Livingston South (ward)

Livingston South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In April 2020, Peter Johnson retired from West Lothian Council triggering a by-election on the 11th March 2021 where Maria MacAulay (SNP) was duly elected.^[2]

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Peter Johnson (SNP)	John Muir (SNP)	Danny Logue (Labour)	Lawrence Fitzpatrick (Labour)
2012			John Muir (SNP)	Danny Logue (Labour)
2017	Moira Shemilt (SNP)		Peter Heggie (Conservative)
2022	Moira Shemilt (SNP)	Maria Macaulay (SNP)	Peter Heggie (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 West Lothian Council election

Livingston South - 4 seats^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Maria Macaulay	29.76%	2,252
	Labour	Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent)	26.80%	2,028
	Conservative	Peter Heggie (incumbent)	11.68%	884	888	946	954	984	1,013	1,032	1,034	1,134	1,385
	SNP	Moira Shemilt (incumbent)	9.23%	698	1,344	1,374	1,385	1,403	1,459	1,631
	Labour	Craig Smith	5.58%	422	430	736	745	786	841	911	931	1,106
	Independent	Eddie Anderson	5.08%	384	393	422	434	453	601	657	680
	Scottish Green	Cameron Glasgow	4.34%	328	360	381	386	424	443
	Independent	Eddie Millar	4.27%	323	333	347	362	373
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	2.21%	167	171	189	195
	Scottish Family	Margaret Hamilton	1.06%	80	82	87
Electorate: 19,101 Valid: 7,566 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,514 Turnout: 40.2%^[5]

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election^[6]

Livingston South - 4 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent)	27.12%	2,228
	SNP	Peter Johnston (incumbent)	20.69%	1,700
	Conservative	Peter Heggie	19.40%	1,594	1,673
	SNP	Moira Shemilt	13.02%	1,070	1,109	1,151	1,151	1,169	1,268	1,827
	Labour	Danny Logue (incumbent)	8.41%	691	1,080	1,083	1,091	1,137	1,216	1,241
	SNP	Annmargaret Watson	7.17%	589	593	598	599	602	620
	Scottish Green	Jayne Glass	2.44%	200	221	223	225	275
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Pattle	1.75%	144	154	155	160
Electorate: TBC Valid: 8,216 Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,644 Turnout: 46.3%

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election^[8]

Livingston South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent)	34.89	2,395
	SNP	Peter Johnston (incumbent)	24.34	1,671
	Labour	Danny Logue (incumbent)	13.01	893	1,631.7
	SNP	John Muir (incumbent)	11.92	818	867.1	966.2	986	1,015.6	1,534.4
	SNP	John Lindsay	5.84	401	444.9	603.8	622.1	648.5
	Conservative	Nick Davis	5.45	374	425.2	428.8	448.9
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Derreck Allen McCullough	4.55	312	376.9	392.4	458.9	679.3	731.3
Electorate: 16,441 Valid: 6,864 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 6,937 (41.75%)

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election

West Lothian Council election, 2007: Livingston South
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
Labour	Lawrence Fitzpatrick	2,584	30.4	1	1
SNP	Peter Johnson	2,543	30.0	2	1
Labour	Danny Logue	1,081	12.7	3	3
SNP	John Muir	879	10.4	4	5
Conservative	Marion Kerr	527	6.2
Liberal Democrats	Evan Bell	420	4.9
Independent	Eddie Anderson	341	4.0
Scottish Socialist	Mary Kerr	115	1.4

References

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ Sommerville, Stuart (14 April 2020). "West Lothian councillor retires after 35 years service". Daily Record. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Ward 4 Livingston South 2017 Results - West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Previous Election Results".

[1] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[2] Sommerville, Stuart (14 April 2020). "West Lothian councillor retires after 35 years service". Daily Record. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[3] "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.

[4] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

[5] "Declaration of Results (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

[6] ttps://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "Ward 4 Livingston South 2017 Results - West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[8] "Previous Election Results".

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