3Voting system in Northern Ireland
The system of election of MEPs in Northern Ireland is to be a single transferable vote system under which—
(a)a vote is capable of being given so as to indicate the voter’s order of preference for the candidates, and
(b)a vote is capable of being transferred to the next choice—
(i)when the vote is not required to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes, or
(ii)when, owing to the deficiency in the number of votes given for a prior choice, that choice is eliminated from the list of candidates.