Every Lib Dem Vote is vital in European Elections

9.00.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 7th Jun 2004

If you miss the post, ballots can be handed in at certain locations - see story for details

Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for Northampton North, Andrew Simpson, has made a last minute appeal to Lib Dem supporters to make sure they send their postal ballots back in time for Thursday's European Elections.

"Last time we elected our first Parliamentarian for the East Midlands with Nick Clegg MEP. That led to real growth of the party both in Northampton and in the Region. We won Chesterfield at the General Election whilst being the only major party to increase the share of our vote in Northampton. Last year's local elections saw us secure 46% of the vote across Northampton North constituency with Labour pushed into third place. With the European elections we have a real opportunity to do even better" said Andrew

Voters are being advised to post their ballot papers back by the end of Tuesday 8th June to ensure they get to the Council in time for the deadline which is 10pm Thursday. People can drop off their ballots in the sealed envelope at certain delivery points as detailed below :

All Assisted Delivery Points will be open 7am - 10pm on 10 June.

Duston Library, Pendle Road, Northampton -

Tuesday: 2pm-5pm

Wednesday: 9am-1pm & 2pm-7pm

Thursday June 10th: 7am-10pm

Hunsbury Library, Overslade Close, Northampton -

Tuesday & Wednesday : 9am-7.30pm

Thursday June 10th: 7am-10pm

Kingsthorpe Library, Welford Road, Northampton -

Tuesday & Wednesday: 9am-7pm

Thursday June 10th: 7am-10pm

Weston Favell Library, Weston Favell Centre -

Tuesday & Wednesday: 9am-7pm

Thursday June 10th: 7am-10pm

First Stop Shop, The Guildhall, Northampton -

Tuesday & Wednesday: 8.30am-5pm

Thursday June 10th: 7am-10pm

If you need any assistance completing your ballot paper or require information about the electoral process please contact the Northampton Borough Council's electoral services unit on 01604 837111 or email elecreg@northampton.gov.uk.