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European Election 2004

In June millions of people across Europe will be heading to the polls to vote for their future MEPs.

For elections to the European Parliament Britain is split into 12 regions, each with a regional returning officer. Poole falls into the South West region which also includes Gibraltar after the people of Gibraltar asked to be part of the South West region of Britain following a case in the European Court which held that they should have the right to vote in European Elections.

The South West region will return seven MEPs to the European Parliament.

Nominations have now closed to stand as a party/candidate in the Election.

The ballot paper for the South West region will contain eight parties and 55 candidates.

Paul Morris, Returning Officer for the Borough of Poole, has been appointed the Regional Returning Officer for the South West Region. It means Poole will be the hub of the South West Region for the purposes of the election.

On June 10 the people of Poole and 45 other Local Authorities which make up the South West region will cast their votes between 7am and 10pm. The votes will be verified in each area immediately after the polls close and kept secure. The actual count will not be done until the evening of June 13 when voting finishes in the rest of Europe.

Results for each authority will be announced at 9pm with the results for the whole region being fed into and calculated at Poole Civic Centre where the allocation of seats is expected around 10pm depending upon re-counts.

Notes:

The parties/candidates are:

Anthony Robert North
Michaela Beryl Mackenzie
Barry John Sinclair Bennett
Edward Peter Mullins
Robert Anthony Baggs
Bruce Jeremy Cowd
Frederick William Paynter

Neil Quentin Gordon Parish
Caroline Frances Jackson
Giles Bryan Chichester
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham
Alexander Daniel Alan Stockton
Jack Lopresti
Julie McCulloch Girling

Christopher Philip Thomas-Everard
Brian Crawford
Diana Mary Scott
Ranulph Fiennes
Archibald John Montgomery
John Anthony Yewdall

David Ronald Moore Taylor
Emily Rachel McIvor
Carol Jill Kambites
Anthony John Bown
Lyana Patricia Mary Armstrong-Emery
Katharine Chant
Paul Anthony Edwards

James Glyn Ford
Bernadette Isobel Hartley
Ian James White
Clare Miranda Moody
Keir Singh Dhillon
Julie Watts
David Kevin Righton Roberts

Graham Robert Watson
Anthony Cleland Welch
Kay Barnard
Simon Peter Green
Christine Ruth Coleman
Katherine Frances Hall
Alistair Ronald Cameron

Paulette Ann North
Sami Velioglu
Hannah Louise Packham
Ann Elizabeth Thomas
John Martin Bampfylde
Bernard Edward Parkes
Anthony Nicholas Staunton

Graham Harry Booth
Roger Maurice Knapman
Bernard Trevor Coleman
Elizabeth Mary Burton
Matthew John Jackson
Michael Patrick Faulkner
Andrew Stephen Reed

Paul Morris, Regional Returning Officer, Borough of Poole, Tel: 01202 633 028 or Rachael Mills, Public Relations Officer (Media), Borough of Poole, Tel: 01202 633 295