The European Parliament (Number of MEPs) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004

2.—(1) Section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (number of MEPs to be elected for the United Kingdom) for “87” substitute “78”.

(3) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) The number of MEPs to be elected for each electoral region is as follows(2)—

East Midlands	6
Eastern	7
London	9
North East	3
North West	9
South East	10
South West	7
West Midlands	7
Yorkshire and the Humber	6
Scotland	7
Wales	4
Northern Ireland	3.”.

(1)

2002 c. 24. Section 1 was substituted by section 1, and extended to Gibraltar by section 19, of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7). Section 1 and the Table in Schedule 1 (areas included in electoral regions) were also amended by the European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 S.I. 2004/366.

(2)

The distribution of seats between the electoral regions under the substituted section 1(3) follows the recommendation of the Electoral Commission.