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Bathgate and Linlithgow
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Photograph shows Linlithgow. The constituency reaches beyond the town itself.
Your member of parliament
Kirsteen Sullivan
Labour (Co-op)Labour won Bathgate and Linlithgow at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,323 votes, or 19.8 points. A swing of 9.9 points to Scottish National Party would take it. That makes it safer than 434 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 216.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 19.8 points, which is larger than 434 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Scottish National Party by 8,323 votes.
Majority
8,323
19.8% of votes cast.
Turnout
58.3%
-1.4 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
8
42,065 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirsteen SullivanElected | Labour | 19,774 | 47.0% | +13.3 |
| Martyn Day | Scottish National Party | 11,451 | 27.2% | +24.7 |
| Jamie McNamee | Reform UK | 3,524 | 8.4% | -5.9 |
| Lynn Munro | Conservative | 3,144 | 7.5% | -16.2 |
| Sally Pattle | Liberal Democrat | 2,171 | 5.2% | -7.1 |
| Simon Jay | Scottish Green Party | 1,390 | 3.3% | +3.0 |
| John Hannah | Independence for Scotland Party | 382 | 0.9% | +0.9 |
| Stuart McArthur | Independent | 229 | 0.5% | -1.5 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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