West Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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West Lothian was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. Its area corresponds to the Council area of West Lothian. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Quick Facts Subdivisions of Scotland, 1950–1983 ...
West Lothian | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Linlithgowshire |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Linlithgowshire |
Replaced by | Linlithgow Livingston Falkirk East[1] |
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The constituency is best known for its third and final MP, Tam Dalyell of the Labour Party, whose concerns about Scottish devolution were labelled "the West Lothian question".