Linlithgow LAB Hold

Scottish Parliament election

constituency

	Linlithgow	LAB Hold

	CANDIDATE	PARTY	VOTES	%	+/-%
	Mary Mulligan	LAB	11548	41.8	-3.9
	Fiona Hyslop	SNP	9578	34.6	-2.3
	Gordon Lindhurst	CON	3059	11.1	+1.6
	Martin Oliver	LD	2093	7.6	-0.4
	Steve Nimmo	SSP	1367	4.9	+4.9
		MAJORITY	1970	7.1
		TURNOUT	27645	51.1

ELECTORATE	54113

Top-up region: Lothian

DESCRIPTION: Linlithgow

Linlithgow is a residential town west of Edinburgh, home to a fair number of middle-class commuters but also to some light industry, notably electronics. The seat was dealt a huge blow in April 2001 with the confirmation that the Motorola factory in Bathgate was to close, taking more than 3,000 jobs with it.

The Linlithgow constituency, known as West Lothian up until 1983, has been held for Labour at Westminster by Tam Dalyell since 1962. Edinburgh councillor Mary Mulligan won the seat for Labour in the Scottish Parliament with a majority of nearly 3,000 votes over the second-placed SNP. She is now deputy health minister in the executive.

PREVIOUS RESULTS

	1999 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTION		LAB WIN
	PARTY	VOTES	%
	LAB	15247	45.1
	SNP	12319	36.5
	CON	3158	9.3
	LD	2643	7.8
	IND	415	1.2

	2001 GENERAL ELECTION		LAB WIN
	PARTY	VOTES	%
	LAB	17207	54.4
	SNP	8078	25.5
	CON	2836	9
	LD	2628	8.3
	SSP	695	2.2
	RRLP	211	0.7