Governance
Livingston Village is in the West Lothian County, before 1975 the village was part of Linlithgowshire. There was previously a Quango called the Livingston Development Corporation that existed from 1962 to March 22 1997 to build, manage and promote the New Town which included Livingston Village.
Livingston Village is covered by the Livngston North Ward in West Lothian Council and the Livingston North Local Area Committee. The Councillors are the Chair Andrew Miller (SNP), John Cochrane (Action to Save St John's Hospital), Robert De Bold (SNP) and Bruce Ferrie (Labour).
Livingston Village is part of the Almond Valley Constituency since 1999 and is represented by the Scottish National Party (SNP) Angela Constance who has held the seat since 2007 when the constituency was called Livingston. Livingston Village is part of the Livingston UK Parliament constituency since 1983 and since 2010 has been represented by the Labour MP Graeme Morrice.
Livingston Village is part of the Scotland European Parliament constituency.
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