THE SNP has won all but two of Scotland's 32 council areas in the EU elections.
The Western Isles - whose result was declared today rather than last night as it observes the tradition of not working on Sundays - confirmed the SNP had polled at 43.9% in the area.
READ MORE: European Elections 2019: Results for Scotland IN FULL
The Brexit Party came second with 20%, Labour third with 9.9%, LibDems fourth with 7.4% and Tories fifth with 7.4%.
MEPs elected for Scotland;
— Ballot Box Scotland (@BallotBoxScot) May 27, 2019
3 SNP
1 Brexit
1 Lib Dem
1 Conservative
SNP lead in 30 councils, Lib Dem lead in 2.
Full % results per council available in the handy interactive map on the main page of https://t.co/DLzMqkJDW6 pic.twitter.com/9Fvdzbbnye
The only council areas the party did not win was Shetland and Orkney, a traditional LibDem voting area.
However, the figures were close. In Shetland, the LibDems won with 2001 votes while the SNP came second with 1751. And in Orkney, the LibDems secured 2144 votes, while the SNP received 1548.
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