Nigel Farage in 2015
UKIP won 4 million votes but only one seat, exposing the unfairness of the electoral system.
Key Events
- •UKIP won 12.6% of the vote nationally - nearly 4 million votes
- •But won only one seat (Douglas Carswell in Clacton)
- •Farage lost in South Thanet to Conservative Craig Mackinlay
- •Resigned as UKIP leader after the election
- •Resignation rejected by UKIP NEC
- •Returned as leader and continued EU referendum campaign