In Tamworth, Labour won three seats, with an independent winning another.

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In Britain, the UK Independence Party, which wants Britain to leave the EU, won three seats at the last election to the European Parliament in 1999, and is expected to have gained seats this time (official results are due on Sunday).

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The Liberal Democrats won 12 seats, while Labour won three and its "sister party" Labour and Cooperative won two.

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Labour has won three of Scotland's European Parliament seats with the SNP close behind and the Tories returning MEPs for the first time in 10 years.

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And one independent group which expects to win most of their contests are the Devizes Guardians - they won three of the town's four seats last time.

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Republicans won at least 226 seats, up at least three from the 223 they had going into the election.

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Two new parties performed particularly well: Bright Future, which won six seats, and the Pirate party, with three.

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Netanyahu's Likud Beitenu won 31 Knesset seats in the Israel election, according to three TV exit polls, gaining the most as expected.

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Labour won 11 seats, the Lib Dems six and UK Independence Party (UKIP) three and independents one.

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