The West Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 3076 (S. 181)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The West Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Made

25th November 1998

Coming into force

1st January 1999

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1), as read with Schedule 5 to that Act(2), the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 14th August 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of West Lothian Council;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the West Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Interpretation

2.  In the Schedule to this Order–

(a) a reference to–

(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

(b) the following abbreviations are used:–

• “EW” for electoral ward;

• “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

Electoral arrangements

3.  The area of West Lothian Council shall be divided into 32 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

Henry B McLeish

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th November 1998

Article 3

SCHEDULE ELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1 St Michael's

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9826 7693 on the northwestern boundary of West Lothian Council where the River Avon is crossed by the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line; then generally northeastward, eastward and southeastward along the said Council boundary to an unnamed road leading passed an access road to Bonnington House at NG Ref NT 0143 7854; then generally southward along the said road to and southwestward along the A803 road to its junction with Station Road; then southward along the said road to its junction with Strawberry Banks; then westward along Strawberry Banks and its continuation as Royal Terrace to its junction with Friars Brae; then southward along Friars Brae to its junction with Priory Road; then westward along Priory Road to and northwestward along Preston Road to where it is crossed by the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line; then westward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.

Ward 2 Kingsfield

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0143 7854 where the eastern boundary of EW 1 meets the northern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally northeastward, eastward and southward along the northern and eastern boundaries of West Lothian Council to where it crosses the Dalmeny to Winchburgh railway line at NG Ref NT 1003 7554; then westward along the said railway line to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0713 7660; then southward along the said road to a point in line with the Lady Walk, a named track, at NG Ref NT 0703 7631; then westward to and along the said track to where it crosses an unnamed stream at NG Ref NT 0687 7635; then southward along the said stream to an unnamed stream at NG Ref NT 0686 7635; then generally southwestward along the said stream to its source on the western boundary of Ladywood at NG Ref NT 0632 7611; then northward and northwestward along the said boundary to NG Ref NT 0606 7622; then northwestward in a straight line to and northward along the B8046 road to a point in line with the southern boundary of a wooded area at NG Ref NT 0602 7629; then northwestward to and along the said boundary to the southern boundary of a Spoil Heap at NG Ref NT 0573 7639; then southwestward and northwestward along the said boundary to NG Ref NT 0546 7632; then westward in a straight line, across a track leading to Burnside, to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0528 7632; then southward along the said field boundary to an unnamed stream at NG Ref NT 0528 7619; then westward along the said stream to where it is crossed by an unnamed road leading between Philpstoun and the B9080 road at NG Ref NT 0492 7620; then southward along the said road to a point in line with a path leading to Bridgend Farm; then westward to and southwestward along the said path to the B9080 road at Bridgend Farm; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road leading to Wester Ochiltree; then southward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road leading between Riccarton and Wester Ochiltree; then westward, northward and westward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road west of Riccarton at NG Ref NT 0163 7512; then northwestward along the said road and its continuation as Manse Road to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 1-13 Friars Way; then westward to and along the said rear curtilages to the rear curtilages of Nos 37-13 Rivaldsgreen Crescent; then northward and northwestward along the said rear curtilages to a point in line with Friars Loan; then westward in a straight line to and along the said loan to the eastern boundary of EW 1; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 3 Preston

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9826 7693 where the southern boundary of EW 1 meets the northwestern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 2; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0245 7461; then southeastward along the said road to a road junction at NG Ref NT 0340 7204; then westward along an unnamed road leading passed Blackcraig to where the northern and western boundaries of a wooded area meet; then southward along the western boundary of the said wooded area to NG Ref NT 0262 7149; then westward along a field boundary and its continuation as a track to a footpath at NG Ref NT 0179 7133; then southward along the said footpath to and southward across the Brox Burn to the western boundary of Bangour Hospital; then southward along the said boundary and its continuation as the western boundary of a nurses home to an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0215 7058; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9887 6967; then generally northward along the said road to a path at NG Ref NS 9897 7153; then southwestward along the said path to its junction with a track leading to a Radio Station on Cairnpapple Hill at NG Ref NS 9846 7147; then generally westward along the said track to a point in line with the eastern boundary of a property known as the Glebe; then southward to and generally southward and westward along the eastern and southern boundaries of the said property to an unnamed road leading between Ballencrief Mains and Cathlawhill; then southward along the said road to where it crosses the Crinkle Burn; then generally westward and southwestward along the said burn to its confluence with the Couston Water; then generally northwestward along the said water to where it is crossed by the A801 road; then southward along the said road to and westward along an access road to a property known as South Couston, to its junction with the B8084 road; then southward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9475 7033; then westward to and along the said field boundary to the Barbauchlaw Burn; then southwestward along the said burn to and westward along the Mad Burn to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9364 6994; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9352 7013; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with a track at NG Ref NS 9331 7007; then northward to and along the said track to and generally northward, eastward and northward along field boundaries to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9341 7092; then westward along the said road to an access road leading to a property known as Craigenhall; then northward along the said road and its continuation as a track to a property known as Muckraw and its access road; then eastward along the said road to a track leading to the B8028 road; then northward along the said track to and eastward along the B8028 road to an unnamed road leading to Strath House; then northward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9282 7256; then northeastward to and along the said field boundary to the western boundary of West Lothian Council at NG Ref NS 9290 7261; then generally northeastward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 4 Boghall

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9886 6966 on the southern boundary of EW 3; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to an access track leading between Bangour Farm Cottages and the A89 road; then southeastward along the said track to and southwestward along the A89 road to its junction with an unnamed road leading to Drumcross and a track following the western boundary of Deans Industrial Estate; then southeastward along the said track to a point in line with Carnegie Road at NG Ref NT 0121 6889; then southward in a straight line to and across the said road to the M8 Motorway; then southwestward along the said motorway to where it crosses the Edinburgh to Bathgate railway line; then westward along the said railway line to where it is crossed by the A7066 road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with the B792 road; then northward along the said road to its junction with Edinburgh Road; then eastward along Edinburgh Road to and generally westward along Kirkton Avenue to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of a property known as Glentarff; then northwestward in a straight line to and along the said curtilage to and northward along a field boundary to the eastern boundary of Kirkton Mains Farm; then northward and westward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said farm to an access road leading to the said farm; then generally southwestward along the said road to NG Ref NS 9841 6822; then northward along field boundaries to a boundary between No 56 Carlyle Terrace and No 1 Marchwood Crescent; then northwestward along the said boundary to a point in line with the junction of Carlyle Terrace and Marchwood Crescent; then northwestward to and generally westward along the said terrace to and northward along Crosshill Drive to its end at the southern boundary of the former Glenbare Quarry; then eastward, northward and northwestward along the southern, eastern and northern boundaries of the said quarry to a point in line with Drumcross Road; then northwestward to and northeastward along the said road to the point of commencement.

Ward 5 Oatridge

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0245 7461 where the southern boundary of EW 2 meets the eastern boundary of EW 3; then eastward, northward and generally eastward along the southern boundary of EW 2 to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southward along the said Council boundary to a point on the Union Canal at NG Ref NT 0929 7336; then northwestward in a straight line to a point on the B8020 road at NG Ref NT 0826 7386; then southeastward and southwestward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road leading to Wyndford; then westward along the said road to and southward along the B8046 road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0590 7265; then generally westward to and along field boundaries to the Binny Burn at NG Ref NT 0550 7271; then westward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a track leading to Forkneuk Farm; then southeastward along the said track to a point in line with the northern boundary of Forkneuk Farm; then westward to and along the said boundary to and southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said farm to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 17-13A Forkneuk Road; then southward to and along the said curtilages to and continuing southward in a straight line to the Brox Burn; then eastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the junction of the A899 road and Station Road; then southward along Station Road and its continuation as the B8046 road to its junction with the M8 Motorway; then westward along the said motorway to where it is crossed by the A899 road; then northward along the said road to and westward along the A89 road to the eastern boundary of EW 4; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 3; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 6 Armadale West

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9000 7038 on the western boundary of West Lothian Council; then eastward in a straight line to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9002 7037; then southward along the said road to its junction with a track at NG Ref NS 9035 6823; then northeastward along the said track to its junction with an unnamed road at Woodend Farm; then eastward along the said road to a point in line with a path leading along the southern boundary of Barbauchlaw Mill Nursery; then eastward to and along the said path and its prolongation in a straight line to Drove Road; then southwestward along the said road to and southeastward along Mill Road to its junction with West Main Street; then eastward along the said street to and southward along South Street to where the northern and eastern boundaries of a park meet at NG Ref NS 9375 6826; then generally southwestward along a path passing the western boundary of a bowling green and its continuation southwestward to a point on Upper Bathville at NG Ref NS 9350 6770; then northeastward along Upper Bathville to its junction with Station Road; then southward along the said road and its continuation as the B8084 road to the Roadhouse Roundabout and the River Almond at NG Ref NS 9462 6546; then generally westward along the said river and its continuation as the How Burn to the western boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally northward, westward and northeastward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 7 Armadale Central

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9000 7038 where the eastern boundary of EW 6 meets the northwestern boundary of West Lothian Council; then northeastward along the said Council boundary to the western boundary of EW 3 at NG Ref NS 9290 7261; then generally southward and eastward along the said EW boundary to a point on the B8084 road at NG Ref NS 9475 7033; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of Elenor Cottage; then southeastward to and along the said curtilage to two footpaths on the eastern curtilage of the said cottage; then southwestward and eastward along the westernmost path to the western boundary of a Playing Field; then southward, eastward, southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said playing field to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9418 6887; then southeastward along the said field boundary to the rear curtilage of No 4 Barlaw Gardens; then northeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 4-8 Barlaw Gardens to the western curtilage of No 14 Barlaw Gardens; then northward and generally southeastward along the western and rear curtilages of the said property to the northern boundary of a Warehouse at NG Ref NS 9435 6878; then eastward and generally southward along the northern and eastern boundaries of the said warehouse to and southward along the eastern boundary of a Garage to Bathgate Road; then westward along Bathgate Road and its continuation as East Main Street to its junction with Greig Crescent and a point in line with the boundary between Nos 1 and 3 Greig Crescent and Nos 67 and 69 East Main Street; then southeastward to and along the said boundary and its continuation along the eastern curtilage of No 3 Greig Crescent to the rear curtilages of Nos 5-7 Greig Crescent; then southwestward along the said rear curtilages to and continuing along the rear curtilages of Nos 12-52 Ferrier Crescent to a footpath on the southern boundary of a football pitch; then southwestward along the said path to a footpath on the southeastern boundary of St Anthonys RC Primary School; then southeastward along the said path following the eastern boundary of the Bathville Business Centre to an access road to the said centre; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with Lower Bathville; then southwestward along Lower Bathville to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 125 Lower Bathville; then southward to and along the said curtilage to the rear curtilages of Nos 125-53 Lower Bathville; then southwestward along the said curtilages to and northwestward along the western curtilages of Nos 53-55 Lower Bathville and its prolongation in a straight line to Lower Bathville; then southwestward along Lower Bathville and its continuation as Upper Bathville to its junction with South Street and the eastern boundary of EW 6; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 8 Easton

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9519 7092 on the southern boundary of EW 3 at its junction with the A800 road and the A801 road; then generally southeastward along the A800 road to its junction with Race Road; then southward along the said road to and eastward along Easton Road to its junction with Muir Road; then southwestward along the said road to and westward along Glasgow Road to its junction with Hardhill Road; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with the eastern rear curtilage of a property known as Langfauld and Nos 1-6 Langfauld Gardens; then southward to and southeastward along the said rear curtilages to the rear curtilages of Nos 164-138 Fallside Crescent; then southeastward and southwestward along the said curtilages to a point in line with a path leading to Robertson Avenue; then southward to and southwestward along the said path to Robertson Avenue; then southwestward along the said avenue and its prolongation in a straight line to and southeastward along a track passing to the east of Reyssie Law to its junction with a track to the north of Whiteside Industrial Estate and Teepit Hill; then generally southwestward along the said track to the A801 road at NG Ref NS 9539 6739; then southeastward along the said road to a roundabout junction with the A706 road and the A7066 road; then southwestward along the A706 road to the Roadhouse Roundabout and the eastern boundary of EW 6; then northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 7; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 3 at NG Ref NS 9475 7033; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 9 Newland

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9519 7092 where the northern boundary of EW 8 meets the southern boundary of EW 3; then generally northward, eastward and southward along the said EW boundary to the northern boundary of EW 4 at NG Ref NS 9886 6966; then generally southwestward and southward along the northern and western boundaries of EW 4 to its junction with Carlyle Terrace and Crosshill Drive; then southward along the said drive to its junction with Kirk Road; then northwestward along the said road and its continuation as Majoribanks Street to its junction with Academy Street; then southwestward along Academy Street to its junction with Mid Street; then northwestward along Mid Street to its junction with Hopetoun Street; then southwestward along the said street and its continuation as North Bridge Street to its junction with Mansefield Street; then northwestward along the said street to and westward along Waverley Street to its junction with Marmion Road; then northward along the said road to and westward along Cochrane Street and its continuation as Burnside Road to its junction with Easton Road and the eastern boundary of EW 8; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 10 Durhamtoun

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9688 6920 where the eastern boundary of EW 8 meets the southern boundary of EW 9; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 4; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to its junction with the A7066 road at NG Ref NS 9874 6735; then southwestward along the said road to the eastern boundary of EW 8 at the Boghead Roundabout; then generally northwestward and northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 11 Deans

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0018 6797 where the Edinburgh to Bathgate railway line is crossed by the M8 Motorway on the southern boundary of EW 4; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to a point in line with a track to the east of Services Road Strip at NG Ref NT 0197 6983; then southeastward to and along the said track to and southeastward along Nairn Road and its prolongation in a straight line to the M8 Motorway; then northeastward along the said motorway to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 11-15 Northwood Park; then southeastward to and along the said curtilages to the northern boundary of a wooded area at NG Ref NT 0234 6937; then southwestward along the said boundary to a point in line with Middlewood Park at NG Ref NT 0225 6931; then southeastward to and across the said park to and southeastward along a path following the rear curtilages of Middlewood Park and its continuation to an underpass at Deans North; then southeastward along Deans North to where it crosses the Bathgate to Edinburgh railway line; then southwestward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.

Ward 12 Knightsridge

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0239 7004 where the southern boundary of EW 5 meets the eastern boundary of EW 4; then generally eastward along the southern boundary of EW 5 to where the A899 road crosses the M8 Motorway; then southeastward along the A899 road to its junction with Houstoun Road; then westward along the said road to its junction with a road bridge connecting Ladywell East and Knightsridge East; then northward along the said road bridge to and westward along Knightsridge East to its junction with Greenwood Park Road; then northward along the said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 41 Stewart Way; then northward along the said curtilage to a point in line with the southern boundary of St Kenneths RC Primary School; then northward to and westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the said school to a point in line with a path on the northern boundary of the said school; then northward to and westward along the said path to and northwestward along an access road to a point on Knightsridge East at NG Ref NT 0436 6913; then southwestward along the said road to Knightsridge Roundabout; then generally northwestward along Knightsridge West to the eastern boundary of EW 11; then northwestward and northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 4 at NG Ref NT 0199 6985; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 13 Ladywell

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0478 7031 where the eastern boundary of EW 12 meets the southern boundary of EW 5; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to where the M8 Motorway crosses the B8046 road; then southward along the said road to where it is crossed by the Livingston to Bathgate railway line; then westward along the said railway line to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 47 and 49 Nettlehill Road; then southeastward in a straight line to and along the said rear curtilages to the rear curtilages of Nos 89-21 Nettlehill Drive; then westward and southeastward along the said rear curtilages to and southeastward along the western boundary of a school and its continuation as the western boundary of a council depot to Muir Road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with Nettlehill Road; then southeastward along the said road to and northeastward along Houstoun Road to its junction with Letham Road; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the western boundary of an industrial building; then eastward, southward and eastward along the said boundary to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 20-10 Harrysmuir Crescent; then southeastward to and along the said rear curtilages to and generally southwestward along the northern and western curtilages of Nos 23-37 Harrysmuir Road and its continuation in a straight line to Harrysmuir Road; then northeastward along the said road to a point in line with the western curtilage of No 24 Harrysmuir Road; then southeastward to and along the said curtilage to the western curtilage of No 24 Letham Place to and continuing southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 1-31 Letham Gardens and its prolongation in a straight line to a path at NG Ref NT 0667 6887; then generally southwestward along the said path to Grange Road; then southwestward along the said road to and continuing southwestward along Craigswood Road to a point in line with the southern boundary of a Playing Field; then southwestward to and along the said boundary and its prolongation in a straight line to the A899 road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with Cousland Road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with Alderstone Road; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 65-75 Falcon Brae at NG Ref NT 0426 6804; then eastward in a straight line to and northeastward along the said rear curtilages to NG Ref NT 0446 6813; then northwestward along a path to a subway and northeastward along Ladywell West to NG Ref NT 0461 6874; then northward in a straight line to the southern boundary of EW 12; then generally eastward and northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 14 Kirkton

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0156 6806 on the southern boundary of EW 11; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to a point in line with a path running through Kirk Road Strip at NG Ref NT 0331 6852; then southeastward to and along the said path to and southeastward across Houstoun Road to and continuing southeastward along a path to a point in line with the western curtilage of No 14 Lady Wood Place at NG Ref NT 0346 6813; then eastward in a straight line to and southeastward along the said curtilage to the rear curtilages of Nos 13-6 Lady Wood Place; then southeastward along the said rear curtilages to the southern curtilage of No 6 Lady Wood Place; then northeastward along the said curtilage and its prolongation in a straight line to Lady Wood Road; then generally southeastward along the said road to its junction with Eliburn East; then northeastward along Eliburn East to its junction with Aller Place; then southward along the said place to where it splits east and west; then southeastward along the eastern split of Aller Place to a point in line with a path at NG Ref NT 0410 6775; then southwestward in a straight line to and along the said path to Peel Path; then generally westward along the said path to a path at NG Ref NT 0392 6765; then generally southward along the said path and its continuation as a footbridge to Cousland Road; then northeastward along the said road to a point in line with the western boundary of an Electricity Sub Station at NG Ref NT 0413 6744; then southward to and along the said boundary to a point in line with Kirkton North; then southward to and eastward along Kirkton North to the Alderstone Path subway; then southward along Alderstone Path and its continuation as Almond North Path to a point in line with the River Almond at NG Ref NT 0451 6697; then southward in a straight line to and northeastward along the said river to where it is crossed by Alderstone Road; then southward along the said road to Adambrae Roundabout; then southwestward and southeastward along Adambrae Road to and southwestward along Bankton Road to where it crosses the Harwood Water at Limefield Bridge; then northward along the said water to its confluence with the West Calder Burn at NG Ref NT 0298 6535; then northward along the Killandean Burn to where it is crossed by the B7015 road at the Gavieside Bridge; then westward along the said road to a point in line with the western boundary of a wood to the west of Kirkton Campus NG Ref NT 0287 6573; then northwestward to and along the said boundary to and generally westward along the River Almond to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0243 6643; then northwestward to and along the said field boundary and its prolongation in a straight line to the A705 road at NG Ref NT 0208 6695; then eastward along the said road to the Toll Roundabout; then northwestward along Starlaw Road to where it crosses the Lochshot Burn; then eastward along the said burn to its confluence with a tributary at NG Ref NT 0237 6758; then generally northwestward along the said tributary to the southern boundary of EW 11 and the point of commencement.

Ward 15 Carmondean

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0327 6904 where the northern boundary of EW 11 meets the southern boundary of EW 12; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 13; then generally southwestward along the said EW boundary to a point in line with Peel Path at NG Ref NT 0439 6788; then westward to and along the said path to the eastern boundary of EW 14; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 11; then eastward and northwestward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 11 to the point of commencement.

Ward 16 Howden

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0408 6771 where the eastern boundary of EW 14 meets the southern boundary of EW 15; then eastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 13 at NG Ref NT 0439 6788; then southeastward and northeastward along the said EW boundary to the A899 road at the Cousland Interchange; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with Victoria Path at NG Ref NT 0589 6799; then eastward in a straight line to and northeastward along the said path to a point in line with Craigshill Road; then eastward to and southward along the said road to its junction with Victoria Street; then southwestward and southeastward along the said street to a point in line with a footpath; then southward in a straight line to and southeastward along the said path to the west of St Andrews RC Church to a subway beneath Almond West Road; then northeastward along Almond West Road to and continuing eastward along its northern branch to and across a car park to the Almond Bank footpath at NG Ref NT 0655 6805; then southward along the said path to a subway beneath Almond Road; then westward along the said road to its junction with Almond Park Road; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with a footpath to the south of Craigengar Park at NG Ref NT 0647 6759; then southeastward to and along the said path and its prolongation in a straight line to the River Almond; then generally southwestward along the said river to the eastern boundary of EW 14; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 17 Craigshill

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0576 6825 on the southern boundary of EW 13 at the Cousland Interchange; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to NG Ref NT 0667 6887; then southward in a straight line to and southeastward along Craigshill East to its junction with Maple Grove; then eastward along the said grove and its prolongation in a straight line to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0690 6875; then generally southeastward and southwestward along the said field boundary to NG Ref NT 0711 6830; then southwestward in a straight line to the northern boundary of No 6 Letham Holdings; then southwestward along the said boundary to and southward in a straight line to a path at NG Ref NT 0702 6824; then southward along the said path to a track at NG Ref NT 0703 6828; then northeastward along the said track to Almond South; then northeastward and southeastward along Almond South to a path at NG Ref NT 0722 6828; then northeastward along the said path and its prolongation in a straight line to the B8046 road; then southeastward along the said road to where it crosses the River Almond at North Bridge; then generally southwestward along the said river to the eastern boundary of EW 16 at NG Ref NT 0665 6743; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 18 Dedridge

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0465 6707 where the eastern boundary of EW 14 meets the southern boundary of EW 16; then eastward along the said EW boundary to the A899 road; then southeastward along the said road to the Lizzie Brices Interchange; then southwestward along the A71 road to a point in line with Bankton Mains footpath at NG Ref NT 0532 6572; then northward to and generally northward along the said footpath to the Waverley footpath at NG Ref NT 0520 6602; then westward along the said footpath to where it crosses an unnamed stream; then generally northward along the said stream to the southern boundary of a Playing Field at NG Ref NT 0521 6612; then westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the said playing field to a point in line with Dedridge North at NG Ref NT 0506 6616; then westward in a straight line to and northward along Dedridge North to its junction with Almondvale Road; then westward along the said road to the Almondvale Roundabout and the eastern boundary of EW 14; then northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 19 Murieston

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0532 6572 on the southern boundary of EW 18; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the Lizzie Brices Interchange; then southeastward along the A71 road to where it crosses the Murieston Water; then generally southwestward along the said water to where it is crossed by the Williamston Bridge; then southward along the said bridge and its continuation as a footpath to NG Ref NT 0655 6569; then southwestward to and along a field boundary to an unnamed stream at NG Ref NT 0652 6559; then southward along the said stream to and southeastward across the Edinburgh to Shotts railway line to and continuing southward along an unnamed stream to NG Ref NT 0659 6537; then southwestward to and southwestward and southeastward along a footpath to a track at NG Ref NT 0658 6512; then southwestward along the said track to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0639 6494; then southwestward to and along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0621 6472; then southeastward along the said field boundary to a drain at NG Ref NT 0652 6435; then generally southwestward along the said drain to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0584 6400; then northwestward along the said boundary to Murieston Road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0531 6368; then generally northwestward along the said road to its junction with Bellsquarry South Road at NG Ref NT 0476 6456; then northeastward along the said road to its junction with Newpark Road; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0467 6484; then southeastward to and northeastward along the said field boundary to the Dedridge Burn at NG Ref NT 0482 6498; then generally northeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by Murieston West Road at NG Ref NT 0524 6515; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0517 6517; then northeastward to and along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0527 6544; then northwestward along the said field boundary and its prolongation in a straight line to Bankton Mains Road at NG Ref NT 0510 6557; then northeastward along the said road to the point of commencement.

Ward 20 Polkemmet

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9303 6584 where the western boundary of West Lothian Council meets the southern boundary of EW 6; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to where the River Almond is crossed by the B8084 road at NG Ref NS 9462 6546; then generally southward along the said road and its continuation as the A706 road to its junction with West Main Street; then westward along the said street to its junction with Union Road; then generally southward along the said road to and southward along Manse Avenue to its junction with The Avenue; then generally eastward along the said avenue to and generally southward along Longridge Road to where it crosses the Bickerton Burn at NG Ref NS 9466 6339; then generally southwestward along the said burn and its continuation as a water channel to NG Ref NS 9385 6269; then southwestward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 9383 6267; then northwestward in a straight line to the Bickerton Burn at NG Ref NS 9362 6291; then southwestward along the said burn and its prolongation in a straight line to Crane Hillock at NG Ref NS 9261 6252; then northwestward along a field boundary to Cultrig Burn at NG Ref NS 9217 6286; then westward along the said burn to NG Ref NS 9160 6250; then southwestward in a straight line to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9137 6235; then northward along the said road to where it crosses a dismantled railway line; then southwestward and northwestward along the said dismantled railway line to the western boundary of West Lothian Council at NG Ref NS 9085 6216; then generally northward and eastward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 21 Croftmalloch

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9465 6500 on the eastern boundary of EW 20 and East Main Street; then eastward along the said street to its junction with Blaeberryhill Road; then southward along the said road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Glenburn Gardens Estate; then eastward to and along the said boundary to a drain at NG Ref NS 9578 6457; then generally southward along the said drain to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9579 6439; then westward and southward along field boundaries to the Bickerton Burn at NG Ref NS 9587 6373; then generally southwestward along the said burn to the eastern boundary of EW 20; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 22 Almond

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9462 6552 where the eastern boundary of EW 6 meets the southern boundary of EW 8; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the Boghead Roundabout; then southeastward along the A801 road to its junction with the M8 Motorway; then eastward along the said motorway to a point in line with a track at NG Ref NS 9766 6610; then southward to and southward and eastward along the said track to NG Ref NS 9791 6593; then eastward in a straight line to the northern end of an access track at NG Ref NS 9797 6593; then southward along the said access track to its junction with Riddochhill Road; then northward along the said road to and eastward along Hopefield Road and its continuation as a footpath to the B792 road; then southward along the said road to its junction with East Main Street; then eastward along the said street to a point in line with the eastern curtilages of Nos 68-70 East Main Street; then southward to and generally southward and westward along the eastern and southern curtilages of the said properties to the eastern curtilage of No 66 East Main Street; then southward along the said curtilage and its prolongation in a straight line to and along a field boundary to the River Almond; then westward along the said river to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9886 6532; then southward to and along the said field boundary to and southward across Blackburnhall Road to and continuing southward along a field boundary to a point in line with the Bickerton Burn at NG Ref NS 9888 6466; then southward to and generally westward along the said burn to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9878 6466; then southward to and generally southeastward along field boundaries to a point in line with the Foulshiels Burn at NG Ref NS 9906 6411; then generally westward along the said burn to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9657 6338; then northward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road leading between Easter Blacklaws and Wester Foulshiels; then eastward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road leading to East Whitburn; then northward along the said road to where it crosses the Bickerton Burn at NG Ref NS 9657 6394; then generally westward along the said burn to the eastern boundary of EW 21 at NG Ref NS 9587 6373; then generally northward and westward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 20; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 23 Blackburn

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9619 6649 where the northern boundary of EW 22 meets the southern boundary of EW 10; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 4 at NG Ref NS 9874 6737; then northeastward and eastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 11 at NG Ref NT 0018 6798; then eastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 14 at NG Ref NT 0157 6806; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to the River Almond at NG Ref NT 0243 6643; then southwestward along the said river to its confluence with the Breich Water at NG Ref NT 0160 6595; then southwestward along the said water to a point in line with a path at NG Ref NT 0093 6343; then northward to and northwestward along the said path and its continuation as a track to a point in line with the B7015 road at NG Ref NT 0052 6416; then northward to and southwestward along the said road to NG Ref NS 9950 6352; then northwestward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 9915 6425 on the Foulshiels Burn; then southwestward along the said burn to the eastern boundary of EW 22 at NG Ref NS 9906 6411; then generally northwestward along the eastern and northern boundaries of EW 22 to the point of commencement.

Ward 24 Houstoun

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0481 7255 on the southern boundary of EW 5; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the B8046 road at NG Ref NT 0589 7265; then southward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0596 7244; then eastward to and northeastward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0618 7261; then southeastward along the said field boundary to NG Ref NT 0623 7255; then eastward in a straight line to an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0628 7254; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with Wyndford Avenue; then southward along the said avenue to and southwestward along East Main Street to a point in line with an unnamed road west of No 25 West Main Street; then southeastward along the said road to and continuing southeastward along a path to a bridge over the A89 road; then eastward along the said road to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southward along the said Council boundary to the Edinburgh to Bathgate railway line; then westward along the said railway line to where it crosses the Caw Burn at NG Ref NT 0770 7065; then southwestward along the said burn to its source and its continuation in a straight line to the B8046 road at NG Ref NT 0650 6971; then southwestward across the said road to and southwestward along Houstoun Road to the eastern boundary of EW 13; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 5; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 25 Calderwood

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0625 6957 where the eastern boundary of EW 13 meets the southern boundary of EW 24; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southward along the said Council boundary to the River Almond at NG Ref NT 0994 6981; then southwestward along the said river to and southward along the Linhouse Water to where it is crossed by the Edinburgh to Shotts railway line at NG Ref NT 0764 6579; then westward along the said railway line to the eastern boundary of EW 19 at NG Ref NT 0656 6542; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 18; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 16 at NG Ref NT 0616 6727; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 17 at NG Ref NT 0665 6743; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 17 to the eastern boundary of EW 13 at NG Ref NT 0667 6887; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 26 Middleton

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0581 7296 on the southern boundary of EW 5; then eastward along the said EW boundary to the B8020 road at NG Ref NT 0802 7347; then generally southward along the said road to where it crosses the Union Canal; then southwestward along the said canal to where it is crossed by West Main Street; then westward along the said street to a point in line with a path to the west of No 111 Goschen Place; then southward to and along the said path to the Brox Burn; then eastward along the said burn to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0664 7193; then southeastward along the said field boundary to the A89 road and the northern boundary of EW 24; then generally westward and northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 5 at NG Ref NT 0589 7265; then northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 27 Strathbrock

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0802 7347 on the southern boundary of EW 5; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southeastward along the said Council boundary to the A89 road and the northern boundary of EW 24; then southwestward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 26 at NG Ref NT 0682 7149; then generally northward and northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 26 to the point of commencement.

Ward 28 Fauldhouse

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9362 6291 on the southern boundary of EW 20; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9410 6288; then eastward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9423 6286; then southward along field boundaries to NG Ref NS 9452 6174; then eastward along field boundaries to the A706 road; then southward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9523 6178; then eastward to and northeastward along the said field boundary to a ditch at NG Ref NS 9592 6226; then southeastward along the said ditch to a point in line with the western boundary of a farm at NG Ref NS 9615 6201; then eastward to and southeastward along the western boundary of the said farm to a point in line with the B7015 road at NG Ref NS 9614 6190; then southward to and eastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9617 6188; then southeastward to and along the said field boundary to the Breich Water at NG Ref NS 9634 6157; then eastward along the said water to its confluence with the Woodmuir Burn; then generally southward along the said burn to its source within the Woodmuir Plantation at NG Ref NS 9583 5936; then westward in a straight line to the A706 road at NG Ref NS 9556 5906; then southwestward along the said road to the southern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southwestward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of West Lothian Council to the southern boundary of EW 20 at NG Ref NS 9085 6216; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 29 Breich Valley

Commencing at NG Ref NS 9587 6373 where the eastern boundary of EW 21 meets the southern boundary of EW 22; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 23; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to where a path crosses the Breich Water at NG Ref NT 0092 6344; then southward along the said path to the B792 road at NG Ref NT 0103 6317; then northeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0112 6321; then southeastward to and along the said field boundary to the West Calder Burn at NG Ref NT 0118 6314; then eastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a path at NG Ref NT 0133 6322; then southeastward along the said path to and across a footbridge over the Edinburgh to Shotts railway line to and continuing southeastward along an access road to Northfield Cottages to its junction with Main Street; then southeastward across Main Street to and southeastward and northeastward along Dickson Street to a point in line with a footpath immediately east of No 31 Stewart Court; then southeastward and northeastward along the said footpath to the Stewart Court parking area; then southeastward along an access road to Stewart Court to its junction with Hartwood Road; then southwestward along the said road to NG Ref NT 0155 6251; then eastward along the southern boundary of Kirkfield House to NG Ref NT 0164 6253; then eastward in a straight line to a point on a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0167 6253; then eastward along the said field boundary to an access road to West Muir at NG Ref NT 0189 6262; then southward along the said access road to its junction with a track at NG Ref NT 0191 6259 ; then southeastward along the said track to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0219 6233; then southeastward along the said field boundary to the Harwood Water at NG Ref NT 0230 6232; then northeastward along the said water to Morrispool Bridge and the B7008 road at NG Ref NT 0266 6278; then eastward and southeastward along the said road to a road junction at NG Ref NT 0337 6247; then northeastward along an unnamed road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0386 6293; then northwestward to and along the said field boundary and its prolongation in a straight line to a path at NG Ref NT 0341 6359; then generally northeastward along the said path to an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0405 6398; then southward along the said road to its junction with an access road leading to a property known as Westfield at NG Ref NT 0404 6373; then eastward along the said road to and generally northward, eastward and southward along a track passing to the west and north of the said property to an access road to Westfield at NG Ref NT 0449 6389; then northeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0458 6396; then southeastward to and southeastward and southwestward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0458 6384; then southeastward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0463 6373; then eastward and southeastward along the said field boundary to a point in line with an access road leading to a property known as Muireston Castle farm at NG Ref NT 0485 6357; then northeastward to and southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the northwestern boundary of the said property at NG Ref NT 0493 6352; then northeastward and generally southeastward along the northwestern and northeastern boundaries of the said property to the northeastern boundary of Muireston Castle at NG Ref NT 0501 6352; then southeastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NT 0504 6345; then eastward in a straight line to a point on an unnamed road leading between the properties known as Skivo and Balgreen at NG Ref NT 0528 6347; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the northwestern boundary of a property known as Balgreen at NG Ref NT 0551 6327;

then northeastward to and generally northeastward and southeastward along the northwestern and northeastern boundaries of the said property to the northeastern boundary of a property known as Beechwood Lodge; then southeastward along the said boundary and its prolongation in a straight line to the Edinburgh to Carstairs railway line; then southwestward along the said railway line to where it crosses an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0567 6313; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0579 6301; then northeastward to and generally northeastward along the said field boundary to a point in line with a path following the northeastern boundary of Linnhouse Cottages; then southeastward to and along the said path to NG Ref NT 0625 6297; then southeastward in a straight line to a path at NG Ref NT 0627 6296; then southeastward along the said path to a point in line with the Linnhouse Water at NG Ref NT 0633 6292; then southeastward in a straight line to and generally southward along the said water to its confluence with the Camilty Water; then southward along the said water to its confluence with the Whitelea Burn at NG Ref NT 0641 6032; then northeastward along the said burn to its confluence with an unnamed burn at NG Ref NT 0729 6062; then generally southward along the said burn to the northwestern boundary of a property known as Brookbank; then northeastward and southeastward along the northwestern and northeastern boundaries of the said property to a point in line with the A70 road; then southeastward in a straight line to and southwestward along the said road to where it crosses an unnamed burn at NG Ref NT 0724 5990; then generally southwestward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a track at NG Ref NT 0666 5924; then northwestward along the said track to a point in line with the A70 road; then northwestward in a straight line to and southwestward along the said road to where it crosses the Shear Burn at NG Ref NT 0582 5867; then southeastward along the said burn to its source at NG Ref NT 0693 5748; then southeastward in a straight line to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council at NG Ref NT 0953 5648; then generally westward along the eastern and southern boundaries of West Lothian Council to the eastern boundary of EW 28; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 20 at NG Ref NS 9410 6283; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 21 at NG Ref NS 9466 6340; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 30 Limefield

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0243 6643 where the southern boundary of EW 23 meets the western boundary of EW 14; then generally southeastward and northeastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 14 to a point in line with the eastern boundary of a strip of woodland known as Limefield Strip west of Brucefield Industrial Park at NG Ref NT 0385 6466; then southeastward to and along the said boundary to and eastward along the Edinburgh to West Calder railway line to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0426 6422; then southwestward along the said road to the northern boundary of EW 29 at NG Ref NT 0405 6398; then southwestward, southeastward generally westward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 23 at NG Ref NT 0093 6343; then generally northward and eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 31 East Calder

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0994 6980 where the eastern boundary of EW 25 meets the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then southeastward along the said Council boundary to a point due north of a junction between the A71 road and the B7015 road at NG Ref NT 1140 6855; then southward in a straight line to the said junction and southwestward along the A71 road to where it crosses the Linhouse Water and the eastern boundary of EW 25 at NG Ref NT 0753 6600; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 32 Linhouse

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0448 6605 where the eastern boundary of EW 14 meets the southern boundary of EW 18; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 19; then generally southward, eastward and northward along the western, southern and eastern boundaries of EW 19 to the southern boundary of EW 25; then generally eastward and northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 31 at NG Ref NT 0753 6600; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council at NG Ref NT 1140 6855; then generally eastward and southward along the said Council boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 29; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 30 at NG Ref NT 0405 6398; then northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 14 at NG Ref NT 0386 6466; then generally northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 14 to the point of commencement.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of West Lothian Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of West Lothian Council is divided into 32 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.

(1)

1973 c. 65.

(2)

Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).