European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Electoral regions in England [F1 and Gibraltar]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 heading inserted (5.2.2004) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/366), arts. 1(2), 3(6)(a)

[F2 (1) U.K. The electoral regions in England [F3 and Gibraltar] are listed in column (1) of the Table below and comprise the areas specified in column (2) of the Table).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (8.5.2003) for Sch. 1 para. 1 and heading by European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7), ss. 8(3)(a), 28(3)(4)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 inserted (5.2.2004) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/366), arts. 1(2), 3(6)(b)

2 (1) A reference [F4 to an area specified in column (2) of the Table] is a reference to that area as it is for the time being. U.K.

(2) But where an area specified in column (2) of the Table is altered, the alteration does not have effect for the purposes of this Act until the first general election of MEPs at which the poll in the United Kingdom [F5 and Gibraltar] takes place after the alteration comes into force for all other purposes.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(1) substituted (8.5.2003) by European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7), ss. 8(3)(b), 28(3)(4)

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(2) inserted (5.2.2004) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/366), arts. 1(2), 3(6)(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 2(2) excluded (1.2.2016) by European Union Referendum Act 2015 (c. 36), s. 13(2), Sch. 3 para. 5(4); S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2

F6 . . . U.K.

3 F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 1 paras. 3, 4, the preceding heading and column (3) of the Table repealed (8.5.2003) by European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7), ss. 8(3)(c), 28(3)(4)

4 U.K. F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• TABLE

  (1)	(2)	(3)F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  Name of Region	Area Included	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  East Midlands	County of Derby County of Derbyshire County of Leicester County of Leicestershire County of Lincolnshire County of Northamptonshire County of Nottingham County of Nottinghamshire County of Rutland	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  Eastern	[F8 County of Bedford County of Central Bedfordshire] County of Cambridgeshire County of Essex County of Hertfordshire County of Luton County of Norfolk County of Peterborough County of Southend-on-Sea County of Suffolk County of Thurrock	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  London	Greater London	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  North East	County of Darlington County of Durham County of Hartlepool County of Middlesbrough County of Northumberland County of Redcar and Cleveland County of Stockton-on-Tees County of Tyne and Wear	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  North West	County of Blackburn with Darwen County of Blackpool [F9 County of Cheshire East County of Cheshire West and Chester] County of Cumbria County of Greater Manchester County of Halton County of Lancashire County of Merseyside County of Warrington	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  South East	County of Berkshire County of Brighton and Hove County of Buckinghamshire County of East Sussex County of Hampshire County of Isle of Wight County of Kent County of the Medway Towns County of Milton Keynes County of Oxfordshire County of Portsmouth County of Southampton County of Surrey County of West Sussex	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  South West	County of Bath and North East Somerset County of Bournemouth County of the City of Bristol County of Cornwall County of Devon County of Dorset County of Gloucestershire County of North Somerset County of Plymouth County of Poole County of Somerset County of South Gloucestershire County of Swindon County of Torbay County of Wiltshire Isles of Scilly [F10 Gibraltar]	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  West Midlands	County of Herefordshire County of Shropshire County of Staffordshire County of Stoke-on-Trent County of Telford and Wrekin County of Warwickshire County of West Midlands County of Worcestershire	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  Yorkshire and the Humber	County of the City of Kingston upon Hull County of the East Riding of Yorkshire County of North East Lincolnshire County of North Lincolnshire County of North Yorkshire County of South Yorkshire County of West Yorkshire County of York	F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 1 paras. 3, 4, the preceding heading and column (3) of the Table repealed (8.5.2003) by European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7), ss. 8(3)(c), 28(3)(4)

F8 Sch. 1 Table: words in entry substituted (1.4.2009) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/837), arts. 1, 26(a)

F9 Sch. 1 Table: words in entry substituted (1.4.2009) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/837), arts. 1, 26(b)

F10 Words in Sch. 1 Table inserted (5.2.2004) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/366), arts. 1(2), 3(6)(d)