LONDON - Britain has elected its first extreme-right politician to the European Parliament.
Results announced Sunday in voting for the European Parliament showed the British National Party has won a seat in northern England's Yorkshire and the Humber district.
The far-right party, which does not accept nonwhites as members, was expected to possibly win further seats when other results in Britain were announced.
MPs with Britain's major political parties said the far right's advance was a reflection of anger over immigration issues and the recession that is causing unemployment to soar.
Britain, with 60.4 million people, has 72 seats in the 736-seat European parliment.
