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.

Stirling

10 th June 2004 European Election

62 rejected ballot papers Turnout 34.3 %
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,144	26.18 %	- 2.14 %
	Labour	4,268	21.72 %	- 1.61 %
	Scottish National Party	3,272	16.65 %	- 7.98 %
	Liberal Democrats	2,586	13.16 %	+ 4.50 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,799	9.16 %	+ 1.98 %
	UK Independence Party	1,125	5.73 %	+ 4.68 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	764	3.89 %	+ %
	Operation Christian Vote	264	1.34 %	(+ 1.34 %)
	British National Party	217	1.10 %	+ 0.79 %
	Scottish Wind Watch	143	0.73 %	(+ 0.73 %)
	Independent (Tait)	0.33	0.33 %	(+ 0.33 %)
	Conservative & Unionist Party majority	876	4.46 %	+ 0.77 %

10 th June 1999 European Election

40 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,728	28.32 %
	Scottish National Party	4,112	24.63 %
	Labour	3,895	23.33 %
	Liberal Democrats	1,445	8.66 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,198	7.18 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	466	2.79 %
	Pro Euro Conservative Party	381	2.28 %
	UK Independence Party	176	1.05 %
	Socialist Labour Party	133	0.80 %
	British National Party	51	0.31 %
	Natural Law Party	41	0.25 %
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	27	0.16 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party majority	616	3.69 %