Linlithgow was a
county constituency of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1983 to 2005. It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post
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system of elections.
The constituency returned the same MP throughout its existence,
Tam Dalyell of the
Labour Party. Dalyell had previously been MP for the predecessor seat of
West Lothian, which had led to his concerns about
Scottish devolution being labelled "the
West Lothian question".
History
The constituency was created for the
1983 general election, largely replacing the previous
West Lothian constituency. For the
2005 general election, Linlithgow was largely replaced by the new
Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, with the remainder of the constituency joining
Livingston.
The
Scottish Parliament constituency of Linlithgow was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the UK Parliament constituency.
Boundaries
1983–1997: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Bathgate East/Blackburn, Bathgate West/Armadale, Linlithgow, and Whitburn, and the City of Edinburgh District ward of Queensferry.
1997–2005: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Bathgate East/Blackburn, Bathgate West/Armadale, Linlithgow/Winchburgh, and Whitburn.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections of the 1980s
Elections of the 1990s
Elections of the 2000s
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Linlithgow (Uk Parliament Constituency)
Politics of West Lothian
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005
Linlithgow