Summary

  • Brexit Party dominate on a disappointing night for Conservatives and Labour. Lib Dems also see surge in votes

  • In England, The Brexit Party won 26 seats, including seats for Nigel Farage, Ann Widdecombe and Annunziata Rees-Mogg

  • The Liberal Democrats won 15 seats, including wins for Irina Von Wiese and Catherine Bearder

  • Labour won nine seats, the Green Party seven and the Conservatives three

  • South East: Brexit Party took four seats. Lib Dems three, Tories, Labour and Greens one each

  • North East: Brexit Party gained two MEPs. Labour one

  • East of England: Brexit Party gained three MEPs. Two Lib Dem MEPs, one Green and one Conservative

  • London: Lib Dems gained three MEPs, Labour two, Brexit Party two and Green Party one

  • West Midlands: Brexit Party took three of the seven seats. Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and Tories one seat each

  • Yorkshire and the Humber: Brexit Party took three of the six seats. Labour, Lib Dems and Greens one seat each

  • South West: Brexit Party took three of the six seats. Lib Dems two and Greens one

  • East Midlands: Brexit Party took three of the five seats. Lib Dems and Labour one each

  • North West: Brexit Party took three seats. Labour and Lib Dems two each, Greens one

  • Results, reaction and updates from across England

  • Our live page coverage has now ended

Live Reporting

Duncan Leatherdale

  1. St Albans votes 'lost'

    Charlotte Rose
    BBC Essex

    There may be a delay here at the count in Chelmsford as it would appear some papers have gone missing.

    The tally for St Albans would appear to be incorrect so they may have to go back and try and find those votes.

    There may have to be a recount, a word no-one wants to hear at this point of the evening.

  2. Brexit Party 'done well in North East'

    There are three seats up for grabs in the North East and it seems the Brexit party have done well, according to BBC political correspondent Richard Moss.

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  3. The bigger picture

    The BBC has a lot going on tonight.

    While we are focusing on the picture in England here, our colleagues are also following the news across Europe and you can see what they have to say by following this link.

  4. Tories and Labour 'braced for drop'

    Mat Trewern
    BBC Radio Manchester journalist

    At the count in Manchester, both the Tories and Labour are bracing themselves for a big drop due to Brexit, or rather the lack of Brexit.

    The Brexit Party are hoping to pick up a lot of votes and there is also a lot of interest in Tommy Robinson who is standing as an independent here.

    We are expecting the North West result between 23:30 BST and 00:30 BST.

  5. West Midlands count 'done and dusted'

    Rob Mayor
    Political reporter, BBC WM

    The West Midlands count is all done and dusted here in Birmingham.

    All the candidates were quite recently taken off into a back room.

    We are certainly going to get the Birmingham result fairly shortly and they are fairly confident we will get the regional result sharply after that.

    The Brexit Party are looking supremely confident.

  6. Results on the radio

    A special programme will be playing out across the BBC's local radio stations tonight hosted by Andrew Edwards.

    Andrew Edwards

    He's joined in the studio by Georgia Roberts from BBC Westminster and Dr Chris Fear, a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Hull.

    He will also be checking in regularly with the BBC's correspondents who are at the counts across England.

  7. Where are the constituencies?

    England is broken up into nine regional constituencies, each with a varying number of MEPs.

    They are:

    • East Midlands - five MEPS
    • East of England - seven
    • London - eight
    • North East - three
    • North West - eight
    • South East - ten
    • South West - six
    • West Midlands - seven
    • Yorkshire and the Humber - six

  8. What's it all about?

    England has 60 Members of the European Parliament (MEP) across nine constituencies.

    Voters across Europe went to the polls on Thursday where they had one vote for the party they wanted to represent them.

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    Click here for a helpful guide on the election.

    The results will start to be announced from 22:00 BST.

  9. Welcome to our live coverage

    Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of the elections for the European Parliament.

    Over the following hours and into tomorrow, we will bring you the latest results from across England.

    We'll also be bringing you live updates from our special radio programme on the elections hosted by Andrew Edwards which is being played out across all local BBC radio stations in England.

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    Are you sitting comfortably?

    Then let us begin.