Your Guide to Today's European Elections

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Polling stations across borough open till 10pm tonight

Today, 23 May is your opportunity to take part in the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections.

There are over 80 candidates running to become one of the London region’s eight MEPs, and the full list of who is running can be found here.

They belong to the following parties:

• Animal Welfare Party
• Change UK – The Independent Group
• Conservative and Unionist Party
• Green Party
• Labour Party
• Liberal Democrats
• The Brexit Party
• UK European Union Party (UKEUP)
• UK Independence Party (UKIP)
• Women’s Equality Party
• Independent candidates

At the polling station, you will be given a long ballot paper listing all the parties putting up candidates in your region and candidates' names, as well as any independents standing.

To vote for a party or individual, put a cross inside the box next to their name. You are only allowed to choose one party or individual to vote for.

Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm. If you don't know the location of your local station find out here.

In the European Election, which takes place every five years in European Union countries, MEPs are elected in order as listed by their party, based on the parties' total share of the vote in each region.

In the nine English regions, Wales and Scotland, the number of MEPs is calculated using a form of proportional representation known as the D'Hondt formula, a complex system devised by Belgian mathematician and lawyer Victor D'Hondt in the late 19th Century.

You can see more about the voting system here.

Counting is also on a country-by-country basis, but the results are kept secret until all voting is finished. They will be announced from 10pm on Sunday 26 May.

Find out more at Your Vote Matters.

 

May 23, 2019