West Lothian Council is to be run by a minority Labour administration in a deal described as a "grubby coalition with the Tories" by the SNP, who found themselves unable to take control despite winning the largest number of seats.
At the vote earlier this month the SNP won 15 seats to Labour's 12 - but after failing to negotiate a deal with other parties they were unable to gather enough support to form a new administration
Labour veterans Cathy Muldoon and Lawrence Fitzpatrick were instead elected to the top positions in the new West Lothian Council on Tuesday.
