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