UKIP’s vote surges in a by-election battle amid fury at the Brexit deadlock

UKIP saw their vote surge in a by-election battle amid fury at the Brexit deadlock.

Neil Hamilton – the ex-Tory MP turned Ukip’s Wales leader – came third in the Newport West by-election after his vote share shot up from just over 2 per cent to 8.6 per cent.

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Ruth Jones held on to the seat for Labour after the death of Paul Flynn, but both Labour and the second-placed Tories saw their vote share drop sharply, to 39.6 per cent and 31.3 per cent respectively.

The Welsh constituency is a Labour stronghold and backed Leave in the Brexit referendum.

But voter turnout plummeted from 67.5 per cent to a paltry 37 per cent maid anger at the failure of MPs to get on and deliver Brexit.

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