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Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 427

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

The European Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1994

Made

24th February 1994

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

At the Court of Saint James, the 24th day of February 1994

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty (in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953) was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 16th February 1994, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty’s absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty’s behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty’s approval for anything for which Her Majesty’s approval in Council is required:

And whereas in pursuance of paragraph 5 of Part II of the Schedule to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993(1), the European Parliamentary Constituencies Committee for England have submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated 17th December 1993 showing the European Parliamentary constituencies into which they recommend that England should be divided:

And whereas the Secretary of State has laid that report before Parliament together with the draft of this Order in Council for giving effect to the recommendations contained in the report and each House of Parliament has by resolution approved that draft:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, and His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of paragraph 8(5) of Part II of the Schedule to the European Paliamentary Elections Act 1993, by and with the advice of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, do on Her Majesty’s behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1994.

(2) Subject to paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978(2), this Order shall come into force when section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 comes into force for all purposes or all remaining purposes, as the case may be.

2. For all the European Parliamentary constituencies in England (which are described in the European Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1984(3) and the European Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Orders 1989(4) and 1992(5)) there shall be substituted the European Parliamentary constituencies which are named in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the parliamentary constituencies specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule, being parliamentary constituencies as they exist on 17th December 1993 and as described in the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983(6), the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Orders 1985(7), 1986(8) and 1987(9), the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 2) Order 1987(10), the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 3) Order 1987(11), the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 4) Order 1987(12) and the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1990(13).

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULENAMES AND AREAS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES IN ENGLAND

1	2
Name	Contents
Northumbria	The parliamentary constituencies of— Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Hexham Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne North Tynemouth Wallsend Wansbeck
Cumbria and Lancashire North	The parliamentary constituencies of— Barrow and Furness Carlisle Copeland Lancaster Morecambe and Lunesdale Penrith and The Border Westmorland and Lonsdale Workington
Tyne and Wear	The parliamentary constituencies of— Gateshead East Houghton and Washington Jarrow Newcastle upon Tyne East South Shields Sunderland North Sunderland South Tyne Bridge
Durham	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bishop Auckland Blaydon City of Durham Darlington Easington North Durham North West Durham Sedgefield
Cleveland and Richmond	The parliamentary constituencies of— Hartlepool Langbaurgh Middlesbrough Redcar Richmond (Yorks) Stockton North Stockton South
North Yorkshire	The parliamentary constituencies of— Harrogate Ryedale Selby Skipton and Ripon Scarborough York
Humberside	The parliamentary constituencies of— Beverley Boothferry Bridlington Glanford and Scunthorpe Kingston upon Hull East Kingston upon Hull North Kingston upon Hull West
Lancashire Central	The parliamentary constituencies of— Burnley Blackpool North Blackpool South Fylde Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Wyre
Lancashire South	The parliamentary constituencies of— Blackburn Bury North Chorley Hyndburn Rossendale and Darwen South Ribble West Lancashire
Yorkshire West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bradford North Bradford South Bradford West Calder Valley Halifax Keighley Shipley
Leeds	The parliamentary constituencies of— Elmet Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds North West Leeds West Morley and Leeds South Pudsey
Merseyside West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bootle Crosby Liverpool, Broadgreen Liverpool, Mossley Hill Liverpool, Riverside Liverpool, Walton Liverpool, West Derby Southport
Merseyside East and Wigan	The parliamentary constituencies of— Knowsley North Knowsley South Leigh Liverpool, Garston Makerfield St. Helens North St. Helens South Wigan
Cheshire West and Wirral	The parliamentary constituencies of— Birkenhead City of Chester Crewe and Nantwich Eddisbury Ellesmere Port and Neston Wallasey Wirral South Wirral West
Greater Manchester West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bolton North East Bolton South East Bolton West Bury South Davyhulme Eccles Salford East Worsley
Greater Manchester East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Ashton under Lyne Denton and Reddish Heywood and Middleton Littleborough and Saddleworth Oldham Central and Royton Oldham West Rochdale Stalybridge and Hyde
Greater Manchester Central	The parliamentary constituencies of— Cheadle Hazel Grove Manchester, Blackley Manchester, Central Manchester, Gorton Manchester, Withington Stockport Stretford
Cheshire East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Altrincham and Sale Halton Macclesfield Manchester, Wythenshawe Tatton Warrington North Warrington South
Yorkshire South West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Batley and Spen Colne Valley Dewsbury Hemsworth Huddersfield Normanton Pontefract and Castleford Wakefield
Yorkshire South	The parliamentary constituencies of— Barnsley Central Barnsley East Doncaster Central Doncaster North Don Valley Rother Valley Rotherham Wentworth
Sheffield	The parliamentary constituencies of— Barnsley West and Penistone Sheffield, Attercliffe Sheffield, Brightside Sheffield, Central Sheffield, Hallam Sheffield, Heeley Sheffield, Hillsborough
Peak District	The parliamentary constituencies of— Amber Valley Ashfield Broxtowe Erewash High Peak Staffordshire Moorlands West Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Mansfield Newark North East Derbyshire Sherwood
Lincolnshire and Humberside South	The parliamentary constituencies of— Brigg and Cleethorpes East Lindsey Gainsborough and Horncastle Grantham Great Grimsby Holland with Boston Lincoln
Staffordshire West and Congleton	The parliamentary constituencies of— Congleton Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South
Staffordshire East and Derby	The parliamentary constituencies of— Burton Cannock and Burntwood Derby North Derby South Mid Staffordshire South Derbyshire South East Staffordshire
Nottingham and Leicestershire North West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bosworth Gedling North West Leicestershire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South Rushcliffe
Leicester	The parliamentary constituencies of— Harborough Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Loughborough Rutland and Melton Stamford and Spalding
Cambridgeshire	The parliamentary constituencies of— Cambridge Huntingdon North East Cambridgeshire Peterborough South East Cambridgeshire South West Cambridgeshire
Norfolk	The parliamentary constituencies of— Great Yarmouth Mid Norfolk North Norfolk North West Norfolk Norwich North Norwich South South Norfolk
Herefordshire and Shropshire	The parliamentary constituencies of— Hereford Leominster Ludlow North Shropshire Shrewsbury and Atcham The Wrekin Wyre Forest
Birmingham West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Aldridge-Brownhills Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Perry Barr Sutton Coldfield Walsall North Walsall South West Bromwich East West Bromwich West
Midlands West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Dudley East Dudley West Halesowen and Stourbridge Warley East Warley West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West
Birmingham East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Small Heath Birmingham, Sparkbrook Birmingham, Yardley
Coventry and North Warwickshire	The parliamentary constituencies of— Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South East Coventry South West Meriden North Warwickshire Nuneaton Solihull
Northamptonshire and Blaby	The parliamentary constituencies of— Blaby Corby Daventry Kettering Northampton North Northampton South Wellingborough
Suffolk and South West Norfolk	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bury St. Edmunds Central Suffolk Ipswich South West Norfolk Suffolk Coastal Waveney
Worcestershire and South Warwickshire	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bromsgrove Mid Worcestershire Rugby and Kenilworth South Worcestershire Stratford-on-Avon Warwick and Leamington Worcester
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes	The parliamentary constituencies of— Luton South Mid Bedfordshire Milton Keynes South West North Bedfordshire North East Milton Keynes North Luton South West Bedfordshire
Essex North and Suffolk South	The parliamentary constituencies of— Braintree Harwich North Colchester Saffron Walden South Colchester and Maldon South Suffolk
The Cotswolds	The parliamentary constituencies of— Cheltenham Cirencester and Tewkesbury Gloucester Stroud West Gloucestershire Witney
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Aylesbury Banbury Beaconsfield Buckingham Chesham and Amersham Henley Wycombe
Hertfordshire	The parliamentary constituencies of— Hertsmere North Hertfordshire St. Albans South West Hertfordshire Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Hertfordshire
Essex West and Hertfordshire East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Brentwood and Ongar Broxbourne Chelmsford Epping Forest Harlow Hertford and Stortford Stevenage
Essex South	The parliamentary constituencies of— Basildon Billericay Castle Point Rochford Southend East Southend West Thurrock
Bristol	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bristol East Bristol North West Bristol South Bristol West Kingswood Northavon Woodspring
Wiltshire North and Bath	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bath Devizes North Wiltshire Swindon Wansdyke Westbury
Hampshire North and Oxford	The parliamentary constituencies of— Aldershot Basingstoke Newbury North West Hampshire Oxford East Oxford West and Abingdon Wantage
Thames Valley	The parliamentary constituencies of— East Berkshire Reading East Reading West Slough Spelthorne Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham
Surrey	The parliamentary constituencies of— Chertsey and Walton Esher Guildford Mole Valley North West Surrey Reigate Woking
Kent West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Dartford Gillingham Gravesham Maidstone Medway Mid Kent Tonbridge and Malling
Kent East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Ashford Canterbury Dover Faversham Folkestone and Hythe North Thanet South Thanet
Somerset and North Devon	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bridgwater North Devon Somerton and Frome Taunton Wells Weston-super-Mare Yeovil
Itchen, Test and Avon	The parliamentary constituencies of— Christchurch Eastleigh New Forest Romsey and Waterside Salisbury Southampton, Itchen Southampton, Test
Wight and Hampshire South	The parliamentary constituencies of— Fareham Gosport Isle of Wight Portsmouth North Portsmouth South Winchester
South Downs West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Arundel Chichester East Hampshire Havant Horsham South West Surrey
Sussex South and Crawley	The parliamentary constituencies of— Brighton, Kemptown Brighton, Pavilion Crawley Hove Mid Sussex Shoreham Worthing
East Sussex and Kent South	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bexhill and Battle Eastbourne Hastings and Rye Lewes Sevenoaks Tunbridge Wells Wealden
Cornwall and West Plymouth	The parliamentary constituencies of— Falmouth and Camborne North Cornwall Plymouth, Devonport Plymouth, Drake South East Cornwall St. Ives Truro
Devon and East Plymouth	The parliamentary constituencies of— Exeter Plymouth, Sutton South Hams Teignbridge Tiverton Torbay Torridge and West Devon
Dorset and East Devon	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Honiton North Dorset Poole South Dorset West Dorset
London North West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Brent East Brent North Brent South Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Ruislip-Northwood Uxbridge
London North	The parliamentary constituencies of— Chipping Barnet Edmonton Enfield North Enfield, Southgate Finchley Hendon North Hendon South Hornsey and Wood Green Tottenham
London East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Barking Dagenham Hornchurch Ilford North Ilford South Newham North East Romford Upminster Wanstead and Woodford
London South East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Beckenham Bexleyheath Chislehurst Eltham Erith and Crayford Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Ravensbourne Woolwich
London South Inner	The parliamentary constituencies of— Dulwich Greenwich Lewisham, Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Norwood Peckham Southwark and Bermondsey Vauxhall
London South West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Battersea Kingston upon Thames Mitcham and Morden Putney Streatham Surbiton Tooting Wimbledon
London West	The parliamentary constituencies of— Brentford and Isleworth Ealing, Acton Ealing North Ealing, Southall Feltham and Heston Hammersmith Richmond and Barnes Twickenham
London Central	The parliamentary constituencies of— Chelsea City of London and Westminster South Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Holborn and St. Pancras Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Westminster North
London North East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Bethnal Green and Stepney Bow and Poplar Chingford Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Leyton Newham North West Newham South Walthamstow
London South and Surrey East	The parliamentary constituencies of— Carshalton and Wallington Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South East Surrey Epsom and Ewell Sutton and Cheam

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect without modification to the recommendations contained in the report of the European Parliamentary Constituencies Committee for England dated 17th December 1993. That Committee was established under the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 for the purpose of determining the European Parliamentary constituencies into which England should initially be divided in order to give effect to the increase (of five) that section 1 of that Act made to the number of such constituencies. This Order is expressed to come into force on the date when that section comes into force for all purposes (or all remaining purposes), but the effect of paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (which applies by virtue of paragraph 8(5) of the Schedule to the 1993 Act) is that the constituencies constituted by this Order will only have effect from the first general election of representatives to the European Parliament after this Order comes into force.

Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, this Order set out the European Parliamentary constituencies into which England is to be divided.

(1)

1993 c. 41.

(2)

1978 c. 10; paragraph 8(1) was amended by paragraph 5(9) of Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56) and the title of the 1978 Act was amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758).

(3)

S.I. 1984/544.

(4)

S.I. 1989/486.

(5)

S.I. 1992/233.

(6)

S.I. 1983/417.

(7)

S.I. 1985/1776.

(8)

S.I. 1986/597.