Nigel Farage's Brexit Party gained a huge result on Sunday night as the votes were announced in the EU elections 2019.

Devon and Cornwall fall within the European electoral area of South West England, which includes Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Bristol, Gloucestershire and Gibraltar.

Six MEPs will represent our region on a proportional representation system, which saw voters choose one party each at the polls on Thursday May 23. Each party then win a number of seats based on the proportion of votes their party receives.

Votes were verified following the election on Thursday, and were then counted yesterday (Sunday).

Only 40.51 per cent of people registered to vote actually voted - up from 37 per cent in 2014. The highest turnout in the region was on the Isles of Scilly, where more than 55 per cent of eligible voters had their say.

Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe was voted in for the South West, representing the Brexit Party.

The six MEPs who have represented the South West since the last European election in 2014 are William (Earl of) Dartmouth (independent), Ashley Fox (Conservative), Julia Reid (independent), Julie Girling (independent). Clare Moody (Labour) and Molly Scott Cato (Green). Only three - Ashley Fox, Clare Moody and Molly Scott Cato - stood at the 2019 elections.

The election marked the end of Theresa May's reign as Prime Minister. Within 12 hours of the polls closing, she had announced she would be stepping down from Number 10 on June 7, sparking a fierce leadership campaign in the Tory Party.

This is the full list of current candidates in the South West England region for the European Parliament elections on May 23:

Change UK - Rachel Johnson, Jim Godfrey, Oliver Middleton, Matthew Hooberman, Elizabeth-Ann Sewell, Crispin Hunt.

- Rachel Johnson, Jim Godfrey, Oliver Middleton, Matthew Hooberman, Elizabeth-Ann Sewell, Crispin Hunt. Conservative - Ashley Fox, James Mustoe, Faye Purbrick, Claire Hiscott, James Taghdissian, Emmeline Owens

- Ashley Fox, James Mustoe, Faye Purbrick, Claire Hiscott, James Taghdissian, Emmeline Owens English Democrat - Jenny Knight, Michael Blundell

- Jenny Knight, Michael Blundell Green - Molly Scott Cato, Cleo Lake, Carla Denyer, Tom Scott, Martin Dimery, Karen La Borde

- Molly Scott Cato, Cleo Lake, Carla Denyer, Tom Scott, Martin Dimery, Karen La Borde Labour - Clare Moody, Andrew Adonis, Jayne Kirkham, Neil Guild, Yvonne Atkinson, Sadik Al-Hassan

- Clare Moody, Andrew Adonis, Jayne Kirkham, Neil Guild, Yvonne Atkinson, Sadik Al-Hassan Liberal Democrat - Caroline Voaden, Martin Horwood, Stephen Williams, Eleanor Rylance, David Chalmers, Luke Stagnetto

- Caroline Voaden, Martin Horwood, Stephen Williams, Eleanor Rylance, David Chalmers, Luke Stagnetto Brexit Party - Ann Widdecombe, James Glancy, Christina Jordan, Ann Tarr, Roger Lane-Nott, Nicola Darke

- Ann Widdecombe, James Glancy, Christina Jordan, Ann Tarr, Roger Lane-Nott, Nicola Darke UKIP - Lawrence Webb, Carl Benjamin, Anthony McIntyre, Lester Taylor, Stephen Lee, Alison Sheridan

- Lawrence Webb, Carl Benjamin, Anthony McIntyre, Lester Taylor, Stephen Lee, Alison Sheridan Independent - Larch Maxey

- Larch Maxey Independent - Mothiur Rahman

- Mothiur Rahman Independent - Neville Seed

Delcarations were made from 10pm onwards last night. You will find the full updates, results and reactions from throughout last night and today in our live blog below.