Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Almond Valley (Gaelic: Srath Amain) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of West Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also 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
Population	86,477 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Angela Constance
Council area	West Lothian

The constituency was formed for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises much of the old Livingston constituency. It is named for the River Almond which flows through Livingston. Since being formed the seat has been held by Angela Constance of the Scottish National Party, who was formerly the MSP for Livingston.

Electoral region

See also: Lothian (Scottish Parliament 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

Map of boundaries from 2011

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Angela Constance	SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance[a]	22,675	54.3	1.3	18,913	45.2	3.1
	Labour	Craig Smith	10,545	25.2	3.7	8,474	20.2	4.0
	Conservative	Damian Doran-Timson	6,952	16.6	1.4	7,861	18.8	2.0
	Scottish Green					3,071	7.3	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	1,601	3.8	0.9	1,229	2.9	0.8
	Alba					749	1.8	New
	Animal Welfare					355	0.8	New
	All for Unity					298	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					243	0.6	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					117	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					114	0.3	New
	Reform UK					97	0.2	New
	Women's Equality					81	0.2	0.5
	Scottish Libertarian					77	0.2	New
	UKIP					75	0.2	2.3
	Communist					68	0.2	New
	Independent	Ashley Graczyk				25	0.1	New
	SDP					20	0.0	New
	Renew					14	0.0	New
Majority			12,130	29.1	5.0
Valid Votes			41,773			41,881
Invalid Votes			151			72
Turnout			41,924	61.1	7.2	41,953	61.1	7.1
	SNP hold		Swing		2.5
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley^[4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance[a]	18,475	53.0	1.3	16,878	48.3	0.3
	Labour	Neil Findlay[b]	10,082	28.9	7.4	8,453	24.2	7.6
	Conservative	Stephanie Smith	5,308	15.2	9.1	5,868	16.8	10.7
	Scottish Green					1,626	4.6	2.1
	UKIP					875	2.5	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	1,007	2.9	0.8	723	2.1	0.3
	Women's Equality					231	0.7	New
	Solidarity					215	0.6	0.5
	RISE					110	0.3	New
Majority			8,393	24.1	6.1
Valid Votes			34,872			34,979
Invalid Votes			128			55
Turnout			35,000	53.9	2.4	35,034	54.0	2.5
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Elected on the party list

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley^[5]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance[a]	16,704	54.3	N/A	14,946	48.6	N/A
	Labour	Laurence Fitzpatrick	11,162	36.3	N/A	9,770	31.8	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Hardie	1,886	6.1	N/A	1,891	6.1	N/A
	Independent	Margo MacDonald[a]				1,282	4.2	N/A
	Scottish Green					759	2.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Sykes	656	2.1	N/A	550	1.8	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					396	1.3	N/A
	BNP					334	1.1	N/A
	National Front	Neil McIvor	329	1.1	N/A
	UKIP					237	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour					198	0.6	N/A
	Scottish Christian					101	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					88	0.3	N/A
	CPA					63	0.2	N/A
	Liberal					46	0.1	N/A
	Independent	David John Hogg				45	0.1	N/A
	Solidarity					37	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Ken O'Neil				7	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Mev Brown				5	0.0	N/A
Majority			5,542	18.0	N/A
Valid Votes			30,737			30,755
Invalid Votes			86			73
Turnout			30,823	51.5	N/A	30,828	51.5	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

References

1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
2. "Election Results". West Lothian Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
3. "Constituencies A-Z: Almond Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
4. "Scottish Parliament Elections 2016" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
5. "Scottish Parliament Elections 2011" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

External links

• "Almond Valley constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 5 July 2021.