European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1U.K. Electoral regions in England [F1and Gibraltar]

[F2(1)U.K.The electoral regions in England [F3and Gibraltar] are listed in column (1) of the Table below and comprise the areas specified in column (2) of the Table).]

2(1)A reference [F4to 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 [F5and Gibraltar] takes place after the alteration comes into force for all other purposes.

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Textual Amendments

F6Sch. 1 paras. 3, 4, the preceding heading and column (3) of the Table repealed (8.5.2003) by European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c. 7), ss. 8(3)(c), 28(3)(4)

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  • TABLE

    (1)(2)(3)F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Name of RegionArea IncludedF7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    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

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    Eastern

    [F8County 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

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    LondonGreater LondonF7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    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

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    North West

    County of Blackburn with Darwen

    County of Blackpool

    [F9County 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

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    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

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    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

    [F10Gibraltar]

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    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

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    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

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