Voters across Cumbria head to the polls today for the European elections.

In our region, there is a long list of candidates and parties to choose from.

There are a total of nine political parties and two independent candidates standing to represent the north west region in the European Parliament, with eight MEP seats available.

Here is the full list of those standing:

Change UK

Andrea Cooper

Dan Price

Arun Banerji

Michael Taylor

Philippa Olive

Victoria Desmond

Andrew Graystone

Elisabeth Knight

Conservative

Sajjad Karim

Kevin Beaty

Jane Howard

Arnold Saunders

Wendy Maisey

Thomas Lord

Anthony Pickles

Attika Choudhary

English Democrats

Stephen Morris

Valerie Morris

Green

Gina Dowding

Wendy Olsen

Jessica Northey

Geraldine Coggins

Rosie Mills

Astrid Johnson

Daniel Jerrome

James Booth

Labour

Theresa Griffin

Julie Ward

Wajid Khan

Erica Lewis

David Brennan

Claire Cozler

Saf Ismail

Yvonne Tennant

Liberal Democrats

Chris Davies

Jane Brophy

Helen Foster-Grime

Anna Fryer

Sam Al-Hamdani

Rebecca Forrest

John Studholme

Frederick Van Mierlo

The Brexit Party

Claire Fox

Henrik Overgaard Nielsen

David Bull

Gary Harvey

Ajay Jagota

Elizabeth Babade

Sally Bate

John Kelly

UK European Union Party

Sophie Larroque

Ukip

Adam Richardson

Jeff Armstrong

Fiona Mills

Nathan Ryding

Michael Felse

Ben Fryer

John Booker

Alexander Craig

Independent

Mohmmad Aslam

Tommy Robinson