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European Election 2019: UK results in maps and charts | European Election 2019: UK results in maps and charts |
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It's been another tough night for both Labour and the Conservatives. | It's been another tough night for both Labour and the Conservatives. |
The Brexit Party has swept across Britain and the Liberal Democrats and Green Party have also made gains. | The Brexit Party has swept across Britain and the Liberal Democrats and Green Party have also made gains. |
The Conservatives are the fifth placed party with less than 10% of the vote. | The Conservatives are the fifth placed party with less than 10% of the vote. |
With just Scotland and Northern Ireland left to declare, The Brexit Party have topped polls in every country or region apart from London, which was won by the Liberal Democrats. | With just Scotland and Northern Ireland left to declare, The Brexit Party have topped polls in every country or region apart from London, which was won by the Liberal Democrats. |
Our map by council results shows that the Brexit Party topped polls almost everywhere in England and Wales. | Our map by council results shows that the Brexit Party topped polls almost everywhere in England and Wales. |
The Conservatives have not come top in any council areas. | The Conservatives have not come top in any council areas. |
Follow live results from the UK here. | Follow live results from the UK here. |
Nigel Farage's party secured a resounding victory in its own right, but the anti-Brexit parties secured more votes when added together. | |
Labour particularly struggled to pick up votes in areas that voted strongly for Leave in 2016, averaging less than one in ten votes in those local authorities. | |
Meanwhile the trends for The Brexit Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens were fairly predictable. | |
Nigel Farage's party secured more than half the vote in areas where more than 7 in 10 people backed Brexit. | |
By Daniel Dunford, Joe Reed, Becky Rush, Sean Willmott, Prina Shah, John Walton, Clara Guibourg and Ed Lowther. | By Daniel Dunford, Joe Reed, Becky Rush, Sean Willmott, Prina Shah, John Walton, Clara Guibourg and Ed Lowther. |