The European Parliament (Number of MEPs) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2004/1245 |
| Year | 2004 |
2004 No. 1245
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The European Parliament (Number of MEPs) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004
Made 27th April 2004
Coming into force 1st May 2004
The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Electoral Commission and in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 5(1) of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 20031, hereby makes the following Order a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Parliament (Number of MEPs) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004.
(2) The purpose of this Order is to implement a change in the number of MEPs to be elected for the United Kingdom under the Athens treaty2.
(3) This Order shall come into force on 1st May 2004.
(4) In this Order, “the Athens treaty” means the treaty referred to in subsection (2)(q) of section 1 of the European Communities Act 19723(which was ratified by the United Kingdom on 18th December 2003).
2.—(1) Section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 20024is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (number of MEPs to be elected for the United Kingdom) for “87” substitute “78”.
(3) For subsection (3) substitute—
“3 The number of MEPs to be elected for each electoral region is as follows5—
East Midlands |
6 |
Eastern |
7 |
London |
9 |
North East |
3 |
North West |
9 |
South East |
10 |
South West |
7 |
West Midlands |
7 |
Yorkshire and the Humber |
6 |
Scotland |
7 |
Wales |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
3.”. |
Christopher Leslie
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Date 27th April 2004
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the reduction in United Kingdom members of the European Parliament from 87 to 78 following the accession of 10 new member States to the European Community, when the Athens Treaty comes into force on 1st May 2004. It provides for the division of the seats between the electoral regions.
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