# Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Almond Valley (Gaelic: Srath Amain) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of West Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Lothian 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.
The constituency was formed for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises much of the old Livingston constituency. It is named for the River Almond which flows through Livingston. Since being formed the seat has been held by Angela Constance of the Scottish National Party, who was formerly the MSP for Livingston.

## Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh
The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

## Constituency boundaries and council area

The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.
The new seat of Almond Valley replaces Livingston. The electoral wards used in its creation are:
* In full: East Livingston and East Calder; Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley, Livingston North; Livingston South;
* In part: Whitburn and Blackburn (shared with Linlithgow)

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2011 | Angela Constance | SNP |

## Election results
### 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Angela Constance | 22,675 | 54.3 | 1.3 | 18,913 | 45.2 | 3.1 |
| | Labour | Craig Smith | 10,545 | 25.2 | 3.7 | 8,474 | 20.2 | 4.0 |
| | Conservative | Damian Doran-Timson | 6,952 | 16.6 | 1.4 | 7,861 | 18.8 | 2.0 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 3,071 | 7.3 | 2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caron Lindsay | 1,601 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1,229 | 2.9 | 0.8 |
| | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | 749 | 1.8 | New |
| | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | 355 | 0.8 | New |
| | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | 298 | 0.7 | New |
| | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | 243 | 0.6 | New |
| | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 117 | 0.3 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | 114 | 0.3 | New |
| | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | 97 | 0.2 | New |
| | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | 81 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 77 | 0.2 | New |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 75 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | 68 | 0.2 | New |
| | Independent | Ashley Graczyk | Ashley Graczyk | Ashley Graczyk | Ashley Graczyk | 25 | 0.1 | New |
| | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | 20 | 0.0 | New |
| | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | 14 | 0.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,130 | 29.1 | 5.0 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 41,773 | | | 41,881 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 151 | | | 72 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,924 | 61.1 | 7.2 | 41,953 | 61.1 | 7.1 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 2.5 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||

### 2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Region | Region | Region |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Angela Constance | 18,475 | 53.0 | 1.3 | 16,878 | 48.3 | 0.3 |
| | Labour | Neil Findlay | 10,082 | 28.9 | 7.4 | 8,453 | 24.2 | 7.6 |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Smith | 5,308 | 15.2 | 9.1 | 5,868 | 16.8 | 10.7 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,626 | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 875 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 1,007 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 723 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | 231 | 0.7 | New |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 215 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 110 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,393 | 24.1 | 6.1 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 34,872 | | | 34,979 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 128 | | | 55 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,000 | 53.9 | 2.4 | 35,034 | 54.0 | 2.5 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency ↑ Elected on the party list |||||||||
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Almond Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Region | Region | Region |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Angela Constance | 16,704 | 54.3 | N/A | 14,946 | 48.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Laurence Fitzpatrick | 11,162 | 36.3 | N/A | 9,770 | 31.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 1,886 | 6.1 | N/A | 1,891 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Margo MacDonald | Margo MacDonald | Margo MacDonald | Margo MacDonald | 1,282 | 4.2 | N/A |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 759 | 2.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Sykes | 656 | 2.1 | N/A | 550 | 1.8 | N/A |
| | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 396 | 1.3 | N/A |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 334 | 1.1 | N/A |
| | National Front | Neil McIvor | 329 | 1.1 | N/A | | | |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 237 | 0.8 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | 198 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 101 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | 88 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | 63 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal | 46 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | David John Hogg | David John Hogg | David John Hogg | David John Hogg | 45 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 37 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ken O'Neil | Ken O'Neil | Ken O'Neil | Ken O'Neil | 7 | 0.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Mev Brown | Mev Brown | Mev Brown | Mev Brown | 5 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,542 | 18.0 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 30,737 | | | 30,755 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 86 | | | 73 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,823 | 51.5 | N/A | 30,828 | 51.5 | N/A |
| | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) |
| Notes 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency |||||||||