Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)

"Livingston (constituency)" redirects here. For the Zambian constituency, see Livingstone (constituency).

Not to be confused with Livingston (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Livingston is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns one Member of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system. It has been represented since 2024 by Gregor Poynton of Scottish Labour.

Livingston
County constituency for the House of Commons
Location of Livingston within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	West Lothian
Electorate	75,454 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlements	Livingston, West Calder
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Gregor Poynton (Labour)
Created from	Midlothian West Lothian

It was formed from parts of the historic Midlothian and West Lothian constituencies for the 1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called Livingston, was used by the Scottish Parliament until 2011.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn, Calders, Livingston North, and Livingston South; and the City of Edinburgh District ward of Kirkliston.

1997–2005: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn/Uphall, Craigshill/Ladywell, Deans/Knightsridge, Dedridge/West Calder, and Murieston/East Calder.

2005–2024: Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies which came into effect for the 2005 general election, a small part of the Linlithgow constituency was moved into Livingston. The contents of the constituency were defined as comprising the area of the West Lothian Council other than that part in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency. Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the constituency comprised the West Lothian Council wards or part wards of Linlithgow (small part), Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (apart from a very small area), Livingston North, Livingston South, East Livingston and East Calder, Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley, Whitburn and Blackburn (small part).

2024–present: Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election the constituency comprises the following wards or part wards of West Lothian Council:

• Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (majority - excluding the village of Winchburgh), Livingston North, Livingston South, East Livingston and East Calder, Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley.

As a result of the boundary review, the communities of Winchburgh, Blackburn and Seafield were transferred to the new constituency of Bathgate and Linlithgow.

Map of boundaries 2005–2024

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston. It is bordered by the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke, Airdrie and Shotts, and Bathgate and Linlithgow.

Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for this seat had been Robin Cook of the Labour Party since its creation in 1983. Following his death on 6 August 2005, a by-election was held on 29 September, and Jim Devine was elected. On 8 February 2010, Devine was suspended from the Labour Party after he was charged with a criminal offence in relation to his parliamentary expenses. He was succeeded in 2010 by Labour's Graeme Morrice. Morrice was defeated by Hannah Bardell of the Scottish National Party (SNP) five years later. She in turn was defeated by Gregor Poynton in 2024.

Election		Member[2]	Party	Notes
	1983	Robin Cook	Labour	Foreign Secretary 1997–2001, Leader of the House of Commons 2001–2003, died in office 2005
	2005 by-election	Jim Devine	Labour	Barred from standing at the 2010 general election by the Labour Party's National Executive Committee[3]
	2010	Graeme Morrice	Labour
	2015	Hannah Bardell	SNP
	2024	Gregor Poynton	Labour

Election results

General election results 1983–2017

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Livingston ^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregor Poynton	18,324	40.9	+18.9
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	14,796	33.0	−14.3
	Reform UK	David McLennan	3,977	8.9	New
	Conservative	Damian Doran-Timson	3,469	7.7	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	2,025	4.5	−1.7
	Green	Cameron Glasgow	1,704	3.8	+1.2
	Alba	Debbie Ewen	545	1.2	New
Majority			3,528	7.9
Turnout			44,840	57.5	−7.8
Registered electors			78,043
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing	+16.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [6]
Party		Vote	%
	Scottish National Party	23,275	47.3
	Labour	10,851	22.0
	Conservative	10,800	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	3,056	6.2
	Scottish Greens	1,272	2.6
Majority		12,424	25.2
Turnout		49,254	65.3
Electorate		75,454

General election 2019: Livingston^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	25,617	46.9	+6.8
	Conservative	Damian Timson	12,182	22.3	−2.1
	Labour	Caitlin Kane	11,915	21.8	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	3,457	6.3	+3.4
	Green	Cameron Glasgow[9]	1,421	2.6	New
Majority			13,435	24.6	+17.2
Turnout			54,592	66.3	+1.6
	SNP hold		Swing

General election 2017: Livingston^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	21,036	40.1	−16.8
	Labour	Rhea Wolfson	17,158	32.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Damian Timson[11]	12,799	24.4	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	1,512	2.9	+0.8
Majority			3,878	7.4	−21.9
Turnout			52,505	64.7	−5.2
	SNP hold		Swing

General election 2015: Livingston^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	32,736	56.9	+31.0
	Labour	Graeme Morrice[14]	15,893	27.6	−20.9
	Conservative	Chris Donnelly	5,929	10.3	−0.5
	UKIP	Nathan Somerville[15]	1,757	3.1	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas[16]	1,232	2.1	−9.0
Majority			16,843	29.3
Turnout			57,547	69.9	+6.8
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+25.9

General election 2010: Livingston^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme Morrice	23,215	48.5	−2.6
	SNP	Lis Bardell	12,424	25.9	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	5,316	11.1	−4.3
	Conservative	Alison Adamson-Ross	5,158	10.8	+0.7
	BNP	David Orr	960	2.0	New
	UKIP	Alistair Forrest	443	0.9	New
	Scottish Socialist	Ally Hendry	242	0.5	−1.3
	Independent	Jim Slavin	149	0.3	New
Majority			10,791	22.6	−6.9
Turnout			47,907	63.1	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.5

Elections in the 2000s

By-election 2005: Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Devine	12,319	41.8	−9.3
	SNP	Angela Constance	9,639	32.7	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	4,362	14.8	−0.6
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	1,993	6.7	−3.4
	Green	David Robertson	529	1.8	New
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	407	1.4	−0.4
	UKIP	Peter Adams	108	0.4	New
	Independent	Melville Brown	55	0.2	New
	Alliance for Change	John Allman	33	0.1	New
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Gardner	32	0.1	New
Majority			2,680	9.1	−20.4
Turnout			29,477	38.6	−19.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.2

General election 2005: Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	22,657	51.1	−1.9
	SNP	Angela Constance	9,560	21.6	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	6,832	15.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Alison Ross	4,499	10.1	+2.5
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	789	1.8	−1.2
Majority			13,097	29.5	+0.1
Turnout			44,337	58.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.2

General election 2001: Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	19,108	53.0	−1.9
	SNP	Graham Sutherland	8,492	23.6	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Mackenzie	3,969	11.0	+4.3
	Conservative	Ian Mowat	2,995	8.3	−1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Wendy Milne	1,110	3.1	New
	UKIP	Robert Kingdon	359	1.0	New
Majority			10,616	29.4	+2.0
Turnout			36,033	55.6	−15.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	23,510	54.9	+10.5
	SNP	Peter Johnston	11,763	27.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Hugh Halkett	4,028	9.4	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hawthorn	2,876	6.7	−1.9
	Referendum	Helen Campbell	444	1.0	New
	Socialist (GB)	Matt Culbert	213	0.5	New
Majority			11,747	27.4	+9.6
Turnout			42,834	71.0	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

General election 1992: Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	20,245	44.4	−1.2
	SNP	Peter J.B. Johnston	12,140	26.6	+10.0
	Conservative	Hugh Gordon	8,824	19.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Mackintosh	3,911	8.6	−10.5
	Green	Alpin G. Ross-Smith	469	1.0	New
Majority			8,105	17.8	−8.7
Turnout			45,589	74.6	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	19,110	45.6	+7.9
	Liberal	Robert McCreadie	8,005	19.1	−5.5
	Conservative	Mark Mayall	7,860	18.7	−5.5
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	6,969	16.6	+3.1
Majority			11,105	26.5	+13.4
Turnout			41,944	74.1	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

General election 1983: Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	14,255	37.7	−13.7
	Liberal	Alexander Henderson	9,304	24.6	+16.4
	Conservative	John Campbell	9,129	24.2	+7.1
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	5,090	13.5	−9.8
Majority			4,951	13.1
Turnout			37,778	70.9
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place