Bathgate (ward)

Bathgate 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		William Boyle (SNP)		James Walker (SNP)		John McGinty (Labour)	3 seats
2012			Harry Cartmill (Labour)
2017				Harry Cartmill (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election [2]

Bathgate - 4 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	William Hannah Boyle (incumbent)	20.20%	1,554
	Labour	Harry Cartmill (incumbent)	21.40%	1,646
	Labour	John McGinty (incumbent)	14.98%	1,152	1,227	1,228	1,257	1,278	1,291	1,597
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy	17.93%	1,379	1,388	1,389	1,400	1,409	1,413	1,574
	SNP	Barry Burrows	8.49%	653	658	668	675	709	1,031	1,176
	Independent	James Walker	9.68%	745	752	752	765	795	806
	SNP	Lisa McArthur	4.50%	346	347	350	355	380
	Scottish Green	Dale McDowell	1.56%	120	122	123	143
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Ann Stevens	1.26%	97	98	98
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,692   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 1,539   Turnout: 45.1%

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election [4]

Bathgate - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	John McGinty (incumbent)	22.59	1,314
	SNP	Jim Walker (incumbent)	22.04	1,282
	Labour	Harry Cartmill	19.56	1,138	1,231.1
	SNP	William H. Boyle (incumbent)	18.69	1,087	1,094.8	1,123.8	1,127.9	1,135.2	1,174.7	1,215.1
	Independent	Jamie Firth	6.63	453	214.7	218.4	222.3	236.9	293.7
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy	5.93	345	347.5	349.9	352.8	371	405.4	455.9
	SNP	Calum Laurie	5.14	299	303.6	347.8	349.7	355.2	371.1	397.4
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Douglas Banks	3.35	195	198.5	201.9	207.8	224.3
	UKIP	Alistair Forrest	1.34	78	79	79.8	80.8
Electorate: 13,933   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: Bathgate
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	John McGinty	1,521	22.2	2	5
	SNP	William Boyle	1,494	21.8	1	5
	Labour	Harry Cartmill	1,366	20.0
	SNP	James Walker	1,308	19.1	3	5
	Conservative	Donald MacDonald	425	6.2
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Gary Montgomery	371	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Corser	265	3.9
	Scottish Socialist	Ally Hendry	93	1.4

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%5B%5D
3. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13923/Ward-8-Bathgate-2017-Results
4. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results