West Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main West Lothian was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. Its area corresponded to the Council area of West Lothian. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency is best known for its third and final MP, Tam Dalyell of the Labour Party, whose concerns about Scottish devolution were labelled "the West Lothian question".

History

West Lothian was created for the 1950 general election, partly replacing the previous Linlithgowshire constituency.

With effect from the 1983 general election, it became two different constituencies: Linlithgow and Livingston.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1950 George Mathers Labour later Baron Mathers
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1951 John Taylor Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1962 by-election Tam Dalyell Labour subsequently MP for Linlithgow
1983 constituency abolished: see Linlithgow

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1950 general election: West Lothian[2]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Mathers Template:Replace 60.61 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". W M Younger 15,999 35.60
Scottish Self-Government Maxwell Hynd 1,039 2.31 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". J Borrowman 664 1.48
Majority 11,237 25.01 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 44,938 79.76 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 56,339 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1951 general election: West Lothian[3]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Taylor Template:Replace 60.52 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Humphrey Atkins 18,854 39.48 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 10,052 21.04 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,760 84.89 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 56,259 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.99

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1955 general election: West Lothian[4]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Taylor Template:Replace 59.66 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William R Grieve 17,347 40.34 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,307 19.32 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,001 75.38 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 57,045 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -0.86

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1959 general election: West Lothian[5]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Taylor Template:Replace 60.29 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". W Ian Stewart 18,083 39.71 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,371 20.58 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 45,537 77.90 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 58,457 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +0.63

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1960s

West Lothian by-election, 1962[6]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tam Dalyell Template:Replace 50.82 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Wolfe 9,750 23.30 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". W. I. Stewart 4,784 11.43 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". D. Bryce 4,537 10.84 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gordon McLennan 1,511 3.61 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,516 27.52 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 41,848 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1964 general election: West Lothian[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tam Dalyell Template:Replace 50.32 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Wolfe 15,087 30.45 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". RA Gordon Stuart 8,919 18.00 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Irene Swan 610 1.23 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,846 19.87 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 49,549 79.50 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 62,328 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -20.21

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1966 general election: West Lothian[8]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tam Dalyell Template:Replace 52.37 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Wolfe 17,955 35.27 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David L MacKinnon 5,726 11.25 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Irene Swan 567 1.11 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,707 17.10 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 50,910 79.59 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 63,967 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.39

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1970s

1970 general election: West Lothian[9]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tam Dalyell Template:Replace 52.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Wolfe 15,620 28.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Ancram 10,048 18.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christopher Bett 459 0.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13,740 24.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,487 76.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 72,366 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +3.8

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

February 1974 general election: West Lothian[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tam Dalyell Template:Replace 45.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Wolfe 21,690 35.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Pollock 11,804 19.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christopher Bett 438 0.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,422 10.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 62,044 80.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 76,946 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -7.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

October 1974 general election: West Lothian[10][12]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tam Dalyell Template:Replace 45.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Wolfe 24,997 40.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anthony Lester 6,086 10.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Hector MacAulay 2,083 3.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christopher Bett 247 0.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,690 4.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 61,100 78.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 77,527 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -3.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1979 general election: West Lothian[10][13]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tam Dalyell Template:Replace 54.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Wolfe 16,631 24.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Roderick Whyte 13,162 19.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Sneddon 404 0.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 20,082 30.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 66,910 78.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 85,645 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +22.8

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

See also

References

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