Whitburn and Blackburn (ward)

Whitburn and Blackburn is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 James Dickson
(SNP)		 Jim Swan
(Labour)		 George Paul
(Labour)		 Gordon Beurskens
(Action to save St. John's Hospital)
2012 Barry Robertson
(Labour)		 Mary Dickson
(SNP)
2017 Kirsteen Sullivan
(Labour)		 Bruce Fairbairn
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election [2]

Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour George Paul (incumbent) 28.08% 1,822            
SNP Jim Dickson (incumbent) 24.44% 1,586            
Conservative Bruce Fairbairn 21.99% 1,427            
Labour Kirsteen Sullivan 8.59% 557 1,015 1,020 1,054 1,149 1,209 1,486
SNP Mary Dickson (incumbent) 7.75% 503 519 742 744 766 1,129  
SNP John Leslie 6.47% 420 426 468 470 481    
Liberal Democrats Bob Howden 2.68% 174 182 186 224      
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,489   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,298   Turnout: 42.6%

    2012 Election

    2012 West Lothian Council election [4]

    Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Labour George Paul (incumbent) 32.59 1,896              
    SNP Jim Dickson (incumbent) 27.68 1,610              
    Labour Barry Robertson 11.96 696 1,356.2            
    Action to Save St John's Hospital George Beurskens (incumbent) 10.64 619 639.8 668.9 712.4 729.7 760.3 886.4  
    SNP Mary Dickson 9.66 562 575.1 964 986.7 996.9 1,012.3 1,058.5 1,317.4
    Conservative Stuart Martin 4.66 271 273.3 277.5 287.6 312.2 337.1    
    National Front Neil McIvor 1.63 95 98.5 100.7 104.5 108.6      
    Liberal Democrats Robert Durie Howden 1.17 68 72.2 75.8 83.7        
    Electorate: 11,239   Valid: 5,817   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,164   Turnout: 5,925 (41.75%)

      2007 Election

      2007 West Lothian Council election

      West Lothian Council election, 2007: Whitburn and Blackburn
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      SNP James Dickson 1,981 27.1 1 1
      Labour Jim Swan 1,528 20.9 2 1
      Labour George Paul 1,367 18.7 3 5
      Action to Save St John's Hospital Gordon Beurskens 851 11.7 4 8
      SNP Mary Dickson 507 6.9
      Conservative Alistair Lowrie 435 6.0
      Independent Tony Fairley 309 4.2
      Liberal Democrats Bob Howden 222 3.0
      Scottish Socialist Mark Eccles 98 1.3

      References
      1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
      2. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017
      3. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13922/Ward-7-Whitburn-and-Blackburn-2017-Results
      4. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results
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