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Ukip has won its first seats on the London Assembly in more than a decade.

Two members will now sit on the body that scrutinises the Mayor of London, along with 12 from Labour, eight from the Conservatives, two Greens and one Liberal Democrat.

It came as Sadiq Khan made history by roaring to victory in the mayoral race, turning the capital red for the first time in eight years.

The results means the body tasked with holding a Labour mayor to account comprises nearly 50 per cent Labour members.

London Assembly constituency members were announced at various count centres across the capital over the course of the day.

But the London-wide members, selected from a "top-up" list that makes the election a form of proportional representation, were announced in the chamber at City Hall as journalists and supporters waited for the delayed declaration of the next London mayor.

To cheers the returning officer revealed the Labour Party received by far the most votes in the London-wide ballot - more one million.

The Conservatives won just above 750,000, returning three London-wide candidates - two of whom were not present for the count.

The full breakdown of results from the London Assembly elections Animal Welfare Party 25,810 Britain First 39,071 BNP 15,833 Lib Dems 165,580 Christian People's Alliance 27,172 Conservatives 764,230 Green 207,959 Labour 1,054,801 Respect 41,324 The House Party 11,055 Ukip 171,069 Woman's Equality Party 91,772

The Greens had the third largest share of the vote with 208,000. Ukip received around 171,000 votes while the Lib Dems got about 165,000.

Ukip's David Kurten, one of the party's two London Assembly members, said: "This is my first time being elected. I want to thank the voters who voted for me, who put their trust in Ukip. It's a big thing."

He said housing and immigration were linked and posed the biggest challenges for London, before also adding he would use the platform to make the case for Brexit.

"A lot of people have voted Ukip, and a lot of them want us to leave the European Union. We will be a voice for those people."

Sian Berry, who was also expected to come third in the Mayoral contest, is one of the party's two new members in City Hall.

Earlier she told the Evening Standard her party's strong showing in the election demonstrated the value of "positive" campaigning.

She said: "It's great news. Our positive campaign has resonated with people.

"We're now solidly the third party in London."

London Assembly members The London-wide members Fiona Ruth Twycross (Labour) Tom Phillip Copley (Labour) Nicky Gavron (Labour) Kemi Badenoch (Conservative) Andrew Boff (Conservative) Shaun Bailey (Conservative) Caroline Russell (Green) Sian Rebecca Berry (Green) David Michael Kurten (Ukip) Peter Robin Whittle (Ukip) Caroline Valerie Pidgeon (Liberal Democrats) Constituency members Barnet and Camden: Andrew Hartley Dismore (Labour) Bexley and Bromley: Gareth Andrew Bacon (Conservative) Brent and Harrow: Navin Shah (Labour) City and East: Unmesh Desai (Labour) Croydon and Sutton: Stephen John O'Connell (Conservative) Ealing and Hillingdon: Onkar Singh Sahota (Labour) Enfield and Haringey: Joanne McCartney (Labour) Greenwich and Lewisham: Len Duvall (Labour) Havering and Redbridge: Keith Anthony Prince (Conservative) Lambeth and Southwark: Florence Eshalomi (Labour) Merton and Wandsworth: Leonie Alison Cooper (Labour) North East: Jennette Arnold (Labour) South West: Tony Arbour (Conservative) West Central: Tony Devenish (Conservative)

The last time Ukip won seats in the London Assembly elections was 12 years ago - but the two candidates later defected.

The Women's Equality Party, founded only a year ago by Sandi Toksvig and Catherine Mayer, claimed nearly 100,000 votes in the London-wide Assembly, putting them fifth place out of 12 on that ballot.