Bathgate (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Bathgate
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Electorate66,803
Major settlementsBathgate
Future constituency
Created2026
Seats1
Council areaWest Lothian
Created fromLinlithgow

Bathgate is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of West Lothian. It will elect 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 will also form 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.

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