European Parliament Elections 2019 Eastern Region MEP Candidate Lists – Correct at 30 April 2019 The Eastern Region elects 7 MEPs, on a party list system, using a proportional voting system known as d’Hondt (after the mathematician who designed it). Electors vote for a single party, not for a candidate. Votes are counted in a series of rounds, and each time the first listed candidate for the winning party is elected. See below. On polling as at 27 April (YouGov) the Eastern Region would elect: 3 Brexit Party 2 Labour 1 Conservative 1 Change UK The asterisked candidates are likely to be elected. The full official list is at https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/media/9233/Statement-of-Parties-and- Individual-Candidates-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-European-Parliamentary-Election-Thursday-23- May-2019/pdf/Statement_of_Parties_and_Individual_Candidates_Nominated.pdf Full list also available on BBC website at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081343 My annotated list is below Sitting MEPs emboldened. Conservative Name UK Party Parliamentary Topics EUP Committee Activity Geoffrey Van Orden* Conservative 4 speeches, 4 Brexit, Security India, Foreign motions Affairs, Security John Flack Conservative 2 oral animal welfare Regional questions development., China Joe Rich Thomas McLaren Joel Charles Wassim Mughal Thomas Smith Labour Alex Mayer* Labour 19 speeches working conditions, Econ & Monetary conflict resolution, Afffairs, US AI, gender relations Chris Vince* Maths teacher and District Councillor Harlow Sharon Taylor Alvin Shum Anna Smith Adam Scott Javeria Hussain Brexit Richard Tice* Chair of Brexit Party. Former co-chair of Leave means Leave. CEO of the asset management group Quidnet Capital LLP, which has around £500 million of property under management. Michael Heaver* Journalist. Founder of Westmonster.com former media handler for Nigel Farage June Mummery* Managing director of Lowestoft fish market auctioneers BFP Eastern Paul Hearn Former (?) international banker Priscilla Huby Sean Lever Edmund Fordham Liberal Democrat Barbara Gibson LibDem Councillor, Hertfordshire CC Lucy Nethsingha Fionna Tod Stephen Robinson Sandy Walkington Marie Goldman Julia Ewart Green Catherine Rowett, South Norfolk Rupert Read Norwich Martin Schmierer Norwich Fiona Radic Peterborough Paul Jeater, Brentwood and Chelmsford Pallavi Devulapalli, King's Lynn and West Norfolk Jeremy Caddick, Cambridge UKIP Stuart John Agnew Paul Oakley Elizabeth Eirwen Jones William Ashpole Alan Graves John Richard Wallace John Whitby Change UK Emma Taylor* Neil Carmichael Bhavna Joshi Michelle de Vries Amanda Gummer Thomas Graham Roger Casale D’Hondt electoral system The d’Hondt system of proportional representation works as follows. All parties are listed in descending order of size. Round 1, the party with the most votes gets the first seat, allocated to the first candidate on their list. That party’s original vote total is then divided by the number of seats won (1) plus one = 2 Round 2, the list is resorted and the party with the most votes gets the second seat. That party’s original vote total is divided by the number of seats won plus one. Rounds 3-7 repeat. Example – using YouGov poll data for Midlands and East Region from 27 April Round 1 Brexit wins with 31% of votes, their score is reduced to 31/1+1 = 15.5 Round 2 Labour wins with 24% of votes, their score is reduced to 24/1+1 = 12 Round 3 Brexit wins again with 15.5%, their score is reduced by 31/2+1 = 10.3 Round 4 Conservative wins with 14%, their score is reduced to 14/1+1 = 7 Round 5 Labour wins on 12%, their score is reduced by 24/2+1 = 8 Round 6 Change wins with 11% Round 7 Brexit wins with 10.3% Final result 3 Brexit, 2 Labour, 1 Conservative, 1 Change UK. .