Euro elections – previewing the election in the North West

In our final regional preview for this week’s European Parliament elections, the Democratic Audit team look at the North West of England, a large region that elects eight MEPs. In 2009 the opposition Conservatives won the highest number of votes here and three seats, and the far right British National Party also won an MEP. This year the big movements are likely to prove to be a recovered Labour Party vote and a surge from UKIP, who both seem well-placed to win additional seats.