Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Almond Valley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Almond Valley
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Almond Valley shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Angela Constance
Council area	West Lothian

The constituency was formed in 2011, comprising much of the old Livingston constituency. It is named for the River Almond which flows through Livingston.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.

The new seat of Almond Valley replaces Livingston. The electoral wards used in its creation are:

• In full: Livingston North; Livingston South; East Livingston and East Calder; Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley
• In part: Whitburn and Blackburn (shared with Linlithgow)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Angela Constance	Scottish National Party

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance[1]

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance	18,475	53.0	-1.3
	Labour	Neil Findlay	10,082	28.9	-7.4
	Conservative	Stephanie Smith	5,308	15.2	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	1,007	2.9	+0.8
Majority			8,393	24.1	+6.1
Turnout			34,872	53.7	+2.6
	SNP hold		Swing

[2]

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance	16,704	54.3	N/A
	Labour	Laurence Fitzpatrick	11,162	36.3	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Hardie	1,886	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Sykes	656	2.1	N/A
	National Front	Neil McIvor	329	1.1	N/A
Majority			5,542	18.0	N/A
Turnout			30,737	51.1	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)

References

1. https://mobile.twitter.com/GillianMSP/status/1309760877042827265
2. Statement of Persons Nominated West Lothian Council