UKIP leader resigns after 'disastrous' UK poll result

The leader of a right-wing political party in the UK that had Brexit at the heart of its manifesto announced on Friday that he would be resigning following the party's plummeting support in the June 8

General Election.

Paul Nuttall said the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which for years had been the main proponent of the country leaving the EU, had been a victim of its own success, Efe news reported.

After UKIP failed to gain a single seat in Westminster, and with Nuttall coming third in Boston and Skegness, he opted to leave his position, saying: "A new era must begin with a new leader."

UKIP lost its only seat in Parliament in Thursday's General Election and saw support for it drop to 1.8 percent — compared to the 12.6 percent in the 2015 election.