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.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armadale Blackridge | Susan Manion | 0 | West Lothian Ind | Aug 2024 |
| Bathgate(4 seats) | Cartmill · Stafford · Pearson · Boyle | 5,867 | West Lothian Ind | May 2022 |
| Boness Blackness(3 seats) | Ritchie · Aitchison · Devine | 4,505 | Falkirk Lab | May 2022 |
| Linlithgow(3 seats) | Orr · Pattle · Conn | 4,707 | West Lothian Ind | May 2022 |
| Whitburn Blackburn(4 seats) | Paul · Dickson · Sullivan · Dickson | 4,663 | West Lothian Ind | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £273m |
| Taxpayers | 52,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,790 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £5,290 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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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2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirsteen SullivanWON | Lab | 19,774 | 47.0 |
| Martyn Day | SNP | 11,451 | 27.2 |
| Jamie McNamee | Ref | 3,524 | 8.4 |
| Lynn Munro | Con | 3,144 | 7.5 |
| Sally Pattle | LD | 2,171 | 5.2 |
| Simon Jay | Ind | 1,390 | 3.3 |
| John Hannah | Ind | 382 | 0.9 |
| Stuart McArthur | Ind | 229 | 0.5 |
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
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo