EU Election update

Scottish results confirmed

Opinion polls had suggested that the SNP could take a third EU Parliament seat due to a drop in LibDem support. The Scottish Greens had also hoped that they might supplant the LibDems. However, extensive UK wide media coverage for UKIP seems to have boosted their profile and handed them their first Scottish seat and only electoral success of any kind in Scotland.

Will Better Together now officially welcome UKIP into the No campaign?

Elected MEPs

The elected MEPs for Scotland are:

Ian Hudghton (SNP)
David Martin (Lab)
Ian Duncan (Con)
Alyn Smith (SNP)
Catherine Stihler (Lab)
David Coburn (UKIP)

Total votes for Scotland

The total votes cast for each party in Scotland:

Britain First, 13,639 (1.0%)
British National Party, 10,216 (0.8%)
Conservative Party, 231,330 (17.2%)
Labour Party, 348,219 (25.9%)
Liberal Democrats, 95,319 (7.1%)
No2EU, 6,418 (0.5%)
Scottish Green Party, 108,305 (8.0%)
Scottish National Party, 389,503 (28.9%)
UK Independence Party, 140,534 (10.4%)
Rejected papers 2,184 (0.2%)
Total votes cast 1,345,667
Electorate 4,016,735
Turnout 33.5%

Source

Total Highland Votes

The total votes cast for each party in the Highlands:

Britain First, 755 (1.2)
British National Party, 435 (0.7)
Conservative Party, 9,088 (13.9)
Labour Party, 9,163 (14.0)
Liberal Democrats, 12,189 (18.7)
No2EU, 294 (0.4)
Scottish Green Party, 5,615 (8.6)
Scottish National Party, 19,810 (30.3)
UK Independence Party, 7,818 (12.0)
Rejected votes 136
Total votes cast 65,307
Turnout 36.3%

The number of votes cast in 2009 was 52,924 - a turnout of 30.8%