West Lothian’s new Lib Dem councillor is to lead the Linlithgow Local Area Committee on West Lothian Council after winning a tied vote.
Sally Pattle was nominated as chair by the SNP group and won the backing of all 15 SNP councillors to tie with veteran Labour councillor for the town Tom Conn on 16 votes. There was one abstention, from Councillor Stuart Borrowman.
The Provost, Councillor Cathy Muldoon cannot have the casting vote on such votes and so it fell to the Chief Executive - who drew numbers from a bag- with the candidate with the higher number being elected.
