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The council is responsible for the co-ordination of the planning and provision of public services in West Lothian. It works closely with other public bodies such as police, fire and health, through its community planning partnership. West Lothian Council operates country parks at Beecraigs, Polkemmet, and Almondell & Calderwood. [24]
However, the council also owned Lindsay House on South Bridge Street, Bathgate, which had been built as the Burgh Chambers for the old Bathgate Town Council in 1966, [2] and West Lothian House on Almondvale Boulevard in Livingston, which had been built as the headquarters of the Livingston Development Corporation in 1981. [3]
West Lothian has a diverse economy and as of 2020 had approximately 4,500 businesses providing almost 72,000 jobs in the area. [47] In 2014, West Lothian Council reported that the five largest employment sectors in the council area were healthcare, construction, retail, manufacturing, and business administration and support services. [48]
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:
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;
England's 317 local authorities are made up of: 32 London borough councils, 21 county councils and 164 district councils (two tiers of local government which share responsibility for the same physical area), 36 metropolitan district councils, 62 unitary authorities, and 2 sui generis authorities, the City of London Corporation and Council of ...
Map of places in West Lothian compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This List of places in West Lothian is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hillfort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other place of interest in the West Lothian council area of Scotland. River Almond Almond ...
The West Lothian council area is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Almond Valley and Linlithgow.. The Linlithgow constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency.