# Whitburn and Blackburn (ward)

Whitburn and Blackburn is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | James Dickson (SNP) | Jim Swan (Labour) | George Paul (Labour) | Gordon Beurskens (Action to save St. John's Hospital) |
| 2012 | Barry Robertson (Labour) | James Dickson (SNP) | Mary Dickson (SNP) | George Paul (Labour) |
| 2017 | Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour) | James Dickson (SNP) | Bruce Fairbairn (Conservative) | George Paul (Labour) |
| 2022 | Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour) | James Dickson (SNP) | Mary Dickson (SNP) | George Paul (Labour) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 West Lothian Council election
Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Jim Dickson (incumbent) | 28.26% | 1,734 | | | | | |
| | Labour | George Paul (incumbent) | 20.16% | 1,237 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kirsteen Sullivan | 17.21% | 1,056 | 1,069 | 1,076 | 1,122 | 1,189 | 1,747 |
| | Conservative | Bruce Fairbairn (incumbent) | 18.50% | 1,135 | 1,139 | 1,139 | 1,175 | 1,187 | |
| | SNP | Mary Robertson Dickson | 10.37% | 636 | 1,085 | 1,085 | 1,095 | 1,196 | 1,230 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Pattle | 2.41% | 148 | 152 | 152 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Carole Racionzer | 3.10% | 190 | 203 | 204 | 231 | | |
| Electorate: 16,945 Valid: 6,136 Spoilt: 204 Quota: 1,228 Turnout: 37.4% ||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election
Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | George Paul (incumbent) | 28.08% | 1,822 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Dickson (incumbent) | 24.44% | 1,586 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Bruce Fairbairn | 21.99% | 1,427 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kirsteen Sullivan | 8.59% | 557 | 1,015 | 1,020 | 1,054 | 1,149 | 1,209 | 1,486 |
| | SNP | Mary Dickson (incumbent) | 7.75% | 503 | 519 | 742 | 744 | 766 | 1,129 | |
| | SNP | John Leslie | 6.47% | 420 | 426 | 468 | 470 | 481 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Howden | 2.68% | 174 | 182 | 186 | 224 | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,489 Spoilt: 175 Quota: 1,298 Turnout: 42.6% |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election
Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | George Paul (incumbent) | 32.59 | 1,896 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Dickson (incumbent) | 27.68 | 1,610 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Barry Robertson | 11.96 | 696 | 1,356.2 | | | | | | |
| | Action to Save St John's Hospital | George Beurskens (incumbent) | 10.64 | 619 | 639.8 | 668.9 | 712.4 | 729.7 | 760.3 | 886.4 | |
| | SNP | Mary Dickson | 9.66 | 562 | 575.1 | 964 | 986.7 | 996.9 | 1,012.3 | 1,058.5 | 1,317.4 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Martin | 4.66 | 271 | 273.3 | 277.5 | 287.6 | 312.2 | 337.1 | | |
| | National Front | Neil McIvor | 1.63 | 95 | 98.5 | 100.7 | 104.5 | 108.6 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Durie Howden | 1.17 | 68 | 72.2 | 75.8 | 83.7 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,239 Valid: 5,817 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 5,925 (41.75%) ||||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Whitburn and Blackburn :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | James Dickson | 1,981 | 27.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Jim Swan | 1,528 | 20.9 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | George Paul | 1,367 | 18.7 | 3 | 5 |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Gordon Beurskens | 851 | 11.7 | 4 | 8 |
| SNP | Mary Dickson | 507 | 6.9 | | |
| Conservative | Alistair Lowrie | 435 | 6.0 | | |
| Independent | Tony Fairley | 309 | 4.2 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Howden | 222 | 3.0 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mark Eccles | 98 | 1.3 | | |