The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 72,185 · 2023 boundaries

Bathgate and Linlithgow.

Labour and Co-operative Party MP Kirsteen Sullivan holds the seat on 47.0% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentKirsteen Sullivan · Labour and Co-operative Party
CouncilsWest Lothian · Falkirk
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000068
Electorate · 2024
72.2k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
47.0%
Labour Party · +19.8pp over SNP
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Sullivan is most visible right now on two fronts: welfare and women's health. In July 2025 she broke with her party to back protections for disabled people with fluctuating conditions during the Universal Credit and PIP Bill's committee stage -- one of several rebel votes that places her noticeably to the left of the Labour leadership on welfare. She has also led sustained parliamentary advocacy on endometriosis, chairing the relevant All-Party Parliamentary Group, raising the issue at PMQs twice, and introducing a Bill to mandate inclusive personal protective equipment standards for workers such as firefighters and police officers. Local press coverage over the past year has been consistently positive.

A 96.3% party-line voter across 374 recorded votes, Sullivan is broadly loyal but with clear pressure points. Her voting record shows she deviates from Labour colleagues most sharply on pension protection (+54 percentage points above the party average) and disability benefits (+25pp), and she sided with the restricting amendments on the assisted dying bill in June 2025 rather than following the Labour majority. She participates in 73% of votes -- slightly below the Commons average -- and her speeches cluster around the economy and jobs, health, social care, and local government.

Sullivan sits on the Scottish Affairs Committee and the Administration Committee, and her speech topics suggest a dual focus: broad economic and cost-of-living questions alongside constituency-specific casework, particularly on health inequality and workplace safety. Her advocacy for Peter McLagan -- Linlithgow's first Black MP -- reflects an interest in local heritage. Voting and speech data cover her full term since July 2024; news data covers the most recent 90 days.

47.0%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
5
Wards · 15 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.5 wards · 15 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Armadale Blackridge Susan Manion0West Lothian IndAug 2024
Bathgate(4 seats)Cartmill · Stafford · Pearson · Boyle5,867West Lothian IndMay 2022
Boness Blackness(3 seats)Ritchie · Aitchison · Devine4,505Falkirk LabMay 2022
Linlithgow(3 seats)Orr · Pattle · Conn4,707West Lothian IndMay 2022
Whitburn Blackburn(4 seats)Paul · Dickson · Sullivan · Dickson4,663West Lothian IndMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.8% Female 51.2% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£27,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£34,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,395
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£273m
Taxpayers52,000
Median per taxpayer£2,790
Mean per taxpayer£5,290

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by West Lothian and Falkirk. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

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§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Kirsteen SullivanWONLab19,77447.0
Martyn DaySNP11,45127.2
Jamie McNameeRef3,5248.4
Lynn MunroCon3,1447.5
Sally PattleLD2,1715.2
Simon JayInd1,3903.3
John HannahInd3820.9
Stuart McArthurInd2290.5

Turnout 42,065

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission