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Judith Addison · 24-05-2013, 08:48

The European Parliamentary Election is held every five years and is due in 2014. Usually it is held on the 1st or 2nd Thursday in June in the UK, though most of the other countries vote on the Sunday following. In 2014 it is likely that throughout the UK, local Borough Council Elections will be combined with the European Parliamentary Election and that the date for both will be Thursday 22nd May. When we first started electing members to the European Parliament we voted for a constituency MEP. Hyndburn was first of all in Lancashire East and then in Lancashire South. The system was changed a number of years ago. We now elect a group of MEPS (I think 9 or 10) to represent the whole of the North-West. If you can remember previous occasions, you get a ballot paper that looks more like a piece of toilet roll, with all the parties printed on. You vote for a party, not a person. Each party will have a list of candidates corresponding to the number of vacancies and will rank them in numerical order. So for example, if Labour won 4 seats, the top 4 candidates on their list would become MEPS. I'll try to find a link and post again.

24-05-2013, 08:48	#55
Judith Addison Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oswaldtwistle Posts: 175 Liked: 58 times Rep Power: 1064	Re: What can/can't the Mayor do for Accrington The European Parliamentary Election is held every five years and is due in 2014. Usually it is held on the 1st or 2nd Thursday in June in the UK, though most of the other countries vote on the Sunday following. In 2014 it is likely that throughout the UK, local Borough Council Elections will be combined with the European Parliamentary Election and that the date for both will be Thursday 22nd May. When we first started electing members to the European Parliament we voted for a constituency MEP. Hyndburn was first of all in Lancashire East and then in Lancashire South. The system was changed a number of years ago. We now elect a group of MEPS (I think 9 or 10) to represent the whole of the North-West. If you can remember previous occasions, you get a ballot paper that looks more like a piece of toilet roll, with all the parties printed on. You vote for a party, not a person. Each party will have a list of candidates corresponding to the number of vacancies and will rank them in numerical order. So for example, if Labour won 4 seats, the top 4 candidates on their list would become MEPS. I'll try to find a link and post again.