Nationwide, the Greens gained more than 1,223,000 votes. Photograph: Green Party

The Green Party has shown increasing popularity in London at this EU election.

While Labour suffered its worst post-war election result as it received just 15.3 percent of the vote, Greens received 10.9 percent of London votes. This was an increase of 2.5 percent only in the capital, where 190,500 people voted for the party.

London MEP Jean Lambert successfully defended her London seat as she was re-elected for her third term in the European Parliament.

“I try to connect London and the Parliament. If I'm talking about working time, I raise issues constituents have raised. If I'm working on a report, I will try to visit relevant organisations in London,” Ms Lambert said. “You can only make a difference if you make the links and push for change.”

In Lewisham, the Greens (17.8 percent, up 5.2 percent since 2004) polled close behind Labour (26.3 percent, down 6.4 percent).

Greens have upped the number of people voting for them, but remained with just two MEPs, because none of the regional results were sufficient to actually increase their number of MEPs.

Despite the Greens’ leader Caroline Lucas’s disappointment that the party did not win more than two seats in the European Parliament, it had the highest popularity raise among voters.

Nationwide, the Greens gained more than 1.2 million votes – most at the expense of Labour and the LibDems. They polled ahead of the second placed Tories by 10 percent, and received more than double the number of votes cast for Labour, who came in third.