2.—(1) Section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002(1) 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.” |
2002 c. 24. Section 1 was substituted by section 1, and extended to Gibraltar by section 19, of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (c.7). Section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c.24) and the Table in Schedule 1 to that Act (areas included in electoral regions) were also amended by S.I.2004/366 and S.I.2004/1245. By virtue of article 3(6) of S.I.2004/366, Gibraltar is combined with the South West electoral region for the purpose of European Parliamentary elections.