Cast your vote today for the European Parliamentary election

Today (Thursday 23 May) is polling day for the elections of European Parliament.

73 members of European Parliament (MEPs) will be elected by the UK, with eight MEPs in the north west constituency. The European parliament is made up of 751 MEPs elected by the 28 member states of the EU. 

61 candidates are standing in the north west and can be viewed at:

• whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/europarl.uk-north-west.2019-05-23/north-west/

The European Parliamentary Elections are run using a form of proportional representation.

Voters have one vote only, and this can be cast for either a political party or an individual candidate. Each party puts forward a list of candidates for the North West and the allocation of the eight MEP positions will depend on the overall share of the vote that a party or individual candidate receives in the region.

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 candidates. The north west region covers Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

Polling stations in the UK are open until 10pm.

The North West European Elections count and declaration will take place in Manchester on Sunday 26 May, after polls close across Europe.

The results will be announced once all EU nations have voted.

Not sure where to vote? Find your local polling station thanks to Democracy Club's polling station finder: