VOTERS are going to the polls today to elect the region’s eight Members of the European Parliament (MEPs.)
Polling stations opened at 7am this morning and will remain open until 10pm tonight.
MEPs represent the whole of the North West region and so everybody who is eligible to vote in the region will be voting from the same list of parties and individual candidates.
The European Parliamentary Elections are conducted using a form of proportional representation.
Each elector has one vote, which can be cast for a political party or an individual candidate.
The allocation of the eight MEP positions will depend on the overall share of the vote that a party or individual candidate receives across the region.
Counts will take place across the North West on Sunday, May 26, with the overall regional result being declared in Manchester on the night.
Here is the full list of candidates for the North West, shown in party list order:
Change UK
Andrea Cooper
Dan Price
Arun Banerji
Michael Taylor
Philippa Olive
Victoria Desmond
Andrew Graystone
Elisabeth Knight
Conservative
Sajjad Karim
Kevin Beaty
Jane Howard
Arnold Saunders
Wendy Maisey
Thomas Lord
Anthony Pickles
Attika Choudhary
English Democrats
Stephen Morris
Valerie Morris
Green
Gina Dowding
Wendy Olsen
Jessica Northey
Geraldine Coggins
Rosie Mills
Astrid Johnson
Daniel Jerrome
James Booth
Labour
Theresa Griffin
Julie Ward
Wajid Khan
Erica Lewis
David Brennan
Claire Cozler
Saf Ismail
Yvonne Tennant
Liberal Democrats
Chris Davies
Jane Brophy
Helen Foster-Grime
Anna Fryer
Sam Al-Hamdani
Rebecca Forrest
John Studholme
Frederick Van Mierlo
The Brexit Party
Claire Fox
Henrik Overgaard Nielsen
David Bull
Gary Harvey
Ajay Jagota
Elizabeth Babade
Sally Bate
John Kelly
UK European Union Party
Sophie Larroque
UKIP
Adam Richardson
Jeff Armstrong
Fiona Mills
Nathan Ryding
Michael Felse
Ben Fryer
John Booker
Alexander Craig
Independent
Mohmmad Aslam
Tommy Robinson
Joanne Roney OBE, regional returning officer for the European Elections in the North West, said: “There are more than five million eligible electors across the North West in 39 different local authority areas.
"Some have already voted by post. We don’t want anyone who wants to vote to miss out and are keen to ensure that those who are voting in person are aware of polling day arrangements.
“Your poll card will show which polling station you need to vote at, or you can check your local authority website.
"You will only be able to vote in person at this polling station. But you don’t need to have your poll card with you to be able to vote.”
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