The UK’s European elections 2019

Gains for The Brexit Party and Lib Dems

With all the overnight results now in, it's been another bad election for both Labour and the Conservatives.

Both parties have lost MEPs to The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats, and the Green Party are ahead of the Tories overall.

Northern Ireland starts counting later and Scotland is expected to announce their MEPs before midday.

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UK results

After 371 of 373 counts complete

    The Brexit Party
    The Brexit Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    28
    + 28
    Vote share:
    31.6%
    + 31.6
    Votes:
    5,244,893
    Liberal Democrat
    Liberal Democrat
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    15
    + 14
    Vote share:
    20.3%
    + 13.4
    Votes:
    3,366,673
    Labour
    Labour
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    10
    − 8
    Vote share:
    14.1%
    − 11.3
    Votes:
    2,346,441
    Green
    Green
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    7
    + 4
    Vote share:
    12.1%
    + 4.2
    Votes:
    2,010,328
    Conservative
    Conservative
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    3
    − 15
    Vote share:
    9.1%
    − 14.9
    Votes:
    1,510,874
    Plaid Cymru
    Plaid Cymru
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    1
    0
    Vote share:
    1.0%
    + 0.3
    Votes:
    163,928
    Scottish National Party
    Scottish National Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    3.6%
    + 1.1
    Votes:
    590,947
    Change UK
    Change UK
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    3.4%
    + 3.4
    Votes:
    571,716
    UKIP
    UKIP
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    − 23
    Vote share:
    3.3%
    − 24.2
    Votes:
    549,159
    Democratic Unionist Party
    Democratic Unionist Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    No results
    No results
    Votes:
    0
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    No results
    No results
    Votes:
    0
    Ulster Unionist Party
    Ulster Unionist Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    No results
    No results
    Votes:
    0
    The Yorkshire Party
    The Yorkshire Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0.3%
    + 0.2
    Votes:
    50,842
    English Democrats
    English Democrats
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0.2%
    − 0.6
    Votes:
    39,938
    UK European Union Party
    UK European Union Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0.2%
    + 0.2
    Votes:
    33,576
    Animal Welfare Party
    Animal Welfare Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0.2%
    0
    Votes:
    25,232
    Women's Equality Party
    Women's Equality Party
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0.1%
    + 0.1
    Votes:
    23,766
    Independent Network
    Independent Network
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0.1%
    + 0.1
    Votes:
    7,641
    Socialist Party of Great Britain
    Socialist Party of Great Britain
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0%
    0
    Votes:
    3,505
    Independents
    Independents
    Total:
    Change
    MEPs:
    0
    0
    Vote share:
    0.5%
    + 0.5
    Votes:
    77,585

Turnout: 16,617,044

Percentage: 36.7%

Change: + 1.8

Change compared with 2014

Vote share figures do not include Northern Ireland as it has a separate electoral system to the rest of the UK. Vote totals for Northern Ireland are first preferences only.

For parties running in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain, the vote share is just for England, Scotland and Wales, but the vote total is the sum of all GB votes plus the first preference votes in Northern Ireland.

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UK regional results

East Midlands 5 of 5 M E Ps

  1. The Brexit Party
    Annunziata Rees-Mogg
  2. The Brexit Party
    Jonathan Bullock
  3. The Brexit Party
    Matthew Patten
  4. Liberal Democrat
    William Newton Dunn
  5. Labour
    Rory Palmer

East of England 7 of 7 M E Ps

  1. The Brexit Party
    Richard Tice
  2. The Brexit Party
    Michael Heaver
  3. The Brexit Party
    June Mummery
  4. Liberal Democrat
    Barbara Gibson
  5. Liberal Democrat
    Lucy Nethsingha
  6. Green
    Catherine Rowett
  7. Conservative
    Geoffrey Van Orden

London 8 of 8 M E Ps

  1. Liberal Democrat
    Irina Von Wiese
  2. Liberal Democrat
    Dinesh Dhamija
  3. Liberal Democrat
    Luisa Porritt
  4. Labour
    Claude Moraes
  5. Labour
    Sebastian Dance
  6. The Brexit Party
    Benyamin Habib
  7. The Brexit Party
    Lance Forman
  8. Green
    Scott Ainslie

North East 3 of 3 M E Ps

  1. The Brexit Party
    Brian Monteith
  2. The Brexit Party
    John Tennant
  3. Labour
    Jude Kirton-Darling

North West 8 of 8 M E Ps

  1. The Brexit Party
    Claire Fox
  2. The Brexit Party
    Henrik Nielsen
  3. The Brexit Party
    David Bull
  4. Labour
    Theresa Griffin
  5. Labour
    Julie Ward
  6. Liberal Democrat
    Chris Davies
  7. Liberal Democrat
    Jane Brophy
  8. Green
    Gina Dowding

Northern Ireland 0 of 3 M E Ps

Awaiting results

    Scotland 0 of 6 M E Ps

    Awaiting results

      South East 10 of 10 M E Ps

      1. The Brexit Party
        Nigel Farage
      2. The Brexit Party
        Alexandra Phillips
      3. The Brexit Party
        Robert Rowland
      4. The Brexit Party
        Belinda De Camborne Lucy
      5. Liberal Democrat
        Catherine Bearder
      6. Liberal Democrat
        Antony Hook
      7. Liberal Democrat
        Judith Bunting
      8. Green
        Alexandra Phillips
      9. Conservative
        Daniel Hannan
      10. Labour
        John Howarth

      South West 6 of 6 M E Ps

      1. The Brexit Party
        Ann Widdecombe
      2. The Brexit Party
        James Glancy
      3. The Brexit Party
        Christina Jordan
      4. Liberal Democrat
        Caroline Voaden
      5. Liberal Democrat
        Martin Horwood
      6. Green
        Molly Scott Cato

      Wales 4 of 4 M E Ps

      1. The Brexit Party
        Nathan Gill
      2. The Brexit Party
        James Wells
      3. Plaid Cymru
        Jill Evans
      4. Labour
        Jacqueline Jones

      West Midlands 7 of 7 M E Ps

      1. The Brexit Party
        Rupert Lowe
      2. The Brexit Party
        Martin Daubney
      3. The Brexit Party
        Andrew Kerr
      4. Labour
        Neena Gill
      5. Liberal Democrat
        Phil Bennion
      6. Green
        Ellie Chowns
      7. Conservative
        Anthea McIntyre

      Yorkshire and the Humber 6 of 6 M E Ps

      1. The Brexit Party
        John Longworth
      2. The Brexit Party
        Lucy Harris
      3. The Brexit Party
        Jake Pugh
      4. Labour
        Richard Corbett
      5. Liberal Democrat
        Shaffaq Mohammed
      6. Green
        Magid Magid
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      Closing summary

      We are closing our international live coverage of the European elections for the night. You can continue to follow UK results and reaction here.

      Here are the the day's main developments:

      • The big power blocs of the centre-right and centre-left lost their combined majority in the European Parliament. "The monopoly of power is broken," said Denmark's Margrethe Vestager, the liberal candidate for the top post in the European Commission
      • Europeans voted in their biggest numbers since 1994, bucking years of decline with a turnout just shy of 51%
      • The big winners of the night were the liberals and Greens. The liberals have were boosted by the decision of President Macron's ruling party to join them
      • The Greens saw strong votes in Finland, Germany, France and Portugal
      • The nationalist right had a patchy night, but enjoyed successes in Italy, where figurehead Matteo Salvini ran to victory, and in France, where Marine Le Pen defeated the Renaissance alliance of Mr Macron.
      • In the UK, the newly-formed Brexit Party soared to victory, gaining 28 seats amid massive losses for Conservatives and Labour
      • There are still results to be announced, alliances to forge, and perhaps some domestic political fallout for parties across the continent
      • BBC journalists will be covering the story from both UK and international angles - stay tuned for developments throughout the day
      • To catch up, take a look at what we know so far about the outlook across Europe

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      And the award for best performance goes to...

      Professor Sir John Curtice

      Polling expert

      The highest Brexit Party votes have occurred in Castle Point (59%), Boston (56%), South Holland (55%).

      The best Lib Dem performances occurred in Gibraltar (77%) Richmond upon Thames (52%) and Kingston upon Thames (47%).

      The best Green performances were in Brighton and Hove (36%), Bristol (35%) and Stroud (28%).

      'SNP wanted to send a message to Westminster'

      Ian Blackford: 'SNP wanted to send a message to Westminster'
      The SNP's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, said "Labour and the Conservatives have got what they deserved".

      Result an "existential risk" - Jeremy Hunt

      Conservative Party leadership candidate tweets...

      Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweets: "Yes, we knew it was coming but still a painful result."

      "Existential risk to our party unless we now come together and get Brexit done."

      'SNP wanted to send a message to Westminster'

      Ian Blackford: 'SNP wanted to send a message to Westminster'
      The SNP's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, said it was a stunning result for his party and that "Labour and the Conservatives have got what they deserved".
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