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.

Kilmarnock & Loudoun

10 th June 2004 European Election

36 rejected ballot papers Turnout 29.7 %
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	5,952	33.06 %	- 0.43 %
	Scottish National Party	4,613	25.62 %	- 7.55 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,746	15.25 %	+ 0.19 %
	Liberal Democrats	1,350	7.50 %	+ 2.21 %
	UK Independence Party	1,192	6.62 %	+ 5.57 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	774	4.30 %	- 0.02 %
	Scottish Green Party	765	4.25 %	+ 0.20 %
	British National Party	295	1.64 %	+ 1.26 %
	Operation Christian Vote	230	1.28 %	(+ 1.28 %)
	Scottish Wind Watch	49	0.27 %	(+ 0.27 %)
	Independent (Tait)	38	0.21 %	(+ 0.21 %)
	Labour majority	1,339	7.44 %	+ 7.12 %

10 th June 1999 European Election

34 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Labour	5,080	33.49 %
	Scottish National Party	5,032	33.17 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,285	15.06 %
	Liberal Democrats	802	5.29 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	656	4.32 %
	Scottish Green Party	615	4.05 %
	Pro Euro Conservative Party	235	1.55 %
	Socialist Labour Party	171	1.13 %
	UK Independence Party	159	1.05 %
	British National Party	57	0.38 %
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	23	0.15 %
	Natural Law Party	20	0.13 %
	Labour majority	48	0.32 %