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  SizeRank 20th
  Size 427 Km&2
  Water
  AdminHQ Livingston
  ISO GB-WLN
  ONS 00RH
  PopulationRank 10th
  PopulationDate 2004
  Population 162,840
  PopulationDensity 381 / km&2
  CouncilDetails West Lothian Council<br />http://wwwwestlothiangovuk/
  Control Labour
  MPs <ul><li> Michael Connarty <li> Jim Devine </ul>
  MSPs <ul><li> Margaret Smith <li> Bristow Muldoon <li> Mary Mulligan </ul>


West Lothian (''Lodainn an Iar'' in Gaelic ) is one of the 32 Unitary Council Areas in Scotland , and a Lieutenancy Area . It borders onto City Of Edinburgh , Scottish Borders , South Lanarkshire , North Lanarkshire and Falkirk .

West Lothian was formerly a County of Scotland, and was called Linlithgowshire until 1921 .

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The West Lothian Question is so named as it was raised by Tam Dalyell , then member of Parliament for the former West Lothian Constituency , in his 1977 book '' Devolution : The End of Britain ?''.


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