European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament (MEP) 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 4 June 2009, and therefore the next European election will be in June 2014.

There are currently 785 MEPs 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 eight MEPs:

3 Conservatives
1 British National Party
2 Labour
1 Liberal Democrats
1 United Kingdom Independance Party

Following the European elections of 4 June 2009, the MEPs listed here will continue to be MEPs until the newly-elected MEPs take their seats in the new Parliament on Tuesday 14 July 2009.

All eight 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's eight MEPs from the European Parliament website.

Contacting your MEP

Contact details for the North West Region's eight MEPs is available from the European Parliament website.

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.