Labour claim Farage will come third in South Thanet

A Labour source has told PA that according to their own calculations Nigel Farage could come third in South Thanet.

He said: “On the boxes that have been opened, that’s how it appears to us. The ward is Cliftonville East, which is a strong Tory ward that we haven’t held for 30 years.

“We would expect Ukip to do well. The boxes, from what we have seen, are showing the Tories comfortably in the lead and Ukip behind that and Labour closely behind that.

“We shouldn’t be competitive with Ukip in that ward. It’s only one ward but we feel that Ukip are not going to win.”

Mr Farage himself is feeling positive.