerr 527 6.2
      Liberal Democrats Evan Bell 420 4.9
      Independent Eddie Anderson 341 4.0
      Scottish Socialist Mary Kerr 115 1.4

      References

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