Armadale and Blackridge (ward)

Armadale and Blackridge is one of nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Isabel Hutton (SNP)		Stuart Borrowman (Independent)		Jim Dixon (Labour)
2012
2017	Sarah King (SNP)	Andrew McGuire (Labour)
2022	Lynda Kenna (SNP)
2024 by				Susan Manion (Labour)

Election results

2024 by-election

In May 2024, independent councillor Stuart Borrowman died.^[2] A by-election was held on 22 August 2024 to elect his replacement, and was won by Labour candidate Susan Manion.^[3][4]

Armadale and Blackridge by-election (22 August 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Susan Manion	28.9	795	814	853	890	955	1,103	1,427
	SNP	Keith Alan Barclay	28.3	777	805	820	903	917	967
	Reform UK	David McLennan	18.9	519	519	534	559	637
	ISP	John Hannah	8.6	236	240	245
	Conservative	Douglas Smith	8.2	226	227	248	272
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Thomas Butler	4.4	122	131
	Scottish Green	Adam William Rafferty	2.7	73
Electorate: 13,371   Valid: 2,748   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 1,375   Turnout: 20.7%

Source:^[5][6]

2022 election

2022 West Lothian Council election

Armadale and Blackridge - 3 seats^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Stuart Borrowman (incumbent)	48.92%	2,571
	SNP	Lynda Kenna	22.05%	1,159	1,407
	Labour	Andrew McGuire (incumbent)	14.12%	742	1,110	1,130	1,148	1,196	1,319
	Conservative	Chris Terry	10.56%	555	789	790	794	820	834
	Scottish Green	Sophie Brodie	2.59%	136	232	264	291	308
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Mackenzie	0.95%	50	107	110	121
	ISP	John Hannah	0.82%	43	78	91
Electorate: 13,162   Valid: 5,256   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 1,315   Turnout: 40.4%[9]

2017 election

2017 West Lothian Council election^[10]

Armadale and Blackridge - 3 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Stuart Borrowman (incumbent)	45.02%	2,343
	SNP	Sarah King (incumbent)	25.41%	1,322
	Labour	Andrew McGuire	13.59%	707	1,012	1,016	1,056	1,131	1,589
	Conservative	Ian Burgess	13.89%	723	1,016	1,017	1,035	1,057
	Scottish Green	Paula Stokes	1.19%	62	149	157	189
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Smillie	0.90%	47	117	118
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,204   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 1,302   Turnout: 42.20%

2012 election

2012 West Lothian Council election^[12]

Armadale and Blackridge - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Independent	Stuart Borrowman (incumbent)	56.68	2,541
	SNP	Isabel Hutton (incumbent)†	19.21	861	1,217.5
	Labour	Jim Dixon (incumbent)	17.58	788	1,283.1
	SNP	Dean Williamson	3.75	168	229.5
	Conservative	Marion Kerr	2.79	125	246.8
Electorate: 11,247   Valid: 4,483   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,121   Turnout: 4,532 (39.86%)

2007 election

2007 West Lothian Council election

2007 West Lothian Council election: Armadale and Blackridge

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Stuart Borrowman	1,385	24.7	1	3
	Labour	Jim Dixon	1,330	23.7	2	5
	SNP	Isabel Hutton	1,156	20.6	3	7
	Independent	Duncan MacLean	780	13.9
	SNP	Grant McLennan	517	9.2
	Conservative	Lindsay Butchart	252	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Howden	137	2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Steve Nimmo	55	1.0