2017 West Lothian Council election

The 2017 West Lothian Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of West Lothian Council. The election used the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected.

2017 West Lothian Council election

May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 33 seats to West Lothian Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Peter Johnston John McGinty Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Livingston South Bathgate Last election 15 seats, 40.4% 16 seats, 38.1% Seats before 15 16 Seats after 13 12 Seat change 2 4 First preferences 23,218 18,082 Percentage 37.3% 29.0% Swing 3.1% 9.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Damian Timson Stuart Borrowman Party Conservative Independent Leader's seat East Calder and East Livingston Armadale and Blackridge Last election 1 seat, 3.1% 1 seat, 5.3% Seats before 1 1 Seats after 7 1 Seat change 6 First preferences 14,449 3,088 Percentage 23.2% 5.0% Swing 14.3% 0.3%
Council Leader before election John McGinty Labour Council Leader after election TBD

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections

Election result summary

[1]

West Lothian Local Election Result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	13	0	-2	-2	39.39	37.29	23,218
	Labour	12	0	-4	-4	36.36	29.04	18,082
	Conservative	7	6	0	+6	21.21	23.21	14,449
	Independent	1	0	0	-	3.03	4.96	3,088
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	2.72	1,695
	Liberal Democrats	0	-	-	-	-	2.62	1,632
	TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.092	57
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.064	40

Ward results

Linlithgow

• 2012: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

Linlithgow - 3 seats[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Tom Kerr (incumbent)	41.92%	3,037
	Labour	Tom Conn (incumbent)	14.63%	1,060	1,425	1,450	1,558	1,956
	SNP	David Tait (incumbent)	16.01%	1,160	1,215	1,217	1,310	1,390	1,405	2,529
	SNP	Sue Friel	15.06%	1,091	1,126	1,129	1,246	1,319	1,341
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Pattle	5.26%	381	692	714	872
	Scottish Green	Maire McCormack	6.57%	476	535	541
	UKIP	Alan Cooper	0.55%	40	113
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,245   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,812   Turnout: 59.0%

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh - 4 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	Diane Calder (incumbent)	27.24%	1,898
	Conservative	Chris Horne	27.23%	1,897
	Labour	Angela Doran	19.00%	1,324	1,340	1,448
	SNP	Janet Campbell (incumbent)	8.37%	583	868	880	882	894	961	990	1,057	1,666
	SNP	Pippa Plevin	6.06%	422	571	577	577	580	626	668	739
	Labour	Audrey Middleton	4.49%	313	318	368	410	423	467	628
	Liberal Democrats	John Woods	3.12%	217	224	350	352	368	454
	Scottish Green	June Douglas	3.67%	256	274	297	299	313
	TUSC	Elaine Mallon	0.82%	57	59	72	74
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,967   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,394   Turnout: 46.2%

Livingston North

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 2 x Labour
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Livingston North - 4 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Alison Adamson	25.45%	1,940
	Labour	Dom McGuire	13.03	993	1,077	1,092	1,209	1,898
	SNP	Robert De Bold (incumbent)	16.31%	1,243	1,254	1,279	1,303	1,327	1,347	2,161
	SNP	Andrew Miller (incumbent)	15.35%	1,170	1,175	1,207	1,235	1,260	1,297	1,606
	SNP	Lorna Menzies Craig	14.53%	1,107	1,115	1,141	1,163	1,181	1,210
	Labour	Anne McMillan (incumbent)	9.52%	726	764	782	853
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	3.28%	250	360	417
	Scottish Green	Mark Wilkinson	2.53%	193	213
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,622   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,525   Turnout: 43.5%

Livingston South

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Livingston South - 4 seats[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	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%

East Livingston and East Calder

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Dave King (incumbent)	23.75%	1,749
	Conservative	Damian Timson	22.00%	1,620
	SNP	Frank Anderson (incumbent)	20.09%	1,479
	SNP	Carl John (incumbent)	13.20%	972	994	998	1,002	1,014	1,105	1,648
	Labour	Scott Rogers	7.13%	525	724	765	766	829	918	941
	SNP	Veronica Smith	7.54%	555	561	564	565	578	652
	Scottish Green	Neal Drummond	3.60%	265	274	284	285	366
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Corser	2.69%	198	208	239	239
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,363   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,473   Turnout: 45.9%

Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley - 3 seats[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	David Dodds (incumbent)	29.81%	1,623
	SNP	Pauline Clark	18.53%	1,012	1,022	1,035	1,079	1,781
	Labour	Cathy Muldoon (incumbent)	17.68%	966	1,070	1,206	1,233	1,293	1,417
	Conservative	Marion Kerr	15.23%	832	842	867	892	896	920
	SNP	Greg McCarra (incumbent)	14.33%	783	787	794	817
	Scottish Green	Pamela Barnes	2.25%	123	128	162
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Brown	2.27%	124	127
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,463   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,366   Turnout: 46.6%

Whitburn and Blackburn

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP

Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	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%

Bathgate

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2xLabour; 1xSNP; 1xConservative
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from SNP

Bathgate - 4 seats[9]
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%

Armadale and Blackridge

• 2012: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

Armadale and Blackridge - 3 seats[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	Stuart Borrowman (incumbent)	45.02%	2,343
	SNP	Sarah King (incumbent)	25.41%	1,322
	Labour	Andrew McGuire	13.59%	707	1,012	1,016	1,056	1,131	1,589
	Conservative	Ian Burgess	13.89%	723	1,016	1,017	1,035	1,057
	Scottish Green	Paula Stokes	1.19%	62	149	157	189
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Smillie	0.90%	47	117	118
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,204   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 1,302   Turnout: 42.20%

Changes since 2017

• † On 29th March 2020 Livingston South Councillor Peter Johnston resigned his seat due to illness.[11] The By-Election was postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic.[12] The By Election is to be held on Thursday 1st October 2020.

References

1. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017%5B%5D
2. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13916/Ward-1-Linlithgow-results-2017
3. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13917/Ward-2-Broxburn-Uphall-and-Winchburgh-2017-Results
4. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13918/Ward-3-Livingston-North-2017-Results
5. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13919/Ward-4-Livingston-South-2017-Results
6. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13920/Ward-5-East-Livingston-and-East-Calder-2017-Results
7. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13921/Ward-6-Fauldhouse-and-the-Breich-Valley-2017-Results
8. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13922/Ward-7-Whitburn-and-Blackburn-2017-Results
9. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13923/Ward-8-Bathgate-2017-Results
10. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13924/Ward-9-Armadale-and-Blackridge-2017-Results
11. "Livingston councillor steps down after serving Livingston fro 35 years". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
12. "Livingston South By-Election". West Lothian Council. Retrieved 19 May 2020.