Nigel Farage in 2014
Historic victory as UKIP won the European elections - first non-Lab/Con national win in over 100 years.
Key Events
- •May: UKIP won European elections with 27.5% of the vote
- •First time a party other than Labour or Conservatives won a national election since 1906
- •UKIP won 24 MEP seats
- •Two Conservative MPs defected to UKIP (Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless)
- •Carswell won Clacton by-election for UKIP
- •Farage named "Briton of the Year" by The Times