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
2007	William Boyle (SNP)		James Walker (SNP)		John McGinty (Labour)	3 seats
2012		Harry Cartmill (Labour)	James Walker (SNP)
2017			Charles Kennedy (Conservative)
2022			Pauline Stafford (SNP)	Tony Pearson (Labour)

Bathgate - 4 seats^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Harry Cartmill (incumbent)	33.67%	2,496
	SNP	William Boyle (incumbent)	24.36%	1,806
	SNP	Pauline Stafford	16.05%	1,190	1,265	1,507
	Conservative	Charles Kennedy (incumbent)	14.14%	1,048	1,162	1,167	1,168	1,174	1,208	1,236
	Labour	Tony Pearson	5.06%	375	1,015	1,023	1,027	1,034	1,094	1,246	1,774
	Scottish Green	Siobhan Flannigan	3.79%	281	323	351	360	392	425
	Liberal Democrats	John Mackenzie	2.02%	150	186	191	192	195
	Alba	Gordon Dent	0.90%	67	74	83	85
Electorate: 18,082 Valid: 7,413 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,483 Turnout: 41.8%^[4]

Bathgate - 4 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

Bathgate - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

West Lothian Council election, 2007: Bathgate
	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

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^ "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 8 Bathgate)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 8 Bathgate)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Ward 8 Bathgate 2017 Results - West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Previous Election Results". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.