West Lothian Council's elections are less than a month away. Residents are voting in each of the county’s nine wards on polling day on Thursday, 5 May. Here you can find out who you can vote for in the area where you live.
A total of 73 people will contest 33 seats on the council.
Labour and the SNP are putting up the most candidates across the wards, while the Tories and Liberal Democrats each have a candidate in all nine. This year, for the first time, the Greens too will contest all nine wards, and there are also a number of smaller political groups.
This year’s local council elections will see the stiffest competition in two wards, where 20 candidates will battle for 8 seats.
These wards - East Livingston and East Calder, and Livingston South - are currently home to respective Labour and Tory Group leaders, Lawrence Fitzpatrick in Livingston South and Damian Doran-Timson in East Calder.
Joining the fray in these two wards will be three independents. In East Livingston and East Calder Frank Anderson, who was deselected after 34 years as an SNP councillor in the ward and represented Craigshill since 1988, will challenge the SNP’s Veronica Smith.
In Livingston South Eddie Anderson, who runs the successful Facebook news site West Lothian News, stands as an Independent, as does Eddie Millar.
In Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh - home to SNP group leader Janet Campbell - nine candidates will contest four seats.
A second independence vote is not an issue which local authorities can address or influence, However, alternative independence supporting candidates representing Alex Salmond’s Alba party will stand in three wards, and an alternative Independence for Scotland candidate will threaten the SNP vote in Armadale and Blackridge.
In Armadale and Blackridge long-serving sole Independent councillor Stuart Borrowman is also defending his seat.
The Scottish Family Party has fielded candidates in the east of the county in Livingston, Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh and Linlithgow.
Further information on the election including guidance on voter registration can be viewed via the West Lothian Council website.
Visit: https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/vote-local-2022
Here are the candidates where you live:
LINLITHGOW
Pamela Barnes, Scottish Green Party;
Tom Conn, Labour and Co-operative Party;
Chris Horne, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party;
Pauline Orr, Scottish National Party;
Sally Pattle, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Rik Smith, Scottish Family Party.
BROXBURN, UPHALL AND WINCHBURGH
Diane Calder, Scottish National Party;
Janet Campbell, Scottish National Party;
Charles McKenzie Corser, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Ann Davidson, Scottish Labour Party;
Angela Doran-Timson, Scottish Conservative and Unionists;
Hazel McLeod, Scottish Labour Party;
Phil Noble, Alba Party for Independence;
Kenneth Alexander Sutherland, Scottish Family Party;
Cam Wright, Scottish Green Party.
LIVINGSTON NORTH
Alison Adamson, Scottish Conservative and Unionists;
Robert Bell, Scottish Family Party;
Robert de Bold, Scottish National Party;
Catrina McDonald, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Anne McMillan, Scottish Labour Party;
Andrew Miller, Scottish National Party;
Michael Rae, Scottish Labour Party;
Mark Wilkinson, Scottish Green Party.
LIVINGSTON SOUTH
Eddie Anderson, Independent;
Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Scottish Labour Party;
Cameron Glasgow, Scottish Green Party;
Margaret Hamilton, Scottish Family Party;
Peter Heggie, Scottish Conservative and Unionists;
Caron Lindsay, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Maria MacAulay, Scottish National Party;
Moira McKee Shemilt, Scottish National Party;
Eddie Millar, Independent;
Craig Smith, Scottish Labour Party.
EAST LIVINGSTON AND EAST CALDER
Frank Anderson, Independent;
Damian Doran-Timson, Scottish Conservative and Unionists;
Neal Drummond, Scottish Green Party;
Robert Durie Howden, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Ruth Hutchison, Scottish Family Party;
Carl John, Scottish National Party;
Danny Logue, Scottish Labour Party;
Andy Rafferty, Scottish Labour Party;
Veronica Smith, Scottish National Party;
Thomas George Ullathorne, Scottish National Party.
FAULDHOUSE AND THE BREICH VALLEY
Neil Barnes, Scottish Green Party;
Pauline Clark, Scottish National Party;
Elaine Fairbairn, Scottish Conservative and Unionists;
Greg McCarra, Scottish National Party;
Craig Meek, Scottish Labour Party;
Hani Mohamed, Alba Party for Independence;
Cathy Muldoon, Scottish Labour Party;
Gillian Pattle, Scottish Liberal Democrats.
WHITBURN AND BLACKBURN
Jim Dickson, Scottish National Party;
Mary Robertson Dickson, Scottish National Party;
Bruce Fairbairn, Scottish Conservative and Unionists;
Derek Graham Pattle , Scottish Liberal Democrats;
George Paul, Labour and Co-operative Party;
Carol Racionzer, Scottish Green Party;
Kirsteen Sullivan, Labour and Co-operative Party.
BATHGATE
William Hannah Boyle, Scottish National Party;
Harry Cartmill, Scottish Labour Party;
Gordon Dent, Alba Party for Independence;
Siobhan Flannigan, Scottish Green Party;
Charles Kennedy, Scottish Conservative and Unionists;
John Swanson Mackenzie, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Tony Pearson, Scottish Labour Party;
Pauline Stafford, Scottish National Party.
ARMADALE AND BLACKRIDGE
Stuart Borrowman, Independent;
Sophie Brodie, Scottish Green Party;
John Hannah, Independence for Scotland Party;
Lynda Kenna, Scottish National Party;
Helen Mackenzie, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Andrew McGuire, Scottish Labour Party;
Chris Terry, Scottish Conservative and Unionists.
