Editing West Lothian (section)

===Parliamentary representation===
West Lothian is represented in the [[Scottish Parliament]] by two constituency members and seven regional members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).<ref name=MSP>{{cite news |url=https://www.parliament.scot/PublicInformationdocuments/YMSP_Lothian_Eng.pdf |title=Your MSPs - Lothian |publisher=The Scottish Parliament |date=29 December 2020 |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319065642/https://www.parliament.scot/PublicInformationdocuments/YMSP_Lothian_Eng.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] West Lothian is represented by two members of Parliament. [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[Gregor Poynton]] represents the [[Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)|Livingston constituency]].<ref name="2024Election">{{cite web |url=https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/82669/General-Election-Results-2024/ |title=General Election Results 2024 |publisher=West Lothian Council |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> [[Kirsteen Sullivan]] represents the [[Bathgate and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)]]<ref name="2024Election"/> Until 2024, the area included the [[Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)]].

The [[West Lothian question]], referring to whether Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish MPs should be allowed to vote on English laws, is so named because it was supposedly first raised by [[Tam Dalyell]] while he was MP for West Lothian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29281818 |title=Scottish referendum: What is the 'English Question'?|work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=19 September 2014 |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=Econ14>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21620194-scotlands-place-united-kingdom-settled-time-deal-its-much-larger-neighbour-now |title=Now for the English question |newspaper=The Economist |date=27 September 2014 }}</ref>