West Lothian
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| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 20th 427 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Livingston |
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| ONS code | 00RH |
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| Politics | |
| West Lothian Council http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/ | |
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| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 32nd 76,806 acres ? % |
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| County town | Linlithgow |
| Chapman code | WLN |
West Lothian was formerly a county of Scotland, and was called Linlithgowshire until 1921.
Towns and villages
- Abercorn
- Addiewell
- Armadale
- Bathgate
- Blackburn
- Broxburn
- Dechmont
- East Calder
- Fauldhouse
- Harthill
- Kirknewton
- Linlithgow
- Livingston
- Mid Calder
- Polbeth
- Pumpherston
- Seafield
- Stoneyburn
- Torphichen
- Uphall
- West Calder
- Whitburn
- Winchburgh
Places of interest
Mentions in popular culture
The West Lothian question is so named as it was raised by Tam Dalyell, then member of Parliament for the former West Lothian constituency, in his 1977 book Devolution: The End of Britain ?.Council political composition
- Labour - 18
- Scottish National Party - 11
- Independent - 2
- Conservative - 1
External links
- [West Lothian Council]
- [West Lothian community councils]
- [West Lothian Business Portal]
- [West Lothian NEWS]
- [Livingston Alive]
- [Radio Grapevine - West Lothian's Hospital Radio Station]
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| Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll | Ayrshire | Banffshire | Berwickshire | Bute | Caithness | Clackmannanshire | Dumfriesshire | Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | Fife | Inverness-shire | Kincardineshire | Kinross-shire | Kirkcudbrightshire | Lanarkshire | Midlothian | Moray | Nairnshire | Orkney | Peeblesshire | Perthshire | Renfrewshire | Ross and Cromarty | Roxburghshire | Selkirkshire | Shetland | Stirlingshire | Sutherland | West Lothian | Wigtownshire | |
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