2017 West Lothian Council election
The 2017 West Lothian Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of West Lothian Council. The election used the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected.Election result summary
Linlithgow
- 2012: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
- 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
Livingston North
- 2012: 2 x SNP, 2 x Labour
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour
Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
Whitburn and Blackburn
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP
Bathgate
- 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
- 2017: 2xLabour; 1xSNP; 1xConservative
- 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from SNP
Armadale and Blackridge
- 2012: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
- † On 29th March 2020 Livingston South Councillor Peter Johnston resigned his seat due to illness. The By-Election was postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic. The By Election is to be held on Thursday 1st October 2020.
