Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Linlithgow
Type = County
Year = 1983
Abolition = 2005
members = One

Linlithgow was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of elections.

History

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, largely replacing the previous West Lothian constituency. For the 2005 general election, Linlithgow was largely replaced by the new Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, with the remainder of the constituency joining Livingston.

The Scottish Parliament constituency of Linlithgow was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the UK Parliament constituency.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

The constituency returned the same MP throughout its existence, Tam Dalyell of the Labour Party. Dalyell had previously been MP for the predecessor West Lothian, which had led to his concerns about Scottish devolution being labelled "the West Lothian question".

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Linlithgow
id=374Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tam Dalyell
votes = 17,207
percentage = 54.4
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Sibbald, J.G.M.
votes = 8,078
percentage = 25.5
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lindhurst, G.
votes = 2,836
percentage = 9.0
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Oliver, W.M.
votes = 2,628
percentage = 8.3
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Cornoch, E.
votes = 695
percentage = 2.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = RRL
candidate = Cronin, H.D.
votes = 211
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,129
percentage = 28.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 31,655
percentage = 58.0
change =

References

*Rayment-hc

See also