Editing West Lothian (section)

==Notable residents==
Notable residents of West Lothian include  monarchs and political figures including [[Mary Queen of Scots]] (born at Linlithgow Palace), [[James V of Scotland|King James the Fifth]] (born at Linlithgow Palace), [[Robin Cook]] (the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)|Livingston]] from 1983 to 2005), [[Alex Salmond]] (from Linlithgow, the former First Minister of Scotland), and [[Tam Dalyell|Sir Tom Dalyell]] (the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)|Linlithgow]] from 1962 to 2005).

West Lothian sports personalities include [[Dario Franchitti]] (from Whitburn, four-time Indy Car series champion, and three-time winner of the [[Indianapolis 500]]), [[Paul di Resta]] (from Uphall, DTM race driver for Mercedes-Benz, and the cousin of Dario Franchitti), and [[Peter Wright (darts player)|Peter 'Snakebite' Wright]] (born in Livingston, PDC World darts champion).

Actors, musicians and entertainers include [[Susan Boyle]] (from Blackburn, a singer who achieved fame on the TV series ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''),<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6069597.ece "Singing Talent of Susan Boyle Stuns Simon Cowell", Times of London] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100320003955/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6069597.ece |date=20 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Leigh Holmwood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/14/britains-got-talent-tv-ratings |title=Britain's got talent hits high note,' |newspaper=Guardian |date= 14 April 2009|access-date=20 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] (a singer/songwriter from Whitburn and Bathgate), [[Ian Colquhoun (Scottish author)|Ian Colquhoun]] (from Livingston, author and actor), [[Leon Jackson]] (from Whitburn, winner of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' in 2007) and [[David Tennant]] (from Bathgate, actor)

Figures from industry and academia include [[John Fleming (naturalist)|John Fleming]] (from Bathgate, a naturalist, zoologist and geologist), [[Charles Wyville Thomson|Sir Charles Wyville Thomson]] (from Linlithgow, a natural historian and marine zoologist), and [[James Young Simpson]] (an obstetrician and significant figure in the history of medicine).