West Lothian Council elections

West Lothian Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year SNP Labour Conservative Ratepayers Independent
1974 6 12 0 1 2
1977 9 9 0 2 1
1980 4 15 0 0 2
1984[a] 2 19 0 2 1
1988 7 14 0 1 2
1992 11 10 2 0 1
  1. ↑ New ward boundaries.[1]

As a unitary authority

Year SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Action to Save St John's Hospital Independent
1995 11 15 1 0 0 0
1999[a] 11 20 1 0 0 0
2003 12 18 1 0 0 1
2007[b] 13 14 1 0 3 1
2012 15 16 1 0 0 1
2017[c] 13 12 7 0 0 1
2022 15 12 4 1 0 1
  1. ↑ New ward boundaries.[2]
  2. ↑ Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
  3. ↑ New ward boundaries.[3]

Results maps

By-elections

2012-2017

Armadale and Blackridge By-Election 26 March 2015[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Sarah King 43.4 1,620 1,647 1,676 1,874
Labour Andrew McGuire 27.0 1,009 1,018 1,074 1,382
Independent Scott Mackay 20.3 756 786 868  
Conservative Ian Burgess 6.8 255 264    
Green Jenny Johnson 2.4 90      
SNP hold
Valid: 3,730   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 1,866   Turnout: 3,776  
Linlithgow By-Election 1 October 2015[5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP David Tait 43.1 2,049 2,061 2,099 2,234 2,325
Labour David Manion 22.9 1,088 1,131 1,175 1,279 1,644
Conservative Ian Burgess 20.5 973 992 1,056 1,070  
Green Maire McCormack 5.9 282 303 346    
Independent Brenda Galloway 4.8 230 246      
Liberal Democrats Caron Lindsay 2.8 133        
SNP hold
Valid: 4,755   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 2,378   Turnout: 4,783  

2017-2022

Livingston South By-Election 11 March 2021[6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Maria MacAulay 43.9 2,465 2,467 2,496 2,603 2,703 2,763 3,370
Labour Gordon Connolly 24.6 1,382 1,384 1,419 1,481 1,579 2,098  
Conservative Douglas Smith 17.6 989 996 1,025 1,037 1,124    
Independent Eddie Millar 5.9 332 338 365 413      
Green Cameron Glasgow 4.2 234 234 273        
Liberal Democrats Caron Lindsay 3.3 185 186          
UKIP John Mumford 0.5 29            
SNP hold
Valid: 5,616   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 2,809   Turnout: 5,668  
East Livingston and East Calder By-Election 5 August 2021[7]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Thomas Ullathorne 42.5 1,890 1,906 1,918 2,122 2,368
Conservative David Philip 24.4 1,085 1,088 1,103 1,131 1,425
Labour Danny Logue 21.8 969 972 1,012 1,094  
Green Neal Drummond 7.6 336 343 377    
Liberal Democrats Hans Edginton 2.7 118 122      
ISP John Hannah 1.1 47        
SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 4,445   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 2,223   Turnout: 4,493  

2022-2027

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh By-Election 1 December 2022[8]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Tony Boyle 39.8 1,783 1,790 1,809 1,839 1,912 2,016 2,191 2,778
SNP Thomas Ullathorne 35.2 1,576 1,605 1,671 1,703 1,728 1,772 1,792  
Conservative Douglas Smith 7.8 347 348 349 354 381 458    
Independent Chris Horne 6.1 275 285 292 328 353      
Liberal Democrats Peter Clarke 3.7 167 168 183 191        
Independent Steven Laidlaw 2.8 125 132 136          
Green Chris Cotter 2.7 122 126            
Alba Debbie Ewen 1.8 29              
Labour hold
Valid: 4,476   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 2,239   Turnout: 4,500  
Armadale and Blackridge By-Election 22 August 2024[9]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Susan Manion 28.9 795 814 853 890 955 1,103 1,427
SNP Keith Alan Barclay 28.3 777 805 820 903 917 967  
Reform David McLennan 18.9 519 519 534 559 637    
Conservative Douglas Smith 8.2 226 227 248 272      
ISP John Hannah 8.6 236 240 245        
Liberal Democrats Douglas Thomas Butler 4.4 122 131          
Green Adam William Rafferty 2.7 73            
Labour gain from Independent
Electorate: 13,371   Valid: 2,748   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 1,375   Turnout: 2,770  
Whitburn and Blackburn By-Election 14 November 2024[10]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour David Russell 30.9 1,093 1,108 1,126 1,164 1,283 1,424 1,778
SNP Aileen Brown 28.9 1,022 1,063 1,078 1,091 1,173 1,238  
Reform David McLennan 16.3 578 579 586 653 739    
Independent Thomas Robert Lynch 11.9 421 429 452 498      
Conservative Charles Kennedy 6.7 239 239 259        
Liberal Democrats Douglas Thomas Butler 2.7 97 111          
Green Cameron Glasgow 2.6 92            
Labour hold
Valid: 3,542   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 1,772   Turnout: 3,577  
Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh By-Election 13 March 2025[11]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Mike Carlin 31.8 1,375 1,428 1,504 1,550 1,571 1,672 2,126
Labour June Andrews 29.2 1,263 1,273 1,310 1,397 1,491 1,655  
Reform David McLennan 18.7 809 826 832 851 943    
Conservative Mamie Taylor 7.5 324 326 330 363      
Liberal Democrats Oliver Thomas Ferrario 5.3 229 235 274        
Green Chris Cotter 4.3 185 195          
Alba Frank Anderson 3.1 135            
SNP hold
Valid: 4,320   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 2,161   Turnout: 4,357  
Whitburn and Blackburn By-Election 11 December 2025[12]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Reform David McLennan 32.0 1,177 1,180 1,185 1,191 1,231 1,321 1,411 1,653
SNP Callum Cox 28.0 1,028 1,028 1,071 1,101 1,110 1,230 1,387  
Labour Samual McCulloch 17.1 627 631 636 655 683 762    
Independent Thomas Robert Lynch 13.2 484 497 505 530 549      
Conservative Reece Sinnott 3.5 129 129 130 142        
Liberal Democrats Douglas Thomas Butler 2.8 102 104 121          
Green Robbie Gerald Walker 2.7 101 102            
Independent Eddie Millar 0.7 27              
Reform gain from Labour
Valid: 3,675   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,838   Turnout: 3,719  

References

  1. ↑ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - West Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - West Lothian Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Armadale and Blackridge By-Election 26 March 2015 Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "LINLITHGOW BY‐ELECTION on 1 OCTOBER 2015" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Preference Summary Report - Livingston South By-Election Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Preference Summary Report - East Livingston and East Calder By-Election Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Preference Summary Report - Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh By-Election Results" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Preference Summary Report - Ward 9 - Armadale and Blackridge" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ward 7 - Whitburn and Blackburn Transfers Report" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ward 2 - Broxburn Uphall and Winchburgh Transfers Report" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Ward 7 - Whitburn and Blackburn - Candidate Votes per Stage Report" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
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