LIVINGSTON (SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)


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

Contents
Electoral region
Constituency boundaries and council area
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
Footnotes

Electoral region


:''See also ''Lothians Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow and Midlothian.
The region covers the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area


The Livingston constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].
The Holyrood constituency is one of two covering the West Lothian council area, the other being Linlithgow, west and north of the Livingston constituency.

Member of the Scottish Parliament


Election Member Party
1999Bristow MuldoonLabour
2003
2007Angela ConstanceScottish National Party

Election results


Footnotes


1. See ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''




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