Hampshire Euro MP Nigel Farage has been injured in a light plane crash, police sources said.

Ukip's Mr Farage was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries following the crash at Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield, near Brackley in Northamptonshire.

The plane went down just after 8am, also injuring the pilot, who was taken to Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry.

Mr Farage, Ukip's candidate for Buckingham, was taken to Horton General Hospital in Banbury. He was later transferred to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

The wreckage of the blue and red aircraft is lying upside down in a field with the cockpit crushed.

The plane's registration is G-BWDF and according to the Civil Aviation Authority the owner is Sky Banners in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

It is a PZL-104 Wilga 35A, a Polish fixed-wing landplane.

A spokeswoman for Ukip confirmed Mr Farage was involved in the accident and said: "He's going to be fine."

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: "Just after 8am a light aircraft came down at Hinton in the Hedges airfield near Brackley in Northamptonshire.

"Two people were on board the aircraft, pilot and passenger, and both suffered what are believed to be minor injuries."

Mr Farage was in the skies towing a banner with the slogan "Vote for your country - Vote Ukip".

The plane was due to fly over the counties of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire.

The crash is being investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch supported by Northamptonshire Police.