British UKIP politician Steven Woolfe has bleeding on the brain - party colleague

Steven Woolfe of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) smiles as votes are counted for the EU referendum, in Manchester, Britain June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Yates/Files

LONDON (Reuters) - Steven Woolfe, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Britain's UKIP party, is suffering from bleeding on the brain following an altercation at a meeting of UKIP MEPs, fellow UKIP politician Neil Hamilton told the BBC. "He's been carted off to hospital with bleeding on the brain, as I understand it," Hamilton said. (Reporting by Michael Holden, writing by Estelle Shirbon; editing by Stephen Addison)