A by-election for the Armadale and Blackridge ward on West Lothian Council will be held in late August.
The vote follows the death of long-time councillor for the ward, Blackridge native son Councillor Stuart Borrowman last month.
A by-election is proposed for Thursday 22 August 2024.
The ward has two other members Andrew McGuire, first elected for Labour in 2017 now an Independent and Lynda Kenna for the SNP, elected in 2022.
Councillor Borrowman was one of the council’s longest serving members.
He had held a seat in the ward from 2003 until his sudden death, aged 71. Formally he represented the SNP before serving as an Independent.
He was re-elcted in 2022 with 2,571 votes.
Formal notification of the date will be published when the Notice of Election is published on Friday, 12 July 2024 and further information will be provided at a later date.
Stuart Sommerville, Local Democracy Reporter
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