Regional-List System: Fledgling Party and Remain-Dominated London

regional-list system: They believe the May elections across the EU could serve as an ideal and timely electoral launchpad for their fledgling party, and plan to use the slogan They want to stand candidates for all 73 seats across the 12 UK regions and believe the contest, conducted under a regional-list system in which seats are allocated to parties in proportion to their share of the vote, could give them their first electoral successes, particularly in the Remain-dominated London and South East regions, according to The Independent. The 11 independent MPs will begin selecting candidates this week. The Independent Group's team of eight former Labour and three former Tory MPs all strongly pro-Remain and in favour of a second referendum have applied to the Electoral Commission to register as a party and take part in the elections under the name Change UK The Independent Group. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Independent Group's interim leader, Heidi Allen, holds the group's first public meeting in her South Cambridgeshire constituency on 30 March 2019. Labour's 20 existing MEPs, who had expected like all UK members to be giving up their seats on 29 March, were given until last Friday to say if they wanted to continue. Photograph Nicola Tree/Getty Images Labour has also started selecting its candidates and mobilising staff for a campaign. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.