Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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**Linlithgow**
Scottish Parliament county constituency

Linlithgow shown within the Lothians electoral region
Created:	1999
MSP:	Mary Mulligan
Party:	Labour
Council area:	West Lothian (part)

Linlithgow 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, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

1 Electoral region
2 Constituency boundaries and council area
3 Election results
4 Members of the Scottish Parliament
5 Footnote

[edit] Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Livingston and Midlothian.

The region covers the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The Linlithgow constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies^[1].

The Holyrood constituency is one of two covering the West Lothian council area, the other being Livingston, east and south of the Linlithgow constituency.

[edit] Election results

Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Mulligan	11,548	41.77	-3.36
	Scottish National Party	Fiona Hyslop	9,578	34.65	-1.82
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	3,059	11.07	+1.72
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Oliver	2,093	7.57	-0.25
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	1,367	4.94	+4.94
Majority			1,970	7.13	-1.54
Turnout			27,645	51.09	-11.17
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.36

Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Mulligan	15,247	45.13	-9.01
	Scottish National Party	Stewart Stevenson	12,319	36.47	+9.66
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	3,158	9.35	-3.17
	Liberal Democrats	John Barrett	2,643	7.82	+1.94
	Independent	Irene Overstone	415	1.23	+ 1.23
Majority			2,928	8.66	-18.67
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.01