Map of West Lothian Council

A historic county and one of the 32 council regions of Scotland, the West Lothian Council is spread over a total area of 165 square miles. It has a population of 175,000 as per the 2010 estimate.

The West Lothian council region was formed in 1996 through the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 with the incorporation of the West Lothian district that belonged to the Lothian area. The administrative headquarters of the council is located at Livingston.

The council area is bordered by Falkirk, the Scottish Borders, the city of Edinburgh, North Lanarkshire, and South Lanarkshire. Some of the towns and villages of the area comprises of Whitburn, Livingston, Blackburn, Uphall, Westfield, Philpstoun, Greenrigg, East and West Calder etc.

There are 33 elected members or councilors in the West Lothian Council and they represent the nine multi-member wards. The council possesses three Depute Chief Executives and a Chief Executive and they are entrusted to take care of such services as education, area and planning services, community health and care partnership, corporate, housing, and operational services etc. There are also two Scottish Parliamentary constituencies out of the four Scottish Youth Parliamentary Seats.

Councilor Tom Kerr is the Provost and the civic head of the West Lothian. John McGinty (Labour) is the leader of the West Lothian Council and hence, chairs the Council Executive.

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Cities in West Lothian Council
Council	City	Latitude	Longitude
West Lothian	Fauldhouse	55.82	-3.72
West Lothian	West Calder	55.83	-3.57
West Lothian	Whitburn	55.866794	-3.685019
West Lothian	Armadale	55.89568	-3.70064
West Lothian	Bathgate	55.9	-3.63
West Lothian	East Calder	55.9	-3.47
West Lothian	Broxburn	55.93	-3.47
West Lothian	Linlithgow	55.97	-3.62

Last Updated : October 06, 2014