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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

"Livingston (constituency)" redirects here. For the Zambian constituency, seeLivingstone (constituency).

Not to be confused withLivingston (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Livingston
County constituency for theHouse of Commons
Location of Livingston withinScotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	West Lothian
Electorate	75,454 (March 2020)^[1]
Major settlements	Livingston,West Calder
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Gregor Poynton (Labour)
Created from	Midlothian West Lothian

Livingston is acounty constituency of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns oneMember of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using thefirst-past-the-post voting system. It has been represented since2024 byGregor Poynton ofScottish Labour.

It was formed from parts of the historicMidlothian andWest Lothian constituencies for the1983 general election. A similar constituency, also calledLivingston, was used by theScottish Parliament until 2011.

Boundaries

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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.

2005–2024: Under theFifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies which came into effect for the 2005 general election, a small part of theLinlithgow constituency was moved into Livingston. The contents of the constituency were defined as comprising the area of the West Lothian Council other than that part in theLinlithgow and East Falkirk constituency. Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the constituency comprised the West Lothian Council wards or part wards ofLinlithgow (small part),Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (apart from a very small area),Livingston North,Livingston South,East Livingston and East Calder,Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley,Whitburn and Blackburn (small part).

2024–present: Further to the2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the2024 general election the constituency comprises the following wards or part wards of West Lothian Council:

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (majority - excluding the village ofWinchburgh),Livingston North,Livingston South,East Livingston and East Calder,Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley.

As a result of the boundary review, the communities of Winchburgh,Blackburn andSeafield were transferred to the new constituency ofBathgate and Linlithgow.

Map of boundaries 2005–2024

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency covers the eastern portion of theWest Lothian council area, and is dominated byLivingston. It is bordered by the constituencies ofEdinburgh West,Edinburgh South West,Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale,Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke,Airdrie and Shotts, andBathgate and Linlithgow.

Members of Parliament

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TheMember of Parliament for this seat had beenRobin Cook of theLabour Party since its creation in 1983. Following his death on 6 August 2005, aby-election was held on 29 September, andJim 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 hisparliamentary expenses. He was succeeded in 2010 by Labour'sGraeme Morrice. Morrice was defeated byHannah Bardell of theScottish National Party (SNP) five years later. She in turn was defeated byGregor Poynton in 2024.

	Member^[2]	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 the2010 general election by the Labour Party's National Executive Committee^[3]
2010	Graeme Morrice	Labour
2015	Hannah Bardell	SNP
2024	Gregor Poynton	Labour

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Livingston^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregor Poynton	18,324	40.9	+18.9
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	14,796	33.0	−14.3
	Reform	David McLennan	3,977	8.9	New
	Conservative	Damian Doran-Timson	3,469	7.7	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	2,025	4.5	−1.7
	Green	Cameron Glasgow	1,704	3.8	+1.2
	Alba	Debbie Ewen	545	1.2	New
Majority			3,528	7.9	N/A
Turnout			44,840	57.5	−7.8
Registered electors			78,043
	Labourgain fromSNP		Swing	+16.6

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result^[a]^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	SNP	23,275	47.3
	Labour	10,851	22.0
	Conservative	10,800	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	3,056	6.2
	Scottish Greens	1,272	2.6

Majority		12,424	25.2
Turnout		49,254	65.3
Electorate		75,454

General election 2019: Livingston^[7]^[8]
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
	Green	Cameron Glasgow^[9]	1,421	2.6	New
Majority			13,435	24.6	+17.2
Turnout			54,592	66.3	+1.6
	SNPhold		Swing

General election 2017: Livingston^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hannah Bardell	21,036	40.1	−16.8
	Labour	Rhea Wolfson	17,158	32.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Damian Timson^[11]	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
	SNPhold		Swing

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

General election 2010: Livingston^[17]^[18]
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
	Labourhold		Swing	−3.5

Elections in the 2000s

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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
	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
	Labourhold		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
	Labourhold		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
	Labourhold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1990s

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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
	Labourhold		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
	Green	Alpin G. Ross-Smith	469	1.0	New
Majority			8,105	17.8	−8.7
Turnout			45,589	74.6	+0.5
	Labourhold		Swing	−5.6

Elections in the 1980s

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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
	Labourhold		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
	Labourwin (new seat)

Notes

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^Estimate of the2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the2023 boundary review were in place

References

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^"2023 review final recs news release"(PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
^"Expenses row MP dropped by Labour".BBC News. 16 June 2009. Retrieved2 January 2016.
^"Livingston results".BBC News. Retrieved9 July 2024.
^"Livingston Constituency Results".West Lothian Council. Retrieved9 July 2024.
^"Livingston notional election - December 2019".Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News.UK Parliament. Retrieved11 July 2024.
^"General Election 2019".West Lothian Council. Retrieved15 November 2019.
^"Livingston parliamentary constituency - Election 2019".BBC News. Retrieved16 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. Retrieved12 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 fromthe original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved17 October 2015.
^"9Aug15"(PDF). westlothian.gov.uk.
^"LIVINGSTON 2015".electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
^"UK Polling Report".ukpollingreport.co.uk.
^"list_of_selected_candidates". Retrieved7 March 2015.
^"Election Data 2010".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved17 October 2015.
^"BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Livingston".news.bbc.co.uk.

External links

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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 and1987 results)
Livingston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) atMapIt UK
Livingston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK

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