Bathgate (ward)
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Location of the ward [1]
Bathgate is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | William Boyle (SNP) | James Walker (SNP) | John McGinty (Labour) | 3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Harry Cartmill (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Charles Kennedy (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Pauline Stafford (SNP) | Tony Pearson (Labour) | ||||||
Election Results
[edit]2022 Election
[edit]2022 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Harry Cartmill (incumbent) | 33.67% | 2,496 | ||||||||
| SNP | William Boyle (incumbent) | 24.36% | 1,806 | ||||||||
| SNP | Pauline Stafford | 16.05% | 1,190 | 1,265 | 1,507 | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Kennedy (incumbent) | 14.14% | 1,048 | 1,162 | 1,167 | 1,168 | 1,174 | 1,208 | 1,236 | ||
| Labour | Tony Pearson | 5.06% | 375 | 1,015 | 1,023 | 1,027 | 1,034 | 1,094 | 1,246 | 1,774 | |
| Scottish Green | Siobhan Flannigan | 3.79% | 281 | 323 | 351 | 360 | 392 | 425 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Mackenzie | 2.02% | 150 | 186 | 191 | 192 | 195 | ||||
| Alba | Gordon Dent | 0.90% | 67 | 74 | 83 | 85 | |||||
| Electorate: 18,082 Valid: 7,413 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,483 Turnout: 41.8%[4] | |||||||||||
2017 Election
[edit]2017 West Lothian Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | William Hannah Boyle (incumbent) | 20.20% | 1,554 | |||||||
| Labour | Harry Cartmill (incumbent) | 21.40% | 1,646 | |||||||
| Labour | John McGinty (incumbent) | 14.98% | 1,152 | 1,227 | 1,228 | 1,257 | 1,278 | 1,291 | 1,597 | |
| Conservative | Charles Kennedy | 17.93% | 1,379 | 1,388 | 1,389 | 1,400 | 1,409 | 1,413 | 1,574 | |
| SNP | Barry Burrows | 8.49% | 653 | 658 | 668 | 675 | 709 | 1,031 | 1,176 | |
| Independent | James Walker | 9.68% | 745 | 752 | 752 | 765 | 795 | 806 | ||
| SNP | Lisa McArthur | 4.50% | 346 | 347 | 350 | 355 | 380 | |||
| Scottish Green | Dale McDowell | 1.56% | 120 | 122 | 123 | 143 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Ann Stevens | 1.26% | 97 | 98 | 98 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,692 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 45.1% | ||||||||||
2012 Election
[edit]2012 West Lothian Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | John McGinty (incumbent) | 22.59 | 1,314 | |||||||
| SNP | Jim Walker (incumbent) | 22.04 | 1,282 | |||||||
| Labour | Harry Cartmill | 19.56 | 1,138 | 1,231.1 | ||||||
| SNP | William H. Boyle (incumbent) | 18.69 | 1,087 | 1,094.8 | 1,123.8 | 1,127.9 | 1,135.2 | 1,174.7 | 1,215.1 | |
| Independent | Jamie Firth | 6.63 | 453 | 214.7 | 218.4 | 222.3 | 236.9 | 293.7 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Kennedy | 5.93 | 345 | 347.5 | 349.9 | 352.8 | 371 | 405.4 | 455.9 | |
| SNP | Calum Laurie | 5.14 | 299 | 303.6 | 347.8 | 349.7 | 355.2 | 371.1 | 397.4 | |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Douglas Banks | 3.35 | 195 | 198.5 | 201.9 | 207.8 | 224.3 | |||
| UKIP | Alistair Forrest | 1.34 | 78 | 79 | 79.8 | 80.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,933 Valid: 5,817 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 5,925 (41.75%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election
[edit]2007 West Lothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John McGinty | 1,521 | 22.2 | 2 | 5 | |
| SNP | William Boyle | 1,494 | 21.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Labour | Harry Cartmill | 1,366 | 20.0 | |||
| SNP | James Walker | 1,308 | 19.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Donald MacDonald | 425 | 6.2 | |||
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Gary Montgomery | 371 | 5.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Corser | 265 | 3.9 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Ally Hendry | 93 | 1.4 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 8 Bathgate)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 8 Bathgate)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ward 8 Bathgate 2017 Results - West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Previous Election Results". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.