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"Linlithgowshire" redirects here. For See also Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency), see Linlithgowshire (disambiguation). See also: West Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Lothian (Template:Lang-sco, Template:Lang-gd) was called Linlithgowshire or the County of Linlithgow until 1921.

West Lothian is a Land Register county. See Registers of Scotland, Land Register Counties.

The county is a Lieutenancy area.

Local Government

West Lothian Council (Template:Lang-sco, Template:Lang-gd) is one of the 32 Local Government unitary council areas in Scotland, and borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire.

West Lothian Council

Under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the county administration, with the exception of the Bo'ness area, was included in the new Lothian Region with effect from 16 May 1975. Bo'ness became part of the Central Region. Lothian Region was divided into four districts, one of which was named West Lothian and approximated to the county. The county place-name exists for different purposes within and under the West Lothian District Council, as do the place-names of towns and villages.

West Lothian District Council was created in 1975, comprising the Local Government area in the county of West Lothian (West Lothian County retained the place-name for a Lieutenancy area, etc.) ; less the burghs of Bo'ness and South Queensferry and the Kirkliston area; it also included the East Calder and West Calder districts of the county of Midlothian. The council's headquarters were originally in Bathgate, later moving to the new town of Livingston.

Further local government reorganisation in 1996 saw the Regional and District Councils superseded and replaced by a single-tier unitary council. The unitary "West Lothian Council" was created in 1996, following the same boundaries as the former West Lothian District Council of 1975-1996.

District Council Areas of West Lothian

Livingston :

Broxburn:

Bathgate:

Burghs

The county contains six burghs. Two are now outside the West Lothian unitary council area :

Burgh Unitary council area
Armadale West Lothian
Bathgate
Linlithgow
Whitburn
Bo'ness Falkirk
South Queensferry City of Edinburgh

Civil Parishes

LINLITHGOWSHIRE (now WEST LOTHIAN )Civil Parish map. http://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/n378/mode/1up Boundaries outlined in red

In 2001, according to the website of the General Register Office for Scotland, there were 871 civil parishes. List of civil parishes in Scotland

Civil parishes are still used for some statistical purposes, and separate census figures are published for them. As their areas have been largely unchanged since the 19th century this allows for comparison of population figures over an extended period of time.

Towns and places of interest

See also the pages of the West Lothian Archaeological Trust

Villages

Mentions in popular culture

The West Lothian question is often said to have been raised by Tam Dalyell, then member of Parliament for the former West Lothian constituency, in his 1977 book Devolution: The End of Britain? However, in the debate on the Referendum (English Parliament) Bill (HC Deb 16 January 1998 vol 304 cc589-660) Dalyell refers to the "so-called West Lothian question, as it was dubbed by Enoch Powell, not by me, in 1977", denying this.

Famous people from West Lothian include:

Town twinnings

Livingston and West Lothian are twinned with Grapevine, Texas, in the USA, and Hochsauerland in Germany.

Council political composition

Party Councillors
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour 16
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party 15
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative 1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independent 1

Youth participation

West Lothian Youth Congress

West Lothian has a formal structure for engaging with young people and including them in the decision making process. The West Lothian Youth congress is a constituted group of young people between the ages of 12 and 26. It includes 2 democratically elected representatives from each of West Lothian’s High schools as well as young people representing youth/ specific interest groups, community councils or local areas from across West Lothian. The Youth Congress meets on a Tuesday evening every 4 to 6 weeks in the Council chambers of the West Lothian civic centre between 7PM and 9PM. The Congress is a full community planning partner and played an integral role in developing West Lothian’s 2010 community plan. The Congress also elects West Lothian’s 4 Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament who are elected to represent West Lothian’s young people at a national level.

Scottish Youth Parliament

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) is a body set up to represent Scotland’s young people. Its members are aged between 14 and 26 and are elected from Scottish parliamentary constituencies with each Member of the Scottish Parliament being shadowed by 2 Members of the Scottish Youth parliament. There are also representatives from several voluntary organisations. West Lothian has four Scottish youth parliament seats as it comprises two Scottish parliamentary constituencies. West Lothian’s current MSYP’s are:

William Kerr - Linlithgow constituency
David Leitch - Almond Valley constituency
Alanah Peters - Linlithgow constituency
Kimberly Morgan - Almond Valley constituency

References

  1. Refer : Historical Account of Linlithgowshire. by John Penny. 1831. http://archive.org/stream/atopographicala00penngoog#page/n9/mode/2up
  2. Registers of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. http://www.ros.gov.uk/public/publications/leaflets.html
  3. 2001 Census - Geography Classifications
  4. "Referendum (English Parliament) Bill (Hansard, 16 January 1998)". Hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  5. "Singing Talent of Susan Boyle Stuns Simon Cowell, Times of London
  6. Leigh Holmwood (14 April 2009). "Britain's got talent hits high note,'". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  7. Autosport. 26 January 2011 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89078. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Local government of Scotland
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Councils
List by area, population, density
Former local government counties of Scotland
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