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Does anyone know what area was won in the European elections for UKIP in Scotland?

I have been trying to find the area in Scotland that won a seat for UKIP. Does anyone know?

Update:

I was trying to figure out if there was a particular area voted UKIP

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    No area voted UKIP in first place. But under the system of proportional representation, fourth place across the whole of Scotland was enough to win them one of the six seats in Scotland.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    There is no such area. The area is just the whole of Scotland voting as one big region. Under the closed party list proportional representation system, the whole of Scotland together elects 6 MEPs and they all represent the whole of Scotland. You have to remember that this is a totally different system from how Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and local councils are elected.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/euro-...

    Here's a regional breakdown of how Scotland voted.

    I enjoyed enormously watching Salmond on the BBC last night he flipped his lid you could see he was furious. Because he wanted to use the opportunity to show how different Scotland and England are politically for the referendum in September. And the fact that UKIP got a breakthrough in the one place nobody in a billion years thought they would and that is Scotland. Shows clearly that some Scots have the same concerns over

    immigration and the EU that many other Britons have does demonstrate Scotland is not as different as previously thought. The SNP ran a anti UKIP campaignhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10...

    The fact that UKIP got a seat does pose a significant challenge for the SNP. And is totally unexpected given that Scotland has a strong left wing leaning. A UKIP candidate getting elected there is huge.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    I wondered if there were particular places in Scotland that leaned toward UKIP. Thanks to all who answered.

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