Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is set to win 13 seats, according to the exit poll. The party, which was only formed in 2018, currently only has one MP, Lee Anderson, who defected from the Conservatives.
It would be the first time Reform have managed to secure an MP at the ballot box. The result indicates Mr Farage is likely to become an MP in Clacton, Essex.
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Mr Farage had earlier declined to say what number of MPs they would classify as a win, but 13 elected representatives is higher than predictions by most polls.
It has been said that Reform’s wide but thin support would not help their success in a first-past-the-post system and Mr Farage has been vocal about the need for changes to the electoral system.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats are set to increase their presence in Parliament more than five-fold, compared with the General Election result in 2019. Exit poll forecasters have said Sir Ed Davey’s party is on course for 61 seats.
The Lib Dems won just 11 seats almost five years ago when the Conservative Party secured an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons under Boris Johnson.
The Green Party is forecast two seats.
