Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Almond Valley
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Almond Valley shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	86,477 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Angela Constance
Council area	West Lothian

Almond Valley (Gaelic: Srath Amain) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of West Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency was formed for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises much of the old Livingston constituency. It is named for the River Almond which flows through Livingston. Since being formed the seat has been held by Angela Constance of the Scottish National Party, who was formerly the MSP for Livingston.

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Map of boundaries from 2011

The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.

The new seat of Almond Valley replaces Livingston. The electoral wards used in its creation are:

• In full: East Livingston and East Calder; Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley, Livingston North; Livingston South;
• In part: Whitburn and Blackburn (shared with Linlithgow)

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance[a]	22,675	54.3	1.3	18,913	45.2	3.1
	Labour	Craig Smith	10,545	25.2	3.7	8,474	20.2	4.0
	Conservative	Damian Doran-Timson	6,952	16.6	1.4	7,861	18.8	2.0
	Scottish Green					3,071	7.3	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Lindsay	1,601	3.8	0.9	1,229	2.9	0.8
	Alba					749	1.8	New
	Animal Welfare					355	0.8	New
	All for Unity					298	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					243	0.6	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					117	0.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					114	0.3	New
	Reform UK					97	0.2	New
	Women's Equality					81	0.2	0.5
	Scottish Libertarian					77	0.2	New
	UKIP					75	0.2	2.3
	Communist					68	0.2	New
	Independent	Ashley Graczyk				25	0.1	New
	SDP					20	0.0	New
	Renew					14	0.0	New
Majority			12,130	29.1	5.0
Valid Votes			41,773			41,881
Invalid Votes			151			72
Turnout			41,924	61.1	7.2	41,953	61.1	7.1
	SNP hold		Swing		2.5
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley^[4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angela Constance[a]	18,475	53.0	1.3	16,878	48.3	0.3
	Labour	Neil Findlay[b]	10,082	28.9	7.4	8,453	24.2	7.6
	Conservative	Stephanie Smith	5,308	15.2	9.1	5,868	16.8	10.7
	Scottish Green					1,626	4.6	2.1
	UKIP					875	2.5	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dundas	1,007	2.9	0.8	723	2.1	0.3
	Women's Equality					231	0.7	New
	Solidarity					215	0.6	0.5
	RISE					110	0.3	New
Majority			8,393	24.1	6.1
Valid Votes			34,872			34,979
Invalid Votes			128			55
Turnout			35,000	53.9	2.4	35,034	54.0	2.5
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ Elected on the party list

• "Almond Valley constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 5 July 2021.