Bathgate and Linlithgow is a

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of the

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in the

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. Further to the completion of the

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, it was first contested at the

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, when it was won by

Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsteen Ann Sullivan is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bathgate and Linlithgow since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she gained the seat from Martyn Day, a member of the Scottish National ...

of the Labour Party. The constituency name refers to the

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towns of

Bathgate Bathgate ( or , ) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston, Scotland, Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway (Scotland), M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Linlithgow, Livingston, and West Calder. A number of villages fall under ...

and

Linlithgow Linlithgow ( ; ; ) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It was historically West Lothian's county town, reflected in the county's historical name of Linlithgowshire. An ancient town, it lies in the Central Belt on a historic route between Edi ...

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following: * In full: the

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ward of Bo'ness and Blackness; and the

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wards of Armadale and Blackridge,

, and Whitburn and Blackburn * In part: the West Lothian council ward of Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (the village of

Winchburgh Winchburgh is a village in the Subdivisions of Scotland, council area of West Lothian, Scotland. It is located approximately west of the city centre of Edinburgh, east of Linlithgow and northeast of Broxburn, West Lothian, Broxburn. Demograp ...

). The vast majority of the constituency comes from the abolished constituency of Linlithgow and East Falkirk, with small areas being transferred from Livingston.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

External links

Bathgate and Linlithgow UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Scottish Westminster constituencies (style 1) Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024