# European Assembly Elections Act 1978 (Repealed), Section 2: Electoral regions and number of MEPs.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The United Kingdom shall be divided into electoral regions.
(2) England shall be divided into nine electoral regions.
(3) Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland shall each constitute a single electoral region.
(4) The number of MEPs elected in the United Kingdom shall be 87, of whom—
(a) 71 shall be elected for electoral regions in England,
(b) 8 shall be elected for Scotland,
(c) 5 shall be elected for Wales, and
(d) 3 shall be elected for Northern Ireland.
(5) Schedule 2 (which sets out the electoral regions in England and makes provision for the number of MEPs to be elected for each region) shall have effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/10/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-assembly-elections-act-1978-repealed/section-2
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