Livingston South (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Livingston South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In April 2020, Peter Johnson retired from West Lothian Council triggering a by-election on the 11th March 2021 where Maria MacAulay (SNP) was duly elected.[2]
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Peter Johnson (SNP) |
John Muir (SNP) |
Danny Logue (Labour) |
Lawrence Fitzpatrick (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Moira Shemilt (SNP) |
Peter Heggie (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Maria Macaulay (SNP) | |||||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 Election[edit]
2022 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | Maria Macaulay | 29.76% | 2,252 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 26.80% | 2,028 | ||||||||||
| Conservative | Peter Heggie (incumbent) | 11.68% | 884 | 888 | 946 | 954 | 984 | 1,013 | 1,032 | 1,034 | 1,134 | 1,385 | |
| SNP | Moira Shemilt (incumbent) | 9.23% | 698 | 1,344 | 1,374 | 1,385 | 1,403 | 1,459 | 1,631 | ||||
| Labour | Craig Smith | 5.58% | 422 | 430 | 736 | 745 | 786 | 841 | 911 | 931 | 1,106 | ||
| Independent | Eddie Anderson | 5.08% | 384 | 393 | 422 | 434 | 453 | 601 | 657 | 680 | |||
| Scottish Green | Cameron Glasgow | 4.34% | 328 | 360 | 381 | 386 | 424 | 443 | |||||
| Independent | Eddie Millar | 4.27% | 323 | 333 | 347 | 362 | 373 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Caron Lindsay | 2.21% | 167 | 171 | 189 | 195 | |||||||
| Scottish Family | Margaret Hamilton | 1.06% | 80 | 82 | 87 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 19,101 Valid: 7,566 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,514 Turnout: 40.2%[5] | |||||||||||||
2017 Election[edit]
2017 West Lothian Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 27.12% | 2,228 | |||||||
| SNP | Peter Johnston (incumbent) | 20.69% | 1,700 | |||||||
| Conservative | Peter Heggie | 19.40% | 1,594 | 1,673 | ||||||
| SNP | Moira Shemilt | 13.02% | 1,070 | 1,109 | 1,151 | 1,151 | 1,169 | 1,268 | 1,827 | |
| Labour | Danny Logue (incumbent) | 8.41% | 691 | 1,080 | 1,083 | 1,091 | 1,137 | 1,216 | 1,241 | |
| SNP | Annmargaret Watson | 7.17% | 589 | 593 | 598 | 599 | 602 | 620 | ||
| Scottish Green | Jayne Glass | 2.44% | 200 | 221 | 223 | 225 | 275 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Pattle | 1.75% | 144 | 154 | 155 | 160 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 8,216 Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,644 Turnout: 46.3% | ||||||||||
2012 Election[edit]
2012 West Lothian Council election[8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) | 34.89 | 2,395 | ||||||
| SNP | Peter Johnston (incumbent) | 24.34 | 1,671 | ||||||
| Labour | Danny Logue (incumbent) | 13.01 | 893 | 1,631.7 | |||||
| SNP | John Muir (incumbent) | 11.92 | 818 | 867.1 | 966.2 | 986 | 1,015.6 | 1,534.4 | |
| SNP | John Lindsay | 5.84 | 401 | 444.9 | 603.8 | 622.1 | 648.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nick Davis | 5.45 | 374 | 425.2 | 428.8 | 448.9 | |||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Derreck Allen McCullough | 4.55 | 312 | 376.9 | 392.4 | 458.9 | 679.3 | 731.3 | |
| Electorate: 16,441 Valid: 6,864 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 6,937 (41.75%) | |||||||||
2007 Election[edit]
2007 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick | 2,584 | 30.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Peter Johnson | 2,543 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Danny Logue | 1,081 | 12.7 | 3 | 3 | |
| SNP | John Muir | 879 | 10.4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Marion Kerr | 527 | 6.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Evan Bell | 420 | 4.9 | |||
| Independent | Eddie Anderson | 341 | 4.0 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Mary Kerr | 115 | 1.4 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Sommerville, Stuart (14 April 2020). "West Lothian councillor retires after 35 years service". Daily Record. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ward 4 Livingston South 2017 Results - West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Previous Election Results".