Livingston is a
county constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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, to which it returns one
Member of Parliament
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(MP). Elections are held using the
first-past-the-post
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voting system.
It was formed from parts of traditional
Midlothian
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and
West Lothian
West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geographically by the A ...
for the
1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called
Livingston
Livingston may refer to:
Businesses
* Livingston Energy Flight, an Italian airline (2003–2010)
* Livingston Compagnia Aerea, an Italian airline (2011–2014), also known as Livingston Airline
* Livingston International, a North American customs ...
, was used by the
Scottish Parliament
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until 2011. In 2005 a small part of the
Linlithgow
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constituency was moved into Livingston.
Boundaries
1983–1997: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn, Calders, Livingston North, and Livingston South; and the City of Edinburgh District ward of Kirkliston.
1997–2005: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn/Uphall, Craigshill/Ladywell, Deans/Knightsridge, Dedridge/West Calder, and Murieston/East Calder.
2005–present: The area of the West Lothian Council other than that part in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
The constituency covers the eastern portion of the
West Lothian
West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geographically by the A ...
council area, and is dominated by
Livingston
Livingston may refer to:
Businesses
* Livingston Energy Flight, an Italian airline (2003–2010)
* Livingston Compagnia Aerea, an Italian airline (2011–2014), also known as Livingston Airline
* Livingston International, a North American customs ...
. It is bordered by the constituencies of
Edinburgh West,
Edinburgh South West
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,
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale,
Lanark and Hamilton East,
Airdrie and Shotts, and
Linlithgow and East Falkirk.
Members of Parliament
The
Member of Parliament
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for this seat had been
Robin Cook of the
Labour Party since its creation in 1983. Following his death on 6 August 2005 a
by-election
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was held on 29 September, and
Jim Devine was elected. On 8 February 2010 Devine was suspended from the Labour Party after he was charged with a criminal offence in relation to his
parliamentary expenses. He was succeeded in 2010 by Labour's
Graeme Morrice
Graeme Morrice (born 23 February 1959) is a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 2010 to 2015. Prior to his election to Parliament, he served as the Leader of West Lothian Council from 1995 ...
. Morrice was defeated by
Hannah Bardell of the
Scottish National Party
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(SNP) five years later.
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
See also
*
List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
References
External links
Election result, by-election 2005Election result, 2005(BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001(BBC)
(Guardian)
an
results)
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Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
Politics of West Lothian