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The 2012 West Lothian Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of West Lothian Council. The election will use the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation with 33 Councillors being elected. The Bathgate Ward gained an additional seat for the 2012 elections.