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UKIP had seven members elected to the Welsh Assembly at the 2016 election. Following multiple defections, there was only one UKIP Assembly member (now Member of the Senedd, MS) by the time of the 2021 Senedd election: Neil Hamilton; Nathan Gill was elected in 2016, but left the Assembly group later that year to sit as an Independent. [13]
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) was only able to hold one of its two seats, Clacton, gaining no new ones despite increasing its vote share to 12.9% (the third-highest share overall). Party leader Nigel Farage , having failed to win the constituency of South Thanet , tendered his resignation, although this was rejected by his party's executive ...
The SNP enjoyed their best election result, gaining forty seats from Labour and ten from the Liberal Democrats to hold 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies. [3] The other parties held one seat each. The Liberal Democrats had been part of a coalition government with the Conservatives prior to the election with 57 seats in parliament.
Constituency Cnty Rgn Last elctn Winning party Turnout [a]Votes Party Votes Share Majrty Con [b] Lab [c] UKIP LD SNP Grn [d] DUP PC SF UUP SDLP APNI Other [e] Total Aberavon: WGM: WLS
UKIP had 3,881,129 votes (12.6%) and was the third largest party on vote share, yet it won only one seat. [359] Because of this, there were calls from some in UKIP for a voting reform in favour of proportional representation. [360] Carswell quit the party in March 2017 to become an independent, leaving UKIP without any MPs in the Commons. [106]
This was the worst result for the Lib Dems or the Liberals in 45 years, while the 16-point drop in vote share was the biggest decline in Lib Dem or Liberal support since 1931. Although Labour increased their share of the vote by 4% and gained 15 seats, the Conservatives made 21 gains for a total of 318, including winning 6 seats directly from ...
Your Vote Could Save Our Hospital Sandra Allison 1: 0 0 0 0 0 849 0.0 New Wigan Independents Gareth Fairhurst 1: 0 0 0 0 0 768 0.0 New Animal Welfare: Vanessa Hudson 4 0 0 0 0 0 736 0.0 0.0 Something New: James Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 695 0.0 New Consensus Helen Tyrer 1: 0 0 0 0 0 637 0.0 New National Liberal: National Council 2 0 0 0 0 0 627 0.0 New
UKIP hold one seat and lose one, failing to gain any more despite a huge increase in vote share. The Green Party also hold their sole seat. The Conversatives' majority win is unexpected, as most opinion polls indicated a very tight race, with a high chance of a hung parliament.