Euro election results from our data visualisation department.
Not wholly and entirely sure that going from zero to 28 is best described as a 9,900 percent rise in seats but it’s certainly most impressive.
Given that Ukip has failed to win a seat at all then I think we’ve got a certain measure of the manner in which it really was Nigel Farage that dragged it up by its bootstraps. Having worked for the party that isn’t a surprise of course.
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Technically, that's an infinite increase - the 9900% is likely a cap applied to allow it to be shown. Lib Dems did quite well with a 1400% increase (although going from 1 to 15 seats is less impressing than 0 to 28, and it's only(!) a 217% increase in votes. Shows that the Lib Dems are a party that people only vote for to make a point - they don't have many core voters.
In the interests of balance, we're still waiting for data from Scotland and Northern Ireland, which are both areas that voted more strongly in favour of remain than leave, so things may be slightly more pro-remain looking after those results are in.
That said, it's a fantastic showing from the Brexit Party - I would imagine that they're very happy this morning (hangovers aside!).
I was delighted to see the results for Change UK - 0 seats so far, and about 3.6% of the vote share, compared to The Brexit Party with 33%. The UKIP result was a little surprising (I thought they'd still manage a seat or two) but it's clear that Farage was the heart of what made them electable, and what they've done since parting ways with him hasn't impressed. That said, they still did almost as well as Change UK (with 3.46%).
58.1% voted for parties whose stated policy is to leave the EU.
TBP: 36.1%
Labour: 14.1%
Conservative: 9.1%
UKIP: 3.3%
Edit: Whoops mathematics deserted me (late night watching election coverage), in fact the percentage is 62.6, not 58.1.
Doesn't that sum to 62.6%?
Whoops, so it does!