 In total, 72 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation.Notable outcomes were the significant drop in support for the Labour Party, who came third, and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) finishing second in a major election for the first time in its history, coming level with Labour in terms of seats but ahead of them in terms of votes.This was the first time in British electoral history that a party in government had been outpolled in a national election by a party with no representation in the House of Commons.