Livingston (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Livingston
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Livingston shown within the
Lothians electoral region
Created: 1999
MSP: Bristow Muldoon
Party: Labour
Council area: West Lothian (part)

Livingston 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.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also Lothians Scottish Parliament 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, Linlithgow and Midlothian.

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

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The Livingston 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 Linlithgow, west and north of the Livingston constituency.

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Livingston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bristow Muldoon 13,327 43.6 -3.7
Scottish National Party Peter Johnston 9,657 31.6 -5.1
Conservative Lindsay Paterson 2,848 9.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Paul McGreal 2,714 8.9 +1.1
Scottish Socialist Robert Richard 1,640 5.4 +5.4
Scottish People's Alliance Stephen Milburn 371 1.2 1.2
Majority 3,670 12.0
Turnout 30,557 46.7
Labour hold Swing +0.7

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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