Liberal Democrat and Labour MEPs have taken up committee jobs in ‘huge vote of confidence’.

Correction to Cakewatch 49 on the d'Hondt system in EP elections in the UK

So we got another extension, to Halloween ... Also, how should we be approaching the European elections? Should we vote tactically? To what extent should we treat it as a proxy referendum for Remain v. Leave? How would this sit with our democratic responsibility as EU citizens to vote on a European platform?

We D'hondt tell you how to vote in the European elections, but we hope our prolix chat about infighting and outfighting and tactics and principles and manifestos and candidates and choices and dilemmas has given you a helping, er, hondt.

System of seat allocation by votes used for European Parliament elections in the UK.

Voting in the European elections differs to voting at a general election. / The polls, which take place in Britain on 23 May and elect MEPs to the European Parliament, uses the d’Hondt system of proportional representation for voters in England, Scotland and Wales.

For European Parliament elections in Scotland, Wales and England a form of list proportional representation is used, called the d’Hondt system. (STV is used in Northern Ireland.)

This week MATT FORDE – stand-up, ‘Mock The Week’ regular, creator of touring show ‘Brexit Through The Gift Shop’ and interviewer of political heavyweights on his podcast ‘The Political Party’ – joins us to get psephological for the upcoming EU Parliament elections. ... Can Remain parties co-ordinate, which side’s vote is most likely to split… and how does the D’Hondt system work anyway?

Seats in the European Parliament representing England, Scotland and Wales are distributed according to the D'Hondt system, a type of proportional representation.