Linlithgow (constituency, Scotland)

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Linlithgow
Linlithgow

Lothian

Educated
1999
MP
Fiona Hyslop ( SNP )

Fiona Hyslop

Regions
West Lothian

Linlithgow is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was founded in 1999 as one of nine constituencies of the election region Lothians introduced, which was part of the revision of constituencies again cut in 2011 and renamed Lothian. The boundaries of the Linlithgow constituency were redrawn. The constituency includes the northern areas of the West Lothian Council Area and thus the cities of Bathgate , Linlithgow and Whitburn . Due to the new borders, the city of Broxburn has also been part of the Linlithgow constituency since 2011 . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​214.6 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 89,953 people lived within its borders. This makes Linlithgow the most populous constituency for the Scottish Parliament.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Mary Mulligan 15,247 45.1
SNP Stewart Stevenson 12,319 36.5
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 3158 9.4
Liberal Democrats John Barrett 2643 7.8
Non-party Irene Overstone 415 1.2

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Mary Mulligan 11,548 41.8 −3.3
SNP Fiona Hyslop 9578 34.7 −1.8
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 3059 11.1 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Oliver 2093 7.1 +0.7
Socialist Steven Nimmo 1367 4.9 +4.9
Turnout: 27,645 (51.09%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Mary Mulligan 12,725 42.9 +1.1
SNP Fiona Hyslop 11,565 39.0 +4.3
Conservative Donald Cameron 3125 10.5 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Oliver 2232 7.5 +0.4
Turnout: 29,637 (52.76%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Fiona Hyslop 17,027 49.8 +10.8
Labor Mary Mulligan 12,936 37.8 −5.1
Conservative Christopher Donnelly 2646 7.7 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Lang 1015 3.0 −4.5
National Front Michael Coyle 558 1.6 +1.6
Turnout: 34,182 (52.57%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Fiona Hyslop 19,362 50.4 +0.6
Labor Angela Boyd Moohan 10,027 26.1 −11.7
Conservative Charles Kennedy 7,699 20.0 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Dan Farthing-Sykes 1,319 3.4 +0.5
Turnout: (53.8%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament