Anthea McIntyre, who lives at Walford, near Ross-on-Wye has held on to her seat in the European Parliament, representing the Conservatives.

Ms McIntyre was pleased that she kept a West Midlands seat, in an election she did not expect to contest.

However, the big winner was the Brexit Party who took more than a third of the votes in the West Midlands’ European Parliament election.

The party took 38% of the vote in the region and will have three MEPs, while Labour, the Conservatives, Greens and Liberal Democrats each have one.

New MEPs include an ex-football club chairman, Rupert Lowe, and a former lads’ mag editor.

UKIP, which won three seats in the 2014 European Parliament elections, now has no West Midlands MEPs, while Labour and the Conservatives each lost one.The results are as follows, Rupert Lowe - Brexit PartyMartin Dabney - Brexit PartyAndrew Kerr - Brexit PartyNina Gill - LabourPhil Bennion - Lib DemEllie Chowns - GreenAnthea McIntyre - Conservative