LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Independence Party won a seat in the British Parliament for the first time on Friday, a significant breakthrough for the anti-immigration force and a protest vote against the country’s mainstream parties.
The party also posted a strong — and unexpected — showing in another special election held in Heywood and Middleton in northern England.
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