Welcome to the Spectator’s liveblog of the European elections results. We’ll bring you results, analysis and political reaction throughout the night.
- Britain: Ukip has come first with 27 per cent of vote (so far), the Tories did reasonably (on 24 per cent, a whisker from Labour’s 25.4 per cent) and Lib Dems are in free fall, losing 9 of their 12 MEPs.
- Scotland: UKIP has won its first Scottish seat, with a 10 per cent vote share. This has infuriated Alex Salmond whose SNP has seen its share of the vote fall slightly.
- Europe’s populists triumph : Marine le Pen’s Front Nationale came top in France, with a predicted 25 per cent share. The populist Danish People’s Party, led by a 33-year-old, has come first there. In Greece, the far-left Syriza picked up 27 per cent and the far-right Golden Dawn 9 per cent. Five Star in Italy won 21.5 per cent of the vote. Germany’s Neo-Nazi NPD looks to have won a seat, but with 1 per cent of vote.
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