THE EUROPEAN election results, announced late last night, show a comfortable Conservative win at the expense of Labour.

Nationally, Labour has had its worst election since the Second World War, coming third behind the Conservatives and UKIP, with just a 15 per cent share of the vote.

In London, Labour came second, losing one seat.

This takes the party to two seats, with the Conservatives unchanged on three seats.

One seat each was won by the Liberal Democrats, The Green Party and UKIP.

The Conservatives won 479,000 votes, the Labour Party was second with 372,000, and the Liberal Democrats third on 240,000.

The Green Party was third with 190,000 votes, while UKIP polled at 188,440 and the British National Party sixth with 86,000.

Turnout was 34 per cent across London, with a 1,700,000 votes cast out of an electorate of 5 million.

The elections took place on Thursday, with all 75 UK MEPs facing re-election. Eight of these MEPs represent London, the number having been reduced from nine as a result of the expansion of the EU.

The vote result could not be announced before today because voting had not finished in other countries in Europe.

Voting took place in the 25 member states from June 4 to 7.