I don't know
but a leaflet I've got here seems to imply you can't vote for anybody, but you have to choose a bunch of six people by their party.
That sucks.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:29, archived)

Sort of.
Parties can enter up to six candidates (or however many seats there are in the constituency) and you vote by party. The seats are then allocated roughly according to the proportion of the vote each party receives. There is nothing to stop an individual standing as a one-man party.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:32, archived)

I don't want to vote for a party,
I want to vote for my representative. I hate parties. And I'll cry if I want to.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:33, archived)

Enter yourself.
Vote for yourself. Don't come crying to me if your neighbours don't think you're all that great.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:34, archived)

No way would I vote for myself.
I don't think I'm all that great, either.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:35, archived)

Sorry, back to this one.
All the elected MEPs will be your representative, and just hold your hand over the candidate list so that you can only see the 1st choice candidate for each party - then it will be just like a normal election.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:44, archived)

yeah except not really,
that's like playing pretend. Actually it's one of the worst bits, if the major parties are practically guaranteed to get at least one seat, it means their first choice of candidate will definitely get into parliament, which effectively means the party appointed them and the entire election was pretty much irrelevant. The battle is only really fought over candidates #3 and up.

I just think this sort of PR is stupid rubbish. STV is alright, although unfortunately it seems to be a bit beyond a lot of people.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:47, archived)

Right then, use two hands or a craftily cut piece of paper to cover the two certainties and all bar the first remaining choice
on each party's candidate list.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:49, archived)