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As Scotland Votes Remain – It’s a Brexit Britain

All the results for the European Parliament Elections are now in for Scotland with the exception of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar which will begin counting on Monday.

The 6 MEPs who are elected for Scotland will be :

The SNP 

The Brexit Party

The Liberal Democrats

The Conservatives

The votes were counted at local authority level then added together to give a Scottish result. The SNP won in every seat in the Scottish Mainland with only Orkney and Shetland holding on to the LibDems.

Here is the result for Orkney 

The turnout in Orkney was 38.3%.

It was a dreadful night for Labour in Scotland who lost 2 seats and sees the excellent David Martin not returning to the European  political stage.

The picture is completely different in rUK.

The results for England and Wales are:

The results for Northern Ireland were still to come in at time of publishing

Reporter: Fiona Grahame

 

 

 

 

 

 

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