A well-earned restpublished at 02:30 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Image source, PAA ballot counter in Manchester takes a break
Summary
The UK is electing 73 MEPs from across 12 regions - 11 have so far declared
The Brexit Party have 29 MEPs winning 32% of the vote and are largest party in nine regions
The Lib Dems have 16 MEPs, up 15, with a nationwide 20% share of the vote
Labour have 10 MEPs, down by 10, and their vote share has fallen to 14%
The Green Party have won seven MEPs, up four, with 12% vote share
The Conservatives have four MEPs, down 15, and are in fifth place on 9% of the vote
Change UK have not won any seats, nor have UKIP
In Scotland, the SNP have three MEPs, Brexit Party one, Lib Dems one and Conservatives one
The Brexit Party dominated in Wales, with Plaid Cymru second
Counting to determine the results in Northern Ireland began at 08:00
Overall turnout is 37%
A well-earned restpublished at 02:30 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Image source, PAImage caption, And the award for best performance goes to...published at 02:18 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expertThe 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%).
Result an "existential risk" - Jeremy Huntpublished at 02:17 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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."
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End of X postThe perils of the media scrumpublished at 02:14 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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End of X postScotland: SNP set for boost as Labour collapsepublished at 02:11 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
The SNP is on course to increase its number of MEPs from two to three in the European elections amid a collapse in support for Scottish Labour.
With 31 of the 32 Scottish council areas having declared their results, the SNP has 37.9% of the votes - up from 29% in the last EU election.
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End of X postNigel Farage's Brexit Party has the second-most votes and will have one MEP, as will the Lib Dems and Tories.
Labour is fifth with just 9.3% of the votes - down from 26% in 2014. It means Labour will lose both of its MEPs in Scotland.
The Western Isles will not declare its result until later on Monday, but it is unlikely to affect the overall Scottish result.
Read the full story here.
Labour spokesman calls for a general electionpublished at 02:10 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner tweets:, external "Given the Conservative party’s results tonight, it cannot be right that a new Conservative leader should not face a general election."
UK's longest serving MEP loses seatpublished at 02:09 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Labour's David Martin - the UK's longest serving MEP - has lost his seat.
Elected in 1984, he blames his defeat on Labour's "lack of a clear message".
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End of X postClaire Fox celebrates victorypublished at 02:07 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
The Brexit Party candidate Claire Fox has been elected as an MEP for the North West.
In her victory speech, Claire Fox said her party "will remake the world in a new form".
Image source, EPARees-Mogg: Tories paying for May's 'betrayal'published at 02:01 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Newly-elected Brexit Party MEP Annunziata Rees-Mogg says she has no doubt her brother, Conservative MP Jacob, will be "devastated at what has been done to his own party".
She added: "Theresa May has betrayed the British people. She made a lot of promises she didn't stick to and unfortunately the whole party is paying for it."
Ms Rees-Mogg stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative candidate in the 2005 and 2010 general elections.
Image source, PAImage caption, Annunziata Rees-Mogg (second from right) celebrates her election
In Pictures: Election nightpublished at 02:00 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Image source, PAImage caption, The Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage waits to speak during the results announcement in Southampton.
Image source, PAImage caption, Candidates in the North West gather on stage for the result announcement.
Image source, PAImage caption, Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas at the South East election count, where her party picked up one seat.
Image source, PAImage caption, Luisa Porritt is one of three Lib Dem MEPs elected in London.
Umunna: Change UK votes 'not to be sniffed at'published at 01:53 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Change UK spokesman Chuka Umunna has defended the party's performance in its first election.
The newly-formed party has not won a seat in these elections and has gained more than 570,000 votes (3.4%) so far - with Scotland still to declare.
He told BBC Radio Four that the party's performance "can't be sniffed at".
"Of course we'd have liked to have done better and there was the odd misstep along the way."
Image source, AFPImage caption, Chuka Umunna
'Our worst ever result' - Tory MEPpublished at 01:46 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
"This is our worst-ever result," says Daniel Hannan, who has been re-elected as a Conservative MEP.
"We need to make Brexit happen, but in a way that will carry the 48% with us," he says.
He adds that his party now needs "different, credible leadership" to ensure Brexit is delivered.
'The comeback kids'published at 01:40 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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End of X postTurnout is second highest of any EU electionpublished at 01:38 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expertTurnout in this election is running at just below 37%.
This is likely to be the second highest turnout in any EU election, second only to that in 2004, when the turnout was partly inflated by the use of all-postal ballots in some parts of England.
Turnout increased more in places that were most pro-Remain in 2016 compared to those places which voted most heavily for Leave.
In Remain areas the turnout was on average up by 5 points while in Leave areas it was up by just one point.
Gavin Esler: Now the real fight beginspublished at 01:33 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Change UK candidate tweets.
Change UK candidate and former BBC journalist Gavin Esler gives "huge thanks" to voters - after failing to win a seat in London.
His party got 5.2% of the vote share in London - not enough to secure them a seat.
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End of X postHome defeats for May and Corbynpublished at 01:31 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party came third in her own constituency in Maidenhead, Berkshire, losing to the Brexit party and Liberal Democrats.
And Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn saw his party come second to the Liberal Democrats in his own Islington constituency.
Labour and the Conservatives 'got what they deserved'published at 01:30 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
The leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford says: "We asked people to vote for the SNP because we want to stop Brexit."
"We have no desire to be dragged out of the EU against our will."
He says Labour and the Conservatives "got what they deserve" and specifically attacks Labour's "constructive ambiguity".
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth accepts that "our position hasn't worked" but adds "I don't think it is dishonourable to try and keep the two sides of the country together."
'Simples' - the results in a nutshellpublished at 01:22 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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End of X postVince Cable thanks Lib Dem voterspublished at 01:21 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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