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Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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MSP
  
Angela Constance

Council area
  
West Lothian

Founded
  
2011

Lieutenancy area
  
West Lothian

Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Party
  
Scottish National Party

Created
  
Scottish Parliament election, 2011

Almond Valley 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, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

The constituency was formed in 2011, comprising much of the old Livingston constituency.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.

The new seat of Almond Valley replaces Livingston. The electoral wards used in its creation are:

  • In full: Livingston North; Livingston South; East Livingston and East Calder; Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley
  • In part: Whitburn and Blackburn (shared with Linlithgow)
  • Member of the Scottish Parliament

    As Livingston

    As Almond Valley

    Election results

    Liberal Democrats and National Front both gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

    References

    Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency) Wikipedia