Are you going to vote in the Euro elections?

[Macaroonmayhem]

I’m working in a polling station and am wondering how busy it will be. Usually it’s the quietest of all the elections (in my little polling place, General/Scottish are the busiest, then local, then Euros). I feel I may need more books and food to keep me entertained this time. It’s a very long day!!!

@DippyAvocado, yes I registered online back in November when we moved in but, when we hadn’t received polling card, I queried with the county council and they said they hadn’t received anything. It’s too late for the forthcoming election but I definitely did it the first time and then again when they said they hadn’t received it - and I’ve also received letters saying we had been removed from the electoral register for our old area (completely different part of the country) back in December. I’m now concerned that they won’t have dealt with it in time for the Euro elections - if we have to participate in them!!

I’ll be voting. I want to remain in the EU, so will be voting for either LDs, Greens or Change.

I’ve already signed up to the remainvoter website, so hoping they will tell me who to vote for out of those 3 as I’m currently undecided.

I’m in the south east.

Yes voting!
Who are you all voting for and why???

It’s too late for the forthcoming election

No, it's not too late to register in time for the European elections. Cut off date to register is 7 May. Too late now for the local elections in parts of England.

Register online.

Register to vote

Why anyone approves of voting for some unknown chancer who disappears off to Brussels and earns £100,000 a year for rubber stamping EU edicts is beyond me.

Fortunately Nigel Farage isn't standing in my area

I’m in Scotland I’ll be voting SNP as they represent remain - I’ve never voted SNP before but as labour won’t stand behind a PV I can’t vote for them.

Absolutely, particularly since I couldn't vote in the fucking referendum despite being massively affected by fucking Brexit.

We have local and EU elections in our area.
Will vote in both.
Labour normally win the locals, sometimes Lib Dems. Voting for anyone else is pointless.

Brexit Party for the EU elections.

Yes, definitely. Always vote Green in euro elections, transferable vote.

Will be voting for sure, please can anyone link to the tactical voting website?

I’m voting in my country of residence since I’m no longer allowed to vote in the UK. Another one who was excluded from voting in the fucking stupid referendum which massively affects my life and my career.

Nope. I go on holiday on Saturday and won't get the my voting card in time. I would if I could though.

www.remainvoter.com

Here's the link to sign up with your postcode to help get remainers elected.

Come on UK - we can do this!

Had decided to grit my teeth and vote Lib this week to help ensure Tory out but some swine put a Lib flyer through my door at ten to six on Monday morning, waking my screamy yappy dog into an emergency shouting fit, thus waking several neighbours. And me. So Vince Cable can whistle.

Don't patronise me and tell me to vote as if I don't understand what the suffragettes went through.

I live in one of the safest seats in the country, with normally a fairly high turnout. Nothing I do is going to change that. Solid local council seats as well - and I know several of them personally since I've lived here such a long time. They are all utter arseholes.

I live in one of the safest seats in the country, with normally a fairly high turnout. Nothing I do is going to change that.

European elections are a form of proportional representation so your vote does count.
If you feel strongly about not voting you should spoil your ballot paper as the number of spoilt papers is counted and it registers your dissatisfaction with the system.

I live in one of the safest seats in the country

The Euro elections are not done by constituencies, you vote by region (e.g. London, South East, South West, etc). Whether or not you're in a safe seat is irrelevant.

It is interesting that a few people on here don't seem to understand the Proportional Representation system that is used for EU elections.

You only vote for a single party and then the proportions are calculated. After the 1st MEP is elected, then that parties vote is divided by 2 and then the person with the next highest number is elected, continuing until the necessary number of MEPs has been selected.

The constituencies are much bigger than for WM elections: the whole of Scotland for example, and the whole(?) of London.

Continuing those examples, Scotland has 6 MEPs and London has 10 (I think). They are elected according to the d'Hondt system which in theory ensures that the seats are allocated proportionally (although the parties receiving the smallest percentages may not count). I think the North East is one of the smallest regions, returning only 3 MEPs.

There is no such thing as a "safe" seat.

Scotland last time returned 2 SNP, 2 Labour, 1 Conservative and unfortunately 1 odious and execrable UKIP MEP (the 1st ever and still the only elected UKIP representative at any level in Scotland) - who replaced the longstanding LibDem MEP It was a relatively close call between a 3rd SNP MEP and a Green MEP. This time round they are projecting 3 SNP, 1 Labour, 1 Green and a 4 way tie for the 6th MEP amongst a 4th SNP candidate, a Conservative, a Brexit party and I can't remember if it was Labour or Green.

Yes, I haven't taken the EU elections seriously enough in the past.

This will be the first election in my life that i haven't voted for labour. I am going to vote for Change UK - The Independent Group, though there are seven candidates for my region (Eastern) and I don't know one from the other.

My area voted leave (about 75% I think) and my MP is Liz Truss so I always feel that my vote doesn't mean anything, but I go and do it anyway as it is the only thing I can do to register how I feel.

Thank you, just read the posts above mine. Good to know the EU elections are by proportional representation, I somehow hadn't realised that.

FFS I know the Euro elections are regional. I still couldn't give a shit. This region is stuffed with bloody Tories all lining their pockets by selling inherited land to property developers for multi-millions and I'm more concerned about that than I am about some pathetic quango in Brussels.

For the record - for those that are interested - there is not a single EU constituency in the UK that is all UKIP and/or Conservative. So your vote does count - it's not all "safe Conservative" wherever you are.

I'll vote, but I haven't had my card in the post yet and I don't know who is running for election so can't read up and pick someone.

Troels
THe link up thread lets you look it up
as the polling card does not have the candidates names

potato
Do you think the tories will do more or less of that without the extra transparency and oversight of the EU?
Why do you think so many rich Tories want to leave the EU?