European Parliament Constituencies
There are twelve European Parliament constituencies covering the United Kingdom. All except one are entirely within the UK. The exception is the South West England constituency, which includes Gibraltar. Each constituency elects a number of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
The current set of UK European Parliament constituencies was first used in the 1999 European Parliament election.
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