Five million can vote in Euro elections

MORE than five million people across the North West will be able to vote in the European elections on Thursday (June 4).
Some 5,206,809 registered voters in 39 local authorities – including Warrington – will have the opportunity to cast votes to select the region’s eight Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).
Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm and anyone who has registered for a postal vote must ensure that it reaches the returning officer for their area by Thursday.
Counting will take place on Sunday June 7 and results will be announced on the evening of that day or the early hours of Monday June 8, depending on how long the process takes.
Voting takes place using a proportional representation system which allocates seats in the European Parliament to parties and independents in approximate proportion to the number of votes cast.
Unlike in Local or General Elections, electors are casting their vote for a party rather than an individual candidate – except in the case of independents. Each party puts forward a list of up to eight prospective MEPs in the order it wants them to be elected. So, for instance, if a party wins one seat the first person on its list will be elected; if it wins two seats the first two candidates on its list will be elected and so on.
The full list of candidates is as follows:
British National Party: Nick Griffin, Martin Wingfield, Steven Greenhalgh, Edward Richard James O’Sullivan, Jean Margaret Purdy, Michael James Elliott, Derek George Adams, Gary James Aronsson.
Christian Party “Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship”: Hans-Christian Raabe, Jill McLachlan, John Desmond Manwell, Maria G. Overend, Clive Winston Morrison, Bob Ralph, Carol Jules, David Lee Martin.
Conservative Party: Rt Hon Sir Robert James Atkins, Sajjad Haider Karim, Jacqueline Foster, Alexander Paul Williams, Gregory Ian Morgan, Anthony David Samuels, Peter John Wilding, Andrew William Large.
English Democrats Party: Robert Edward Abrams, Stephen Morris, Ian Robert Lennox Logan, Derek Francis Grue, Anthony Brian Henry Justice, Maurice Frederick Brookes, Valerie Morris, Kenneth Walters.
Jury Team: Krishnamurty Tayya, Graham Laurence Ross, Carl Glenn Birchall, William Aitken Brotherston, Mary Irene Strickland, Michael George Ernest Hale.
Liberal Democrats: Chris Davies, Helen Maria Foster-Grime, Sue McGuire, Qassim Hussain Afzal, Neil Corlett, Mark Clayton, Stephen Michael Cooke, Peter John Hirst.
No2EU Yes to Democracy: Roger Bannister, Bryan Leslie Skarratts, Craig William Dennison Johnston, Alexander McFadden, Stephen Richard Radford, Lynn Worthington, John Metcalfe, Harry Smith.
Pro Democracy Libertas.eu: Benjamin Caraduc Tallis, Anthony Butcher, Paul John Dabrowa, William James Westall, Liam Hemmings, John Malcolm Humberstone, Michael Brendon O’Reilly.
Socialist Labour Party: Billy Kelly, Stephen Benjamin Whatham, Kai Andersen, Ronald Waugh, Dot Kelly, Lynton Stephen Bennett, Dot Entwistle, Michael Roy Perry.
The Green Party: Peter Andrew Cranie, Maia Whitelegg, Ruth Bergan, Samir Chatterjee, Jillian Barbara Perry, Justine Michelle Hall, Margaret Emily Westbrook, Geoffrey Smith.
The Labour Party: Arlene McCarthy, Brian Simpson, Theresa Griffin, Stephen Frank Carter, Claire Rosemary Reynolds, Riaz Ahmad, Elaine Bowes, Brian Boag.
United Kingdom Independence Party: Paul Nuttall, Michael McManus, Graham Cannon, Nigel Brown, Hilary Jones, Philip Griffiths, Terence Durrance, Lisa Duffy.
Independent: Francis Apaloo.