
European parliamentary elections are conducted using proportional representation, on the "party list" system, every five years. The Eastern Region constituency, which consists of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, has seven seats. The last election was in 2004 when one Labour MEP was elected - Richard Howitt, who had been a Labour MEP since 1994.
The next election will be in June 2009. Richard is standing
again and is first on the Labour list for the Eastern Region. The
Labour list is Richard Howitt, Beth Kelly, Nigel Gardner, Sherma
Batson, James Valentine, Katie Curtis and Chris Ostrowski.

Richard Howitt's
website is at www.richardhowittmep.com
His
office is in Cambridge (01223 240202 or richard.howitt@geo2.poptel.org.uk).
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