WEST Somerset voters had their say in the European election last Thursday, with UKIP topping the local poll. The result saw long-standing Liberal Democrat MEP Sir Graham Watson lose his seat after some 20 years as a European politician. There was a 39.15 per cent turnout in the district, with a total of 10,951 votes cast. Of those, 3,910 went to UKIP, with the Conservatives coming second with 3,681. The Green Party was third with 1,098, beating Labour into fourth with 986 and the Liberal Democrats into fifth with 930. The BNP registered 69 votes in West Somerset, while 22 ballot papers were 'spoilt'. The district results were fed into the wider South West region, which stretches from Gloucestershire to Cornwall and includes Gibraltar. It resulted in UKIP securing two seats in the European Parliament, the Conservatives won two, Labour gained one and the Green Party also gained one seat. Nationally, UKIP secured 27.9 per cent of the vote, Labour 25.40 per cent, Conservatives 23.93 per cent, the Greens 7.87 per cent and the Liberal Democrats 6.87 per cent. This means UKIP has 24 MEPs, up 11 on the previous election, Labour has increased from 13 to 20, the Conservatives dropped from 26 to 19, Greens gained one seat to get three MEPs and Liberal Democrats lost ten of their MEPs to be left with just one seat in the European Parliament.