European Elections are to go ahead in May – despite the city voting to leave the European Union nearly three years ago.

With Brexit set a new deadline of 31 October the North West is gearing up to elect what may be its final group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

Among those wanting to stand to represent Preston and other towns and cities across the North West is the far-right activist Tommy Robinson – standing as an independent.

All major parties are fielding candidates in the elections although it is not know what level of campaigning the city is likely to see, of any.

Eight MEPs are elected to represent the North West which includes Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside with five million potential voters.

Elections take place during Thursday 23 May and the votes are then counted on Sunday 26 May once polls close across Europe.

Read more: Candidates confirmed for Preston local elections 2019

Anyone wanting to vote if they are not already registered to vote must do so by Tuesday 7 May on the Register to Vote website.

Change UK – The Independent Group
Andrea Cooper
Dan Price
Arun Rammoy Colin Banerji
Michael Stewart Taylor
Phillipa Olive
Victoria Ann Desmond
Andrew Paul Graystone
Elisabeth Malisa Knight

Conservatives and Unionist Party
Saijad Haider Karim
Kevin Michel Beaty
Jane Elizabeth Ann Howard
Arnold Saunders
Wendy Maisey
Thomas Baxter Lord
Anthony Pickles
Attika Salim Choudhary

English Democrats
Stephen Morris
Valerie Morris

Green Party
Gina Dowding
Wendy Kay Olsen
Jessica Ayesha Northey
Geraldine Philomena Coggins
Rosie Mae Mills
Astrid Johnson
Daniel Adam Jerome
James Andrew Booth

Labour
Theresa Mary Griffin
Julie Carolyn Ward
Wajid Itaf Khan
Erica Ruth Estelle Lewis
David John Brennan
Claire Emily Cozier
Saf Ismail
Yvonne Marion Tennant

Liberal Democrats
Chris Davies
Jane Elisabeth Brophy
Helen Foster-Grime
Anna Corinna Fryer
Sam Al-Hamdani
Rebecca Ann Forrest
John Studholme
Frederick Van Mierlo

The Brexit Party
Claire Regina Fox
Henrik Eyser Ovargaard Nielsen
David Richard Bull
Gary Walter Harvey
Ajay Jagota
Elizabeth Oyedoyin Babade
Sally Ann Bate
John Howard Kelly

UK EU Party
Sophie Catherine Larroque

UK Independence Party
Adam Fox McCloud Richardson
Jeff Armstrong
Fiona Rachel Mills
Nathan Alan Ryding
Michael James Felse
Ben Robert Fryer
John Charles Booker
Alexander Alan Craig

Independent
Mohmmad Aslam

Independent
Tommy Robinson

Read more: See all coverage of the local elections in Preston