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All 32 seats toWest Lothian Council 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toWest Lothian Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the otherScottish local governmentelections and theScottish Parliamentgeneral election. The election was the last to use theFPTP basedward system, and saw Labour retaining their majority on the council.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 18 | 56.3 | 43.5 | 25,356 | |||||
| SNP | 12 | 37.5 | 36.3 | 21,184 | |||||
| Conservative | 1 | 3.1 | 9.2 | 5,390 | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1,463 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 4,100 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 842 | New | ||
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