UKIP leader resigns after ''disastrous'' UK poll result
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.
Leader of anti-EU UKIP Party quits after election failure
"I am standing down today as the leader of UKIP with immediate effect. This will allow the party to have a new leader in place by the conference in September," Nuttall said.