10.Political parties will put forward lists of candidates in their preferred order. Once published by the returning officer, this order cannot be changed. Individual independent candidates will also be able to stand. Voters may cast only one vote. They can vote either for a party list (which will show the names of all the party’s candidates) or for an individual candidate. On completion of the poll, votes for each individual candidate and each party are counted and the seats are allocated as follows.
	The first seat is allocated to the party or individual candidate with the highest number of votes. If the seat is allocated to a party, it goes to the first candidate on that party's list.
	The second seat is allocated as follows. First the voting figures are adjusted:if the first seat was allocated to a party, that party's total votes are divided by twoif the first seat was allocated to an individual candidate, that candidate and the votes cast for him drop out of the calculation for the second and subsequent seats.The second seat is allocated to the individual or party with the highest number of votes after these adjustments. The process continues until all the seats are allocated.
	The seats allocated to parties are allocated to the party’s candidates in the order in which they appear on its list.
11.At all stages:
	each party’s original total is divided by the number of seats that party has already been allocated, plus one;
	once an individual candidate is allocated a seat, that candidate and the votes cast for him drop out of the remaining calculations;
	if a party wins more than one seat, the seats are allocated to its candidates in the order in which they appear on the party list;
	if everyone on a party list has been allocated a seat before all the seats have been allocated, the party and the votes cast for it drop out of the remaining calculations.
Summary How the Regional List System works