Westfield is a small village of around 180 houses located in the parish of Torphichen

Torphichen

Torphichen is a small village located near Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. The placename may be Gaelic in origin, eg, "Tóir Féichín" , Tor Fithichean or British, eg, modern Welsh "tref fechan" .The village church is said to have been founded by St...

 in West Lothian

West Lothian

West Lothian is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire....

, Scotland

Scotland

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. The village was focused for many decades on a local paper mill that closed in the 1990s. Much of the housing in the village was or is owned by West Lothian Council but there have been recurrent plans for major new private housebuilding since the 1970s, as yet unfulfilled.

The village has a primary school and post office/shop. It was formerly a paper-making centre and a fish-meal works is still operating near the village.

Westfield forms part of Linlithgow Constituency and is represented in the Scottish Parliament by Mary Mulligan

Mary Mulligan

Mary Mulligan is a Labour politician, and formerly Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow constituency from 1999-2011. She lost her seat to the Scottish National Party's Fiona Hyslop in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election..She was appointed Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care...

 and in the UK Parliament by Michael Connarty

Michael Connarty

Michael Connarty is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and Falkirk East since 2005, and a variation of the same seat since 1992.-Early life:...

 (both Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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).

Westfield is part of Armadale and Blackridge Ward on West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council is one of 32 local authorities in Scotland and has 32 elected members Councillors who are elected every 4 years.The Council makes its decisions at its meetings, or those of its Committees and Sub-Committees....

 and is represented by Stuart Borrowman (Independent), Jim Dixon (Labour) and Isabel Hutton

Isabel Hutton

Isabel Hutton is a Scottish National Party politician. She is currently the Executive Councilor for Social Policy on West Lothian Council, and holds the national appointment of being the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities spokesperson for Education, Children and Young People.-External...

 (Scottish National Party

Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

). The village has had at least one SNP councillor since 1963, the longest continuous representation by that party anywhere.