Bathgate is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of West Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it also forms one of the nine constituencies in the Central Scotland and Lothians West 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.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
The constituency was created ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, and covers areas that were formerly within the Linlithgow constituency. It has been held by Pauline Stafford of the Scottish National Party since its creation.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region are Airdrie, Almond Valley, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Uddingston and Bellshill. The region includes all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and parts of the South Lanarkshire council area.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
Constituency boundaries and council area The Bathgate constituency was created by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, and was first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It is based on the town of Bathgate, which was formerly in the constituency of Linlithgow; other settlements within the seat include Armadale, Broxburn and Whitburn. It lies entirely within the West Lothian council area, and covers the entirety of the West Lothian Council wards of Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, Whitburn and Blackburn, Bathgate, and Armadale and Blackridge, and part of the Linlithgow ward.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140. Member of the Scottish Parliament Election Member Party 2026 Pauline Stafford SNP
Election results 2020s
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See also List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions (2026–)
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