Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Linlithgow shown within the Lothians electoral region |
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| 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.
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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, 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||
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| Labour hold | Swing | -9.01 | |||
[edit] Members of the Scottish Parliament
- 1999 - : Mary Mulligan, Labour
