Almond Valley
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Almond Valley (Gaelic: Srath Amain) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of West Lothian.[2] It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Since the seat was created in 2011 it has also been 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. Following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, Almond Valley will form part of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region from the 2026 Scottish Parliament election onwards.
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| Almond Valley | |
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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Almond Valley shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electorate | 68,871 (2022)[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, covering 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
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.
From 2026, the other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region will be Airdrie, Bathgate, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Uddingston and Bellshill.[3]
Constituency boundaries and council area
Under the 2011-2026 boundaries, the West Lothian council area has been represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, Almond Valley and Linlithgow. The seat of Almond Valley replaced Livingston. The electoral wards of West Lothian Council used in its creation were:[2]
- In full: East Livingston and East Calder; Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley, Livingston North; Livingston South;
- In part: Whitburn and Blackburn (shared with Linlithgow)
From 2026, West Lothian will be covered by three Scottish Parliament constituencies, Almond Valley, Bathgate and Falkirk East and Linlithgow, the latter also covering part of the Falkirk council area. When redrawn following the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the following electoral wards were used to redefine the seat:[4]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Angela Constance | SNP | |
Election results
2020s
2026
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Angela Constance | |||||||
| Labour | Jordan Stokoe | |||||||
| Conservative | Damian Doran-Timson | |||||||
| Reform UK | Malcolm Jones | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Caron Lindsay | |||||||
| Green | ||||||||
| Alba | ||||||||
| Majority | ||||||||
| Valid votes | ||||||||
| Invalid votes | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
2021
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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2010s
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 | ||||
| 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
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