Leaders meet MPs over EU results
Labour and the Tories are holding inquests after UKIP pushes them to their worst election results for decades.

Kilroy-Silk crowns UKIP rise
The UK Independence Party say Britons want to take their country back from Brussels after strong poll gains.

Livingstone re-elected Mayor
Labour's Ken Livingstone has won a second term as London's mayor, beating Tory Steve Norris.

EU leaders rue 'disaster'
Senior European politicians voice dismay at EU election results, after low turnouts and big opposition gains.

Labour tops Scotland's Euro poll
The European election results in Scotland reveal that Labour has held off the challenge from its rivals.

Ancram hails Tory Euro successes
The Tories claim to have "won" the Euro elections, which they say shows Tony Blair has no mandate to sign the EU constitution.

Reid: Labour's huge EU challenge
John Reid says the Tories are in "crisis" after their poll slump - despite Labour's worst result since 1910.

Kennedy defends Euro poll results
Charles Kennedy claims the Lib Dems did well in the Euro elections - despite trailing behind the UK Independence Party.

Small parties make Euro strides
The Greens and the BNP gain votes and Respect performs well in London but seats are hard to come by.

Dutch defy EU on election results
The Dutch government releases European election results early in defiance of a European Commission order.

All-postal 'abuse' probe call
The chairman of an election monitoring group calls for a full scale look at all-postal ballots amid fraud claims.

NI ballot boxes petrol bombed
Police and electoral workers came under attack from petrol and paint bombs in Northern Ireland on election night.

Ballot paper issues 'were known'
Ballot papers problems in London which led to hundreds of thousands of votes being rejected were known, organisers admit.

Labour support slides in London
Labour has lost two seats in the London assembly, leaving the Conservatives as the largest party.

Analysis: Ken's triumph
Labour's Ken Livingstone has won a second term as London's mayor, beating Tory Steve Norris.

Gavron named deputy Mayor
Labour's previous candidate for London Mayor, who stood down for Ken Livingstone, is named as his deputy.

Labour suffers election 'kicking'
John Prescott says voters have punished Labour for the Iraq war as the party gets its worst local poll showing.

Tories 'election launchpad'
The Tories say local election successes show they can win back areas that they last held in the 1980s.

Labour blames Iraq factor
Labour blames Iraq for what the Tories say is the "worst result in living memory" for a ruling party in local elections.

Kennedy hails performance
The Lib Dem leader says its second-place in local elections shows that three-party politics is now a reality.

Pressure on Blair after elections
Tony Blair returns from the US facing renewed questions about his leadership following poor local election results.

Greens lead minor party gains
The Greens increase their councillors as smaller parties make advances in local elections in England and Wales.

Bradford gives BNP a rare boost
The British National Party wins seats in Bradford and Epping Forest but overall fail to add to their national total of councillors.