Constituency Profile
Constituency: |
Linlithgow |
| Current MSP : | Mary Mulligan |
| Current Party : |  |
| Majority 2007(%) : | 3.88 |
2007 Results: |
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| Candidate | Votes | % | % change from '03 | |
 | Mary Mulligan | 12715 | 42.9 | +1.13 |
 | Fiona Hyslop | 11565 | 39.02 | +4.37 |
 | Donald Cameron | 3125 | 10.54 | -0.53 |
 | Martin Oliver | 2232 | 7.53 | -0.04 |
Winnability |
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| Swing req for SNP gain | 1.9401% |
| SNP winability* | 3 |
| Swing req for CON gain | 16.1791% |
| CON winability* | 43 |
| Swing req for LIB gain | 17.6857% |
| LIB winability* | 37 |
| * This is the rank of each seat according to marginality by party | |
Linlithgow Candidate Profiles
|  Mary Mulligan MSP Mary was born in Liverpool in 1960 and entered the Scottish Parliament in 1999. In the first Parliament she was Parliamentary secretary to the then First Minister Henry McLeish (2000-01) before becoming Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (2003-04). More recently she has served as Deputy Minister for Communities (2003-04). Before entering the Scottish Parliament Mary was a Councillor in Stenhouse for Edinburgh District Council in 1988 and 1992. She also stood as Councillor in Moat for Edinburgh City Council in 1995. |
|  Fiona Hyslop Fiona has been a List MSP for the Lothian's since 1999; Fiona has participated in the Scottish Parliament by being a member of both the Education and Enterprise committees. She is curently shadow Minister for Education, Young People and Life Long Learning. In conjunction with her Shadow Ministerial and Committee responsibilities she is a member of the cross party Groups tackling issues such as; cancer, children, and young people. Before entering the Scottish Parliament in 1999 she was employed by the Standard Life Assurance Company (1986-99). She joined the SNP in 1986 and is a member of the SNP National Executive Committee. |
|  Donald Cameron Donald Cameron was born in 1976 and is originally from Lochaber in the Highlands. He studied at Oxford University and now lives in Edinburgh. He works in the Lothians and across Scotland as an Advocate, practising in a number of different legal areas. He was selected as the Scottish Conservative candidate for Linlithgow in May 2006. |
|  Martin Oliver _ |
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