Amendment of European Parliamentary Elections Act 20022
1
Section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 20026 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1) (number of MEPs and electoral regions) for “78” substitute “72”.
3
For subsection (3) substitute—
3
The number of MEPs to be elected for each electoral region is as follows—
East Midlands
5
Eastern
7
London
8
North East
3
North West
8
South East
10
South West
6
West Midlands
6
Yorkshire and the Humber
6
Scotland
6
Wales
4
Northern Ireland
3.