A list of candidates has been announced for the European Parliamentary elections which are set to go ahead on Thursday 23 May, unless a deal on Brexit is concluded before then.
The European Parliamentary elections are run on a proportional representation system.
We will be electing six MEPs to represent Yorkshire & The Humber. You will have one vote which you give to one of the parties standing. Each party lists up to six candidates in order, seats are allocated according to the percentage of the vote that each party gets. We currently have two Ukip, two Conservative and two Labour MEPs.
To vote you must be registered on the electoral roll. The deadline for registration for the European election is Tuesday 6 May 2019 (the deadline for registering for the Leeds City Council election on 2 May has already passed). To register, go to www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. If you are an EU national you can choose to vote here in the UK or in your “home” country.
The full list of candidates is:
Change UK – The Independent Group
Diana Paulette Wallis
Juliet Lodge
Sophia Bow
Joshua Paul Malkin
Rosanne Clare McMullen
Steven Wilson
Conservative and Unionist Party
John Michael Procter
Amjad Bashir
Michael James Naughton
Andrew Lee
Matthew Graham Freckleton
Sue Pascoe
English Democrats
David Stewart Allen
Tony Stewart Allen
Joanne Allen
Fiona Allen
Green Party
Magid Magid
Alison Clare Teal
Andrew Varah Cooper
Louise Houghton
Lars Martin Kramm
Ann Christine Forsaith
Labour Party
Richard Graham Corbett
Eloise Karen Todd
Mohammed Jawad Afzal Khan
Jayne Marie Allport
Martin Trevor Mayer
Alison Louise Hume
Liberal Democrats
Shaffaq Mohammed
Rosina Jane Robson
James Christopher Blanchard
Sophie Jane Thornton
James Douglas Baker
Ruth Christine Coleman-Taylor
The Brexit Party
John Longworth
Lucy Elizabeth Harris
Jake Pugh
James Rupert Heartfield
Andrew Allison
Christopher Barker
The Yorkshire Party
Chris Whitwood
Mike Jordan
Jack Carrington
Laura Marie Walker
Bob Buxton
Dan Cochran
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Mike Hookem
Gary Colin Shores
John Robert Hancock
David Alan Dews
Graham Boyd Waddicar
Clifford Parson
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