Tuesday, April 22, 2014

BRIGG GOING TO THE POLLS BUT WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES?

We were interested when a polling card arrived recently for voting in an election on Thursday, May 22.  Was it for a local council by-election? No,  this involves "Election of Members of the European Parliament for the Yorkshire and the Humber Region."
North Lincolnshire Council administers elections of all kinds and the Local Returning Officer has already sent out polling cards to Brigg people from Scunthorpe Civic Centre.
We've managed to glean: "The next election for North Lincolnshire is the European Parliamentary Elections on the 22 May, 2014. There are six European Members of Parliament to be elected for the Yorkshire and Humber region. The poll will take place between 7am and 10pm."
With just a month to go to polling, we can expect election literature through our letterboxes in the very near future.