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Labour lost half its MEPs as voters drifted to parties with firm Brexit positions.

Results of the European Parliament elections are on the fronts.

Turnout was at a two-decade high for ballots across all 28 European Union countries.

MP Caroline Lucas has hailed the strong result in England and Wales as part of a ‘green wave sweeping across the EU’.

The showers will be well scattered with the fewest and lightest in the southwest.

The Tories are wiped out in the capital while Labour lost half their seats.

The Brexit Party and Liberal Democrats have had a night to remember while the Tories and Labour suffered a backlash.

Journalist Rachel Johnson and YouTuber Carl Benjamin also missed out on seats.

The newly-elected Brexit Party MEP said the results showed people wanted to be listened to.

Spokesman Jaume Duch Guillot said the turnout was eight percentage points higher than the last Europe-wide vote for the parliament in 2014.