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Elections for the European parliament will be held on 4 June 2009. Voters in the UK will elect a total of 72 MEPs, a reduction from the current 78 due to the enlargement of the European Union. The UK is divided into 12 electoral regions, each represented by a different number of MEPs. Click on the names below to find a complete list of candidates in your area.
NORTH WEST - 8 MEPsParties listed alphabetically.
Guide to abbreviations
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Name
|
Party
|
Party list order
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Nick Griffin
|
BNP
|
1
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Martin Wingfield
|
BNP
|
2
|
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Steven Greenalgh
|
BNP
|
3
|
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Edward Richard James O'Sullivan
|
BNP
|
4
|
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Jean Purdy
|
BNP
|
5
|
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Michael Elliott
|
BNP
|
6
|
|
Derek Adams
|
BNP
|
7
|
|
Gary Aronsson
|
BNP
|
8
|
|
Robert Atkins
|
CON
|
1
|
|
Sajjad Karim
|
CON
|
2
|
|
Jacqueline Foster
|
CON
|
3
|
|
Alex Williams
|
CON
|
4
|
|
Gregory Morgan
|
CON
|
5
|
|
Anthony Samuels
|
CON
|
6
|
|
Peter Wilding
|
CON
|
7
|
|
Andrew Large
|
CON
|
8
|
|
Hans-Christian Raabe
|
CPCPA
|
1
|
|
Jill McLachlan
|
CPCPA
|
2
|
|
John Manwell
|
CPCPA
|
3
|
|
Maria Overend
|
CPCPA
|
4
|
|
Clive Morrison
|
CPCPA
|
5
|
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Bob Ralph
|
CPCPA
|
6
|
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Carol Jules
|
CPCPA
|
7
|
|
David Martin
|
CPCPA
|
8
|
|
Robert Abrams
|
English Dem.
|
1
|
|
Stephen Morris
|
English Dem.
|
2
|
|
Ian Logan
|
English Dem.
|
3
|
|
Derek Grue
|
English Dem.
|
4
|
|
Anthony Justice
|
English Dem.
|
5
|
|
Maurice Brookes
|
English Dem.
|
6
|
|
Valerie Morris
|
English Dem.
|
7
|
|
Kenneth Walters
|
English Dem.
|
8
|
|
Peter Cranie
|
GRN
|
1
|
|
Maia Whitelegg
|
GRN
|
2
|
|
Ruth Bergan
|
GRN
|
3
|
|
Samir Chatterjee
|
GRN
|
4
|
|
Jill Perry
|
GRN
|
5
|
|
Justine Hall
|
GRN
|
6
|
|
Margaret Westbrook
|
GRN
|
7
|
|
Geoff Smith
|
GRN
|
8
|
|
Francis Apaloo
|
IND
|
1
|
|
Krishnamurty Tayya
|
JT
|
1
|
|
Graham Ross
|
JT
|
2
|
|
Carl Birchall
|
JT
|
3
|
|
William Brotherston
|
JT
|
4
|
|
Mary Strickland
|
JT
|
5
|
|
Michael Hale
|
JT
|
6
|
|
Arlene McCarthy
|
LAB
|
1
|
|
Brian Simpson
|
LAB
|
2
|
|
Theresa Griffin
|
LAB
|
3
|
|
Stephen Carter
|
LAB
|
4
|
|
Claire Reynolds
|
LAB
|
5
|
|
Riaz Ahmad
|
LAB
|
6
|
|
Elaine Bowes
|
LAB
|
7
|
|
Brian Boag
|
LAB
|
8
|
|
Chris Davies
|
LD
|
1
|
|
Helen Foster-Grime
|
LD
|
2
|
|
Sue McGuire
|
LD
|
3
|
|
Qassim Afzal
|
LD
|
4
|
|
Neil Corlett
|
LD
|
5
|
|
Mark Clayton
|
LD
|
6
|
|
Stephen Cooke
|
LD
|
7
|
|
Peter Hirst
|
LD
|
8
|
|
Benjamin Tallis
|
LIB-EU
|
1
|
|
Anthony Butcher
|
LIB-EU
|
2
|
|
Paul Debrowa
|
LIB-EU
|
3
|
|
William Westall
|
LIB-EU
|
4
|
|
Liam Hemmings
|
LIB-EU
|
5
|
|
John Humberstone
|
LIB-EU
|
6
|
|
Michael O'Reilly
|
LIB-EU
|
7
|
|
Roger Bannister
|
NO2EU
|
1
|
|
Les Skarrot
|
NO2EU
|
2
|
|
Craig Johnston
|
NO2EU
|
3
|
|
Alec MacFadden
|
NO2EU
|
4
|
|
Steve Radford
|
NO2EU
|
5
|
|
Lynn Worthington
|
NO2EU
|
6
|
|
John Metcalfe
|
NO2EU
|
7
|
|
Harry Smith
|
NO2EU
|
8
|
|
Billy Kelly
|
SLP
|
1
|
|
Stephen Whatham
|
SLP
|
2
|
|
Kai Andersen
|
SLP
|
3
|
|
Ronald Waugh
|
SLP
|
4
|
|
Dot Kelly
|
SLP
|
5
|
|
Lynton Bennett
|
SLP
|
6
|
|
Dot Entwistle
|
SLP
|
7
|
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Michael Perry
|
SLP
|
8
|
|
Paul Nuttall
|
UKIP
|
1
|
|
Michael McManus
|
UKIP
|
2
|
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Graham Cannon
|
UKIP
|
3
|
|
Nigel Brown
|
UKIP
|
4
|
|
Hilary Jones
|
UKIP
|
5
|
|
Philip Griffiths
|
UKIP
|
6
|
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Terry Durance
|
UKIP
|
7
|
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Lisa Duffy
|
UKIP
|
8
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