European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected to the European Parliament.
The European Parliament represents, in the words of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, 'the people of the States brought together in the European Community'.
The European Parliament serves for a fixed term of five years. The last european election was held on 10 June 2004, and therefore the next european election will be in June 2009.
There are currently 785 MEP's in the European Parliament from 27 European Union Countries that work together on matters such as trade, environmental protection, economics and social issues.
The United Kingdom currently has 78 MEPs representing 12 european electoral regions.
The city of Salford is in the North West Region, which is represented by 9 MEPs:
3 Conservatives, 3 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrats and 1 United Kingdom Independance Party.
All 9 MEPs represent the interests of local people in the North West and of Britain as a whole in the European Union.
Find out more information about the North West Region 9 MEPs from the European Parliament website.
Contacting your MEP
Contact details for the 9 MEPs for the North West Region are available below.
Alternatively if you require further information you can contact the UK office of the European Parliament by calling 020 7227 4300, emailing eplondon@europarl.eu.int or visiting the European Parliament website.
WriteToThem
WriteToThem is a very useful online resource available for contacting your local European MP as well as city councillors and Westminster MPs.
Downloadable documents
- List of eligible European Union countries (Microsoft Word format, 30kb)
- Contact details for the North West region MEPs (Microsoft Word format, 68kb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
This page was last updated on 18 April 2008
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