Following the count at the Citadel Leisure Centre in Ayr, Eileen Howat, Local Returning Officer for the South Ayrshire counting area at the European Parliamentary Election in the Electoral Region of Scotland, held on 23 May, has declared the total number of valid votes given to each registered party in the South Ayrshire area as follows:
Change UK – The Independent Group – 720
Conservative and Unionist Party – 7,334
Labour Party – 2,609
Liberal Democrats – 3,763
Scottish Green Party – 2,064
Scottish National Party (SNP) – 12,254
The Brexit Party – 6,199
UK Independence Party (UKIP) – 687
Edgar, Gordon – 164
Parke, Ken – 55
The total number of rejected ballot papers was 124.
Total votes cast: 35,973
The turnout figure for the South Ayrshire Election was 40.8% percent.
The current electorate for South Ayrshire is 88,148.
