In September 2006 , Farage became the UKIP Leader and led the party through the 2009 European Parliament Election when it received the second highest share of the popular vote , defeating Labor and the Liberal Democrats with over two million votes .
In September 2006 , he was elected to become the UKIP leader and was party leader during the 2009 European Parliament election where UKIP received the second highest number of votes after the Conservative Party .