European elections: Conservatives will win 'zero seats' in EU elections wipeout, Brexiteer Tory MEP predicts

The Conservatives are facing an unprecedented “wipeout” in this week’s European elections and could end up with “zero” seats, one of the party’s most senior MEPs has predicted.

After polls closed on Thursday Daniel Hannan, a leading Brexiteer who once led the Tories group in the European Parliament, said his party would pay a price for its failure to deliver Brexit.

“Thank you to everyone who voted for the Conservatives today. My sense, for what it’s worth, is that we are facing a total wipeout – zero MEPs. I just hope our next leader can get Brexit over the line,” he said.

Polls suggest the Tories are heading for their worst national election result in history, and could be reduced to a vote share of single figures.

Though votes were cast in the UK on Thursday, the final results will not be released until after 10pm on Sunday night, when polls have closed in all 28 EU member states.

Most of the Tories' voters are expected to go to the Brexit Party, Nigel Farge's new outfit – which looks set to romp to victory.

The current record low result for the Tories was the previous 2014 EU elections, in which they won just 23.1 per cent.

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