Bathgate and Linlithgow | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Bathgate and Linlithgow in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | West Lothian and Falkirk |
Major settlements | Bathgate, Linlithgow, Whitburn, Winchburgh |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Linlithgow and East Falkirk & Livingston |
Bathgate and Linlithgow is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The vast majority of the constituency comes from Linlithgow and East Falkirk.[2]
The constituency will comprise the following wards of West Lothian:[3]
It will also comprise the following from Falkirk council area:
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Kirsteen Sullivan | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Kirsteen Sullivan | 19,774 | 47.0 | +28.2 | |
SNP | Martyn Day | 11,451 | 27.2 | –15.8 | |
Reform UK | Jamie McNamee | 3,524 | 8.4 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Lynn Munro | 3,144 | 7.5 | –17.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally Pattle | 2,171 | 5.2 | –3.0 | |
Scottish Green | Simon Jay | 1,390 | 3.3 | +1.1 | |
ISP | John Hannah | 382 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Stuart James McArthur | 229 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,323 | 19.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,065 | 58.3 | –7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 72,185 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |