Livingston (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Livingston
Type = county


Region = Lothians
Year = 1999
MSP = Angela Constance
Party = Scottish National Party
Council = West Lothian

Livingston is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "Lothians Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow and Midlothian.

The region covers the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Livingston constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

The Holyrood constituency is one of two covering the West Lothian council area, the other being Linlithgow, west and north of the Livingston constituency.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Angela Constance
votes = 13,159
percentage = 39.6
change = +8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bristow Muldoon
votes = 12,289
percentage = 37.0
change = -6.6Election box candidate
party = Action to Save St John's Hospital
candidate = Ernie Walker
votes = 2,814
percentage = 8.5
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = David Brown
votes = 2,804
percentage = 8.4
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Evan Bell
votes = 2,158
percentage = 6.5
change = -2.4Election box majority
votes = 870
percentage = 2.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 33,224
percentage = 50.0
change = +3.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Election box begin
title=Scottish Parliament Election 2003: LivingstonElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bristow Muldoon
votes = 13,327
percentage = 43.6
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Peter Johnston
votes = 9,657
percentage = 31.6
change = -5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Lindsay Paterson
votes = 2,848
percentage = 9.3
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Paul McGreal
votes = 2,714
percentage = 8.9
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Robert Richard
votes = 1,640
percentage = 5.4
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish People's Alliance
candidate = Stephen Milburn
votes = 371
percentage = 1.2
change = 1.2Election box majority
votes = 3,670
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,557
percentage = 46.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing = +0.7

Election box begin
title=Scottish Parliament Election 1999: LivingstonElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bristow Muldoon
votes = 17,313
percentage = 47.34
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Greg McCarra
votes = 13,409
percentage = 36.67
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Douglas Younger
votes = 3,014
percentage = 8.24
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Martin Oliver
votes = 2,834
percentage = 7.75
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 3,904
percentage = 10.67
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

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