Minority parties: Several parties and individuals emerged from the British election as also-rans.
The Green Party failed to win any seats - despite earlier hopes of a breakthrough in the Brighton Pavilion constituency. They did however increase their share of the vote.
Robert Kilroy-Silk, of the newly-formed Veritas Party, was defeated in the Derbyshire constituency of Erewash, which went to Labour..
Mr Kilroy-Silk came fourth with nearly 3,000 votes, a 5.85 per cent share. He may take heart from the fact that he still got more than three times as many votes as his former party Ukip, the right-wing, anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party.
Its candidate, Geoffrey Kingscott, took 941 votes, behind British National Party candidate Sadie Graham with 1,319 votes.
Ukip polled 611,423 votes, a 2.35 per cent share overall, but that did not translate into any seats for the party.
The BNP increased its share of the vote, polling 191,469, but was also left without a seat.
One of the most interesting results was Labour rebel Peter Law's win in the Welsh constituency of Blaenau Gwent, where he was standing as an Independent.
He quit Labour last month in protest at all-women shortlists, and today overturned the party's majority of almost 20,000, securing his own majority of 9,121.
Mr Law polled 20,505 votes (58.17 per cent), crushing Labour, which only managed 11,384 (32.29 per cent).
Dr Richard Taylor, who stood for re-election on an Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern ticket, held on to his seat in Wyre Forest with 18,739 votes.