THE Brexit party has taken a huge share of the vote in European Parliament elections in Southend -- but the pro-European parties also do well.

Nigel Farage's party polled 18,032 votes. There were 43,052 votes cast in total. 

However, when placed together the Remain camp - Lib Dems and Greens and Change UK also scored impressively with a total of 14,764 votes.

The Tory and Labour votes suffered and the Lib Dems saw a widely-predicted resurgence, polling 8,085 votes in Southend.

The votes were:

Change UK The Independent Party

1,465

Conservative and Unionist Party

3,849

English Democrats

257

Green Party

5,214

Labour Party

4,255

Liberal Democrats

8,085

The Brexit Party

18,032

UK Independent Party (UKIP)

1,582

Csordas, Attila - Independent

133

Spoilt ballot papers

180