Linlithgow (ward)

Linlithgow is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In 2019, the population of the ward was 16,499.^[2]

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Martyn Day (SNP)		Tom Conn (Labour)		Tom Kerr (Conservative)
2012
2017	David Tait (SNP)
2022	Pauline Orr (SNP)		Sally Pattle (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 West Lothian Council election

Linlithgow - 3 seats^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Pauline Orr	26.26%	1,869
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Pattle	20.33%	1,447	1,457	1,466	1,901
	Conservative	Chris Horne	19.83%	1,411	1,413	1,445	1,484	1,508
	Labour	Tom Conn (incumbent)	19.54%	1,391	1,406	1,413	1,733	1,788
	Scottish Green	Pamela Barnes	13.22%	941	988	992
	Scottish Family	Rik Smith	0.81%	58	59
Electorate: 12,435   Valid: 7,117   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,780   Turnout: 57.7%[5]

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election^[6]

Linlithgow - 3 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Tom Kerr (incumbent)	41.92%	3,037
	Labour	Tom Conn (incumbent)	14.63%	1,060	1,425	1,450	1,558	1,956
	SNP	David Tait (incumbent)	16.01%	1,160	1,215	1,217	1,310	1,390	1,405	2,529
	SNP	Sue Friel	15.06%	1,091	1,126	1,129	1,246	1,319	1,341
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Pattle	5.26%	381	692	714	872
	Scottish Green	Maire McCormack	6.57%	476	535	541
	UKIP	Alan Cooper	0.55%	40	113
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,245   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,812   Turnout: 59.0%

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election^[8]

Linlithgow - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Tom Kerr (incumbent)	33.18	2,112
	SNP	Martyn Day (incumbent)††	28.70	1,827
	Labour	Tom Conn (incumbent)	20.30	1,292	1,453	1,478.7	1,483.2	1,627.9
	SNP	David Tait	13.02	829	920.3	1,101.4	1,106.9	1,186.9
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Cherie Finlay	4.40	280	396.7	413.6	423.8
	National Front	Ernest Wilson	0.39	25	30.2	30.6
Electorate: 11,944   Valid: 6,365   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,592   Turnout: 6,409 (53.29%)

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election

West Lothian Council election, 2007: Linlithgow

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Tom Kerr	2,120	26.9	1	1
	SNP	Martyn Day	1,792	22.7	2	6
	SNP	Tam Smith	1,340	17.0
	Labour	Tom Conn	1,328	16.9	3	6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff King	739	9.4
	Scottish Green	Simon King-Spooner	316	4.0
	Conservative	Sandy Pagan	194	2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Eddy Cornock	49	2.5