Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)
| Almond Valley | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Almond Valley shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Angela Constance |
| Council area | West Lothian |
Almond Valley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency was formed in 2011, comprising much of the old Livingston constituency.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh
The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.
The new seat of Almond Valley replaces Livingston. The electoral wards used in its creation are:
- In full: Livingston North; Livingston South; East Livingston and East Calder; Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley
- In part: Whitburn and Blackburn (shared with Linlithgow)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 2011 | Angela Constance | Scottish National Party |
Election results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Angela Constance | 18,475 | 53.0 | −1.3 | |
| Labour | Neil Findlay | 10,082 | 28.9 | −7.4 | |
| Conservative | Stephanie Smith | 5,308 | 15.2 | +9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 1,007 | 2.9 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 8,393 | 24.1 | +6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 34,872 | 53.7 | +2.6 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Angela Constance | 16,704 | 54.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Laurence Fitzpatrick | 11,162 | 36.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 1,886 | 6.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Sykes | 656 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| National Front | Neil McIvor | 329 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,542 | 18.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 30,737 | 51.1 | N/A | ||
| SNP win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated West Lothian Council