Constituency view

Bathgate and Linlithgow

Scotland

Lab gain from SNP

Current MP

Current representation

Kirsteen Sullivan

Labour

Female

Previous MP: Martyn Day (SNP) - defeated 2024

Majority8,323

Turnout58.3%

Electorate72,185

Valid votes42,065

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour19,774 - 47.0%

SNP11,451 - 27.2%

Reform3,524 - 8.4%

Conservative3,144 - 7.5%

Lib Dem2,171 - 5.2%

Green1,390 - 3.3%

Other611 - 1.5%

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 96.5%White British 83.0%Asian 1.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.9%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011 data not available for this constituency.

2001 data not available for this constituency.

1991 data not available for this constituency.

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

Country of birth

Bathgate and Linlithgow (2021)

UK 92.3%Other EU 4.8%Other countries 2.9%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

2011 data not available for this topic.

2001 data not available for this topic.

1991 data not available for this topic.

Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Bathgate and Linlithgow	National	Difference
% White	96.5%	83.0%	+13.5pp
% White British	83.0%	74.4%	+8.6pp
% Asian	1.6%	8.6%	-7.0pp
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.6%	3.7%	-3.1pp
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	0.9%	2.7%	-1.8pp
% Other ethnic group	0.3%	2.0%	-1.6pp
% UK-born	92.3%	84.0%	+8.3pp
% Non-UK-born	7.7%	16.0%	-8.3pp
% Other EU-born	4.8%	6.0%	-1.2pp
% Other countries-born	2.9%	10.1%	-7.1pp

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Bathgate and Linlithgow

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.