Politics of England - England in The Parliament of The European Union

England in The Parliament of The European Union

While Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are each treated as single European Parliament constituencies, England itself gets nine European constituencies, out of a total of twelve UK constituencies. Gibraltar, the only British Overseas Territory that is also part of the European Union, is included in South West England. The current English European constituencies are

Constituency Region Seats Pop. per Seat
1. London Greater London 9 7.4m 822k
2. South East England South East 10 8m 800k
3. South West England South West, Gibraltar 7 4.9m 700k
4. West Midlands West Midlands 7 5.2m 740k
5. North West England North West 9 6.7m 745k
6. North East England North East 3 2.5m 833k
7. Yorkshire and the Humber Yorkshire and the Humber 6 4.9m 816k
8. East Midlands East Midlands 6 4.1m 683k
9. East of England East of England 7 5.4m 770k

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