The regional list system
7.Under the regional list system, Great Britain will be divided into eleven regions, each returning between four and eleven MEPs.
8.Scotland and Wales will each constitute a single region and will return eight and five MEPs respectively.
9.England will be divided into nine regions. These will be the same regions as are already used by the Government Offices for the Regions, with the exception of Merseyside, which will be combined with the Northwest region. The table below shows the geographical composition of the nine English regions, their electorates and the number of MEPs to be returned by each.
| REGION | GEOGRAPHICAL AREA | ELECTORATE February 1998 | NO.OF MEPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire | 3,178,655 | 6 |
| Eastern | Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk | 4,033,848 | 8 |
| London | London boroughs, the City of London | 4,964,862 | 10 |
| North East | former county of Cleveland, Durham, Northumbria, former county of Tyne & Wear | 1,977,117 | 4 |
| North West | Cheshire, Cumbria, boroughs within Greater Manchester, Lancashire, former Metropolitan county of Merseyside | 5,208,775 | 10 |
| South East | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex | 5,987,407 | 11 |
| South West | former county of Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Scilly Isles, Somerset, Wiltshire | 3,758,481 | 7 |
| West Midlands | Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, former Metropolitan county of West Midlands | 4,036,595 | 8 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | former counties of Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire | 3,807,997 | 7 |
