European elections

'The Eurosceptic UK Independence Party, which made large gains in England and Wales, failed to win any seats in Scotland. The results have left Labour one seat down as Scotland now returns only seven MEPs rather than eight following the enlargement of the European Union.' BBC Scotland News, 14 th June 2004.

Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine

10 th June 2004 European Election

53 rejected ballot papers Turnout 32.7 %
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,973	28.73 %	- 3.38 %
	Liberal Democrats	5,204	25.03 %	+ 5.53 %
	Scottish National Party	3,304	15.89 %	- 9.44 %
	Labour	2,105	10.13 %	- 1.17 %
	UK Independence Party	1,505	7.24 %	+ 5.74 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,367	6.58 %	+ 0.89 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	458	2.20 %	+ 0.99 %
	Operation Christian Vote	380	1.83 %	(+ 1.83 %)
	British National Party	204	0.98 %	+ 0.70 %
	Scottish Wind Watch	191	0.92 %	(+ 0.92 %)
	Independent (Tait)	99	0.48 %	(+ 0.48 %)
	Conservative & Unionist Party majority	769	3.70 %	- 3.08 %

10 th June 1999 European Election

41 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,760	32.11 %
	Scottish National Party	3,755	25.33 %
	Liberal Democrats	2,891	19.50 %
	Labour	1,676	11.30 %
	Scottish Green Party	844	5.69 %
	Pro Euro Conservative Party	294	1.08 %
	UK Independence Party	222	1.50 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	180	1.21 %
	Socialist Labour Party	68	0.46 %
	British National Party	41	0.28 %
	Natural Law Party	33	0.22 %
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	21	0.14 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party majority	1,005	6.78 %