Nigel Farage is obviously feeling the pressure before his career-defining count tonight.

After mocking the editors of The Sun and the Daily Mail for predicting Ukip would split the Conservative vote, he walked off halfway through an interview with ITV News.

The party finished in second place in the first three results of the night - all in the north east, beating the Conservatives.

Asked for his reaction to the early results, Mr Farage said: "I want to congratulate the editors of The Sun and the Daily Mail, they're geniuses, they said the Ukip vote would split the Tory vote. God help us".