Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)
Livingston is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns one Member of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Livingston in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | West Lothian |
Major settlements | Livingston, West Calder |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Hannah Bardell (SNP) |
Created from | Midlothian West Lothian |
It was formed from parts of traditional Midlothian and West Lothian for the 1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called Livingston, was used by the Scottish Parliament until 2011. In 2005 a small part of the Linlithgow constituency was moved into Livingston.
Boundaries
1983–1997: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn, Calders, Livingston North, and Livingston South, and the City of Edinburgh District ward of Kirkliston.
1997–2005: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn/Uphall, Craigshill/Ladywell, Deans/Knightsridge, Dedridge/West Calder, and Murieston/East Calder.
2005–present: The area of the West Lothian Council other than that part in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston. It is bordered by the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.
Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament for this seat had been Robin Cook of the Labour Party since its creation in 1983. Following his death on 6 August 2005 a by-election was held on 29 September, and Jim Devine was elected. On 8 February 2010 Devine was suspended from the Labour party after he was charged with a criminal offence in relation to his parliamentary expenses. He was succeeded in 2010 by Labour's Graeme Morrice. Morrice was defeated by Hannah Bardell of the Scottish National Party (SNP) five years later.
Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
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1983 | Robin Cook | Labour | Foreign Secretary 1997–2001, Leader of the House of Commons 2001–2003, died in office 2005 | |
2005 by-election | Jim Devine | Labour | barred from standing at the 2010 general election by the Labour Party's National Executive Committee[2] | |
2010 | Graeme Morrice | Labour | ||
2015 | Hannah Bardell | SNP | ||
Election results
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Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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SNP | Hannah Bardell | 25,617 | 46.9 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Damian Timson | 12,182 | 22.3 | -2.1 | |
Labour | Caitlin Kane | 11,915 | 21.8 | -10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 3,457 | 6.3 | +3.4 | |
Scottish Green | Cameron Glasgow | 1,421 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 13,435 | 24.6 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,592 | 66.3 | +1.6 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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SNP | Hannah Bardell | 21,036 | 40.1 | -16.8 | |
Labour | Rhea Wolfson | 17,158 | 32.7 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Damian Timson[6] | 12,799 | 24.4 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 1,512 | 2.9 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 3,878 | 7.4 | -21.9 | ||
Turnout | 52,505 | 64.7 | -5.2 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Hannah Bardell | 32,736 | 56.9 | +31.0 | |
Labour | Graeme Morrice[9] | 15,893 | 27.6 | −20.9 | |
Conservative | Chris Donnelly | 5,929 | 10.3 | −0.5 | |
UKIP | Nathan Somerville[10] | 1,757 | 3.1 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas[11] | 1,232 | 2.1 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 16,843 | 29.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,547 | 69.9 | +6.8 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +25.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graeme Morrice | 23,215 | 48.5 | −2.6 | |
SNP | Lis Bardell | 12,424 | 25.9 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 5,316 | 11.1 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Alison Adamson-Ross | 5,158 | 10.8 | +0.7 | |
BNP | David Orr | 960 | 2.0 | New | |
UKIP | Alistair Forrest | 443 | 0.9 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Ally Hendry | 242 | 0.5 | −1.3 | |
Independent | Jim Slavin | 149 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,791 | 22.6 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,907 | 63.1 | +5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Jim Devine | 12,319 | 41.8 | −9.3 | |
SNP | Angela Constance | 9,639 | 32.7 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 4,362 | 14.8 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Gordon Lindhurst | 1,993 | 6.7 | −3.4 | |
Scottish Green | David Robertson | 529 | 1.8 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Steven Nimmo | 407 | 1.4 | −0.4 | |
UKIP | Peter Adams | 108 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Melville Brown | 55 | 0.2 | New | |
Alliance for Change | John Allman | 33 | 0.1 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Brian Gardner | 32 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,680 | 9.1 | -20.4 | ||
Turnout | 29,477 | 38.6 | −19.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Robin Cook | 22,657 | 51.1 | −4.1 | |
SNP | Angela Constance | 9,560 | 21.6 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 6,832 | 15.4 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Alison Ross | 4,499 | 10.1 | +2.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Steven Nimmo | 789 | 1.8 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 13,097 | 29.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,337 | 58.1 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robin Cook | 19,108 | 53.0 | −1.9 | |
SNP | Graham Sutherland | 8,492 | 23.6 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Mackenzie | 3,969 | 11.0 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Ian Mowat | 2,995 | 8.3 | −1.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Wendy Milne | 1,110 | 3.1 | New | |
UKIP | Robert Kingdon | 359 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,616 | 29.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,033 | 55.6 | −15.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Robin Cook | 23,510 | 54.9 | +10.5 | |
SNP | Peter Johnston | 11,763 | 27.5 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Hugh Halkett | 4,028 | 9.4 | −10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hawthorn | 2,876 | 6.7 | −1.9 | |
Referendum | Helen Campbell | 444 | 1.0 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Matt Culbert | 213 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,747 | 27.4 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,834 | 71.0 | −3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robin Cook | 20,245 | 44.4 | −1.2 | |
SNP | Peter J.B. Johnston | 12,140 | 26.6 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Hugh Gordon | 8,824 | 19.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fred Mackintosh | 3,911 | 8.6 | −10.5 | |
Scottish Green | Alpin G. Ross-Smith | 469 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 8,105 | 17.8 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,589 | 74.6 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Robin Cook | 19,110 | 45.6 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Robert McCreadle | 8,005 | 19.1 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Mayall | 7,860 | 18.7 | −5.5 | |
SNP | Kenny MacAskill | 6,969 | 16.6 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 11,105 | 26.5 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,944 | 74.1 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robin Cook | 14,255 | 37.7 | -13.7 | |
Liberal | A. Henderson | 9,304 | 24.6 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | J. Campbell | 9,129 | 24.2 | +7.1 | |
SNP | Kenny MacAskill | 5,090 | 13.5 | -9.8 | |
Majority | 4,951 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,778 | 70.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
- List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
- "Expenses row MP dropped by Labour". BBC News. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- "General Election 2019". West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- "Livingston parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- "Livingston parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Lee Scott back for Ilford North. Vicky Ford in final Chelmsford three. Tatton finalists named. The latest candidate selections and shortlists. - Conservative Home".
- "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "9Aug15" (PDF). westlothian.gov.uk.
- "LIVINGSTON 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
- "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- "list_of_selected_candidates". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Livingston". news.bbc.co.uk.
External links
- Election result, by-election 2005
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1983 and 1987 results)