East Livingston and East Calder (ward)

East Livingston and East Calder 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		Frank Anderson (SNP)		Carl John (SNP)		Willie Dunn (Labour)		Dave King (Labour)
2012	Frank Toner (Labour)
2017			Damian Timson (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election [2]

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats[3]
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%

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election [4]

East Livingston and East Calder - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	Dave King (incumbent)	32.14	1,914
	SNP	Frank Anderson (incumbent)	19.26	1,147	1,161.7	1,164.8	1,180.9	1,398.6
	SNP	Carl John (incumbent)	16.89	1,006	1,058.4	1,061.2	1,094.1	1,304.3
	Labour	Frank Toner	11.45	682	1,237.6
	SNP	Lis Bardell	7.62	454	462.3	464.5	485.9
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Jean Ann Finch	6.38	380	407.9	419.3	607.3	637.3
	Conservative	Evelyn Stirling	6.25	372	386.7	389.9
Electorate: 14,346   Valid: 5,955   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,192   Turnout: 6,047 (41.51%)

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election

West Lothian Council election, 2007: East Livingston and East Calder
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Frank Anderson	1,918	24.6	1	1
	Labour	Willie Dunn	1,733	22.3	2	1
	Labour	Dave King	1,569	20.2	3	1
	SNP	Carl John	795	10.2	4	7
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Lorraine Robertson	625	8.0
	Conservative	Andy Murray	591	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Chapman	421	5.4
	Scottish Socialist	Helen Donnelly	133	1.7

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/13920/Ward-5-East-Livingston-and-East-Calder-2017-Results
4. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results