European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7)

Part 1 Changes in total number of United Kingdom MEPs

Preliminary

1 Electoral regions in the United Kingdom

For section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c. 24) (“the 2002 Act”) (electoral regions and number of MEPs) there is substituted—

“1 Number of MEPs and electoral regions

(1) There shall be 87 members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) elected for the United Kingdom.

(2) For the purposes of electing those MEPs—

(a) England is divided into the nine electoral regions specified in Schedule 1; and

(b) Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are each single electoral regions.

(3) The number of MEPs to be elected for each electoral region is as follows—

East Midlands	6
Eastern	8
London	10
North East	4
North West	10
South East	11
South West	7
West Midlands	8
Yorkshire and the Humber	7
Scotland	8
Wales	5
Northern Ireland	3.”