Euro Elections – previewing the contest in the East Midlands

Continuing our series on how the European Parliament election will play out at regional level on May 22nd, the Democratic Audit team consider the East Midlands, which will elect five MEPs on polling day. Voters in the region will face interesting choices with the Conservatives, Labour and UKIP all competing strongly to win two MEPs each (only two of whom can succeed), while the Liberal Democrats will struggle to retain their existing long-standing seat.