Livingston (constituency, Scotland)

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Livingston
Livingston

Lothians

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
West Lothian

Livingston was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was founded in 1999 as one of nine constituencies of the election region Lothians introduced. In the course of the revision in 2011, the constituencies were redesigned and the Livingston constituency abolished. The areas were largely absorbed in the new Almond Valley constituency . It included the cities of Livingston and Broxburn to the west of Edinburgh and their surroundings. Broxburn is now in the constituency of Linlithgow . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 87,343 people lived within its borders. The constituency sent a deputy.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Bristow Muldoon 17,313 47.3
SNP Greg McCarra 13,409 36.7
Conservative Douglas Younger 3014 8.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Oliver 2834 7.8

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Bristow Muldoon 13,327 43.6 −3.7
SNP Peter Johnston 9657 31.6 −5.1
Conservative Lindsay Paterson 2848 9.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Paul McGreal 2714 8.9 +1.1
Socialist Robert Richard 1640 5.4 +5.4
Scottish People's Stephen Milburn 371 1.2 +1.2
Turnout: 30,557 (46.71%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Angela Constance 13,159 39.6 +8.0
Labor Bristow Muldoon 12,289 37.0 −6.6
Action to Save St John's Hospital Ernie Walker 2814 8.5 +8.5
Conservative David Brown 2804 8.4 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Evan Bell 2158 6.5 −2.8
Turnout: 33,224 (50.08%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament