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European Parliamentary Election
Thursday, 4th June 2009
European Parliamentary elections take place every five years. Elections are held in all 27 member states between 4–7 June 2009. Voting in the UK will take place on Thursday 4 June 2009, and the result of the election will be announced after 9pm on Sunday 7 June 2009.

Elections to the European Parliament are run on a regional basis, and for this the UK is divided into 12 regions. Each region elects a number of Members to the European Parliament (MEPs), the number of MEPs allocated to a region is dependent on the number of voters in the region. The North East Region will be electing 3 MEP’s in June.

Dave Smith, Chief Executive of Sunderland City Council is the Regional Returning Officer for the North East region, and is responsible for the overall management of the election across the region. The Local Returning Officer for each local authority is responsible for the day to day running of the election in their own area. If you have any queries regarding voting please contact your local elections office, contact details can be found at Image: External Linkwww.aboutmyvote.co.uk

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Notices and Documents

The following local authorities make up the North East Electoral Region

Darlington Borough Council Northumberland County Council
Durham County Council North Tyneside Council
Gateshead Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Hartlepool Borough Council South Tyneside Council
Middlesbrough Council Stockton on Tees Borough Council
Newcastle City Council Sunderland City Council

All Local Returning Officers in the region will conduct their own counting of votes on Sunday 7 June and will send the results after 9.00pm to the Regional Returning Officer who will calculate the result using the D’Hondt system, a form of proportional representation. The Regional Returning Officer will then allocate the 3 seats to the European Parliament and announce the result for the North East Region.

Over the next few weeks the notice of election, the statement of parties and individual candidates nominated and the result will be published on this website.

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last updated 09/06/09