Bathgate (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Bathgate is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | William Boyle (SNP) |
rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | James Walker (SNP) |
rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | John McGinty (Labour) |
3 seats | |
| 2012 | rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | Harry Cartmill (Labour) | ||||||
| 2017 | rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Harry Cartmill (Conservative) | ||||||
Election Results
2017 Election
2017 West Lothian Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | William Hannah Boyle (incumbent) | 20.20% | 1,554 | |||||||
| Labour | Harry Cartmill (incumbent) | 21.40% | 1,646 | |||||||
| Labour | John McGinty (incumbent) | 14.98% | 1,152 | 1,227 | 1,228 | 1,257 | 1,278 | 1,291 | 1,597 | |
| Conservative | Charles Kennedy | 17.93% | 1,379 | 1,388 | 1,389 | 1,400 | 1,409 | 1,413 | 1,574 | |
| SNP | Barry Burrows | 8.49% | 653 | 658 | 668 | 675 | 709 | 1,031 | 1,176 | |
| Independent | James Walker | 9.68% | 745 | 752 | 752 | 765 | 795 | 806 | ||
| SNP | Lisa McArthur | 4.50% | 346 | 347 | 350 | 355 | 380 | |||
| Scottish Green | Dale McDowell | 1.56% | 120 | 122 | 123 | 143 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Ann Stevens | 1.26% | 97 | 98 | 98 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,692 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 45.1% | ||||||||||
2012 Election
2012 West Lothian Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | John McGinty (incumbent) | 22.59 | 1,314 | |||||||
| SNP | Jim Walker (incumbent) | 22.04 | 1,282 | |||||||
| Labour | Harry Cartmill | 19.56 | 1,138 | 1,231.1 | ||||||
| SNP | William H. Boyle (incumbent) | 18.69 | 1,087 | 1,094.8 | 1,123.8 | 1,127.9 | 1,135.2 | 1,174.7 | 1,215.1 | |
| Independent | Jamie Firth | 6.63 | 453 | 214.7 | 218.4 | 222.3 | 236.9 | 293.7 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Kennedy | 5.93 | 345 | 347.5 | 349.9 | 352.8 | 371 | 405.4 | 455.9 | |
| SNP | Calum Laurie | 5.14 | 299 | 303.6 | 347.8 | 349.7 | 355.2 | 371.1 | 397.4 | |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Douglas Banks | 3.35 | 195 | 198.5 | 201.9 | 207.8 | 224.3 | |||
| UKIP | Alistair Forrest | 1.34 | 78 | 79 | 79.8 | 80.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,933 Valid: 5,817 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 5,925 (41.75%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John McGinty | 1,521 | 22.2 | 2 | 5 | |
| SNP | William Boyle | 1,494 | 21.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Labour | Harry Cartmill | 1,366 | 20.0 | |||
| SNP | James Walker | 1,308 | 19.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Donald MacDonald | 425 | 6.2 | |||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Gary Montgomery | 371 | 5.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Corser | 265 | 3.9 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Ally Hendry | 93 | 1.4 | |||
References
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13923/Ward-8-Bathgate-2017-Results
- ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results