European (South West Region)
Every 5 years voters across the whole country elect Members of the European Parliament by going to the polling station and voting for them
The United Kingdom has been split into 12 electoral regions and each region has a number of seats allocated to it. Torridge District Council is within the South West Region and we have 6 seats.
How do People get elected?
The number of votes for each Political Party and Individual Candidates is added up across the Region by the Regional Returning Officer who then works out the number of seats each Party should get and whether any Individual Candidate is elected.
The way this is worked out is called the d'Hondt method (named after its Belgian inventor). It is the most widely used system of proportional representation in the world.
The number of valid votes cast for each Party and Individual Candidate is divided by the number of seats allocated + 1.
The party with the highest number of regional valid votes gains the first seat their total is then divided by 2 (1 seat allocated +1). This is then repeated for the remaining regional seats.
The next European elections will be held in May/June 2019.
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European Election Results 22 May 2014
On 22 May 2014 the European Election was held. Attached are the results for the Torridge Counting Area and the South West Results
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European Election Results - 4 June 2009
On 4 June 2009 European and County elections were held. The results of the European element of that election are listed below
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European Election Results 10th June 2004
On 10 June 2004 European elections were held. The results of the European election for the Torridge District are listed below.
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European Election Results - 10th June, 1999
European Parliamentary Election - South West Region - 10th June, 1999