Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)

Livingston
Livingston
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Livingston in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	West Lothian
Major settlements	Livingston, West Calder
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Gregor Poynton (Labour)
Created from	Midlothian; West Lothian

Livingston is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns one Member of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was formed from parts of traditional Midlothian and West Lothian for the 1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called Livingston, was used by the Scottish Parliament until 2011. In 2005 a small part of the Linlithgow constituency was moved into Livingston.

Boundaries

Map of current 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 council area, and is dominated by Livingston. It is bordered by the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.

Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament 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 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. Morrice was defeated by Hannah Bardell of the Scottish National Party (SNP) five years later. She in turn was defeated by Gregor Poynton in 2024.

	Member^[1]	Party	Notes
1983	Robin Cook	Labour	Foreign Secretary 1997–2001, Leader of the House of Commons 2001–2003, died in office 2005
2005 by-election	Jim Devine	Labour	Barred from standing at the 2010 general election by the Labour Party's National Executive Committee^[2]
2010	Graeme Morrice	Labour
2015	Hannah Bardell	SNP
2024	Gregor Poynton	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Livingston ^[3] ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregor Poynton	18,324	40.9	+18.9
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	14,796	33.0	−14.3
	Reform UK	David McLennan	3,977	8.9	N/A
	Conservative	Damian Doran-Timson	3,469	7.7	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	2,025	4.5	−1.7
	Scottish Green	Cameron Glasgow	1,704	3.8	+1.2
	Alba	Debbie Ewen	545	1.2	N/A
Majority			3,528	7.9	N/A
Turnout			44,840	57.5	−7.8
Registered electors			78,043
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing	+16.6

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Livingston^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	25,617	46.9	+6.8
	Conservative	Damian Timson	12,182	22.3	−2.1
	Labour	Caitlin Kane	11,915	21.8	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	3,457	6.3	+3.4
	Scottish Green	Cameron Glasgow^[7]	1,421	2.6	New
Majority			13,435	24.6	+17.2
Turnout			54,592	66.3	+1.6
	SNP hold		Swing

General election 2017: Livingston^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	21,036	40.1	−16.8
	Labour	Rhea Wolfson	17,158	32.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Damian Timson^[9]	12,799	24.4	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	1,512	2.9	+0.8
Majority			3,878	7.4	−21.9
Turnout			52,505	64.7	−5.2
	SNP hold		Swing

General election 2015: Livingston^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	32,736	56.9	+31.0
	Labour	Graeme Morrice^[12]	15,893	27.6	−20.9
	Conservative	Chris Donnelly	5,929	10.3	−0.5
	UKIP	Nathan Somerville^[13]	1,757	3.1	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas^[14]	1,232	2.1	−9.0
Majority			16,843	29.3	N/A
Turnout			57,547	69.9	+6.8
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+25.9

General election 2010: Livingston^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme Morrice	23,215	48.5	−2.6
	SNP	Lis Bardell	12,424	25.9	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	5,316	11.1	−4.3
	Conservative	Alison Adamson-Ross	5,158	10.8	+0.7
	BNP	David Orr	960	2.0	New
	UKIP	Alistair Forrest	443	0.9	New
	Scottish Socialist	Ally Hendry	242	0.5	−1.3
	Independent	Jim Slavin	149	0.3	New
Majority			10,791	22.6	−6.9
Turnout			47,907	63.1	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.5

Elections in the 2000s

By-election 2005: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Devine	12,319	41.8	−9.3
	SNP	Angela Constance	9,639	32.7	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	4,362	14.8	−0.6
	Conservative	Gordon Lindhurst	1,993	6.7	−3.4
	Scottish Green	David Robertson	529	1.8	New
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	407	1.4	−0.4
	UKIP	Peter Adams	108	0.4	New
	Independent	Melville Brown	55	0.2	New
	Alliance for Change	John Allman	33	0.1	New
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Gardner	32	0.1	New
Majority			2,680	9.1	−20.4
Turnout			29,477	38.6	−19.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.2

General election 2005: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	22,657	51.1	−1.9
	SNP	Angela Constance	9,560	21.6	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	6,832	15.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Alison Ross	4,499	10.1	+2.5
	Scottish Socialist	Steven Nimmo	789	1.8	−1.2
Majority			13,097	29.5	+0.1
Turnout			44,337	58.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

General election 2001: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	19,108	53.0	−1.9
	SNP	Graham Sutherland	8,492	23.6	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Mackenzie	3,969	11.0	+4.3
	Conservative	Ian Mowat	2,995	8.3	−1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Wendy Milne	1,110	3.1	New
	UKIP	Robert Kingdon	359	1.0	New
Majority			10,616	29.4	+2.0
Turnout			36,033	55.6	−15.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	23,510	54.9	+10.5
	SNP	Peter Johnston	11,763	27.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Hugh Halkett	4,028	9.4	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hawthorn	2,876	6.7	−1.9
	Referendum	Helen Campbell	444	1.0	New
	Socialist (GB)	Matt Culbert	213	0.5	New
Majority			11,747	27.4	+9.6
Turnout			42,834	71.0	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

General election 1992: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	20,245	44.4	−1.2
	SNP	Peter J.B. Johnston	12,140	26.6	+10.0
	Conservative	Hugh Gordon	8,824	19.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Mackintosh	3,911	8.6	−10.5
	Scottish Green	Alpin G. Ross-Smith	469	1.0	New
Majority			8,105	17.8	−8.7
Turnout			45,589	74.6	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	19,110	45.6	+7.9
	Liberal	Robert McCreadie	8,005	19.1	−5.5
	Conservative	Mark Mayall	7,860	18.7	−5.5
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	6,969	16.6	+3.1
Majority			11,105	26.5	+13.4
Turnout			41,944	74.1	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

General election 1983: Livingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Cook	14,255	37.7	−13.7
	Liberal	Alexander Henderson	9,304	24.6	+16.4
	Conservative	John Campbell	9,129	24.2	+7.1
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	5,090	13.5	−9.8
Majority			4,951	13.1
Turnout			37,778	70.9
	Labour win (new seat)

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
^ "Expenses row MP dropped by Labour". BBC News. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ "Livingston results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Livingston Constituency Results". West Lothian Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "General Election 2019". West Lothian Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ "Livingston parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^ "Candidates Scottish Green Party candidates for Edinburgh and West Lothian in the forthcoming general elections, likely to take place in 2024". Edinburgh Greens. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Livingston parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Lee Scott back for Ilford North. Vicky Ford in final Chelmsford three. Tatton finalists named. The latest candidate selections and shortlists. - Conservative Home". 24 April 2017.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "9Aug15" (PDF). westlothian.gov.uk.
^ "LIVINGSTON 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
^ "list_of_selected_candidates". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Livingston". news.bbc.co.uk.

External links

Election result, by-election 2005
Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1983 and 1987 results)
Livingston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Livingston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)

[2] "Expenses row MP dropped by Labour". BBC News. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

[3] "Livingston results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[4] "Livingston Constituency Results". West Lothian Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[5] "General Election 2019". West Lothian Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

[6] "Livingston parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

[7] "Candidates Scottish Green Party candidates for Edinburgh and West Lothian in the forthcoming general elections, likely to take place in 2024". Edinburgh Greens. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[8] "Livingston parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[9] "Lee Scott back for Ilford North. Vicky Ford in final Chelmsford three. Tatton finalists named. The latest candidate selections and shortlists. - Conservative Home". 24 April 2017.

[electoralcalculus-10] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[11] "9Aug15" (PDF). westlothian.gov.uk.

[12] "LIVINGSTON 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.

[13] "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.

[14] "list_of_selected_candidates". Retrieved 7 March 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-15] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[16] "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Livingston". news.bbc.co.uk.

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Livingston
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Livingston in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	West Lothian
Major settlements	Livingston, West Calder
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Gregor Poynton (Labour)
Created from	Midlothian West Lothian