Bruce congratulates new Liberal Democrat MEP George Lyon

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 8th Jun 2009

Gordon MP today congratulated George Lyon who became the newest Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland after last week's European elections. The result confounded some commentators who had said the Liberal Democrats would struggle to hold on to any representation with the reduction of Scottish seats in the Parliament. The nationalists also fared less well than had been predicted failing to gain the extra seat they had convinced the media they were on course for.

George Lyon is the Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland

Malcolm said:

"George fought a strong campaign on issues that will affect people in the North east. I look forward to us having a strong and experienced voice in Brussels. A big thanks to everyone from the north east who lent us their vote and to all those helpers who helped us campaign on the ground."

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