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Location, electorates and number of MEPs


Map of the United Kingdom

 

*Electorate figures as at Dec 2003

 

Scotland

Geographical Area: Scotland

Electorate: 3,877,194*

Number of MEPs: 7


Northern Ireland

Geographical Area: Northern Ireland

Electorate: 1,069,136*

Number of MEPs: 3

Northern Ireland uses a different electoral system.


North East

Geographical Area: former county of Cleveland, Durham, Northumbria, former county of Tyne & Wear.

Electorate: 1,922,446*

Number of MEPs: 3


Yorkshire and the Humber

Geographical Area: former counties of Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire.

Electorate: 3,730,275*

Number of MEPs: 6


North West

Geographical Area: Cheshire, boroughs within Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and former Metropolitan county of Merseyside.

Electorate: 5,188,717*

Number of MEPs: 9


East Midlands

Geographical Area: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire.

Electorate: 3,241,566*

Number of MEPs: 6


West Midlands

Geographical Area: Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, former Metropolitan county of West Midlands.

Electorate: 4,016,007*

Number of MEPs: 7


Wales

Geographical Area: Wales

Electorate: 2,228,030*

Number of MEPs: 4


Eastern

Geographical Area: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.

Electorate: 4,170,340*

Number of MEPs: 7


London

Geographical Area: London boroughs, the City of London

Electorate: 5, 143,392*

Number of MEPs: 9


South West

Geographical Area: former county of Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Scilly Isles, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gibraltar.

Electorate: 3,845,253*

Number of MEPs: 7


South East

Geographical Area: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and West Sussex.

Electorate: 6,087,103*

Number of MEPs: 10

 


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