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"Schedule 2
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ELECTORAL REGIONS IN ENGLAND |
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Electoral regions |
| | 1. The electoral regions for England shall be those listed in the Table below.
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| | 2. - (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a reference in the Table to a local government or administrative area is a reference to that area as it is for the time being.
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(2) Where an area specified in column (2) of the Table is altered, the alteration shall not have effect for the purposes of this Act until the first general election of MEPs at which the poll in the United Kingdom takes place after the alteration comes into force for all other purposes.
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Number of MEPs elected for each region |
| | 3. The number of MEPs elected for each electoral region in England shall be the number specified in column (3) of the Table.
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| | 4. - (1) As soon as possible after 16th February in each pre-election year the Secretary of State shall-
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(a) consider whether the ratio of registered electors to MEPs is as nearly as possible the same for every electoral region in England, and |
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(b) make by order such amendments of column (3) of the Table as he considers necessary to ensure that result. |
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(2) An order under sub-paragraph (1) shall not alter the total number of MEPs elected for electoral regions in England.
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(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the Secretary of State shall consider the number of registered electors as at 16th February of the pre-election year.
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(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a registered elector for an electoral region is a person whose name appears in a relevant register, or part of a relevant register, which relates to the region, other than a person who is-
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(a) a relevant citizen of the Union within the meaning of section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (interpretation), and |
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(b) registered only for the purposes of local government elections. |
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(5) The relevant registers are-
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(a) registers of parliamentary electors; |
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(b) registers of local government electors; |
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(c) registers of peers maintained under section 3(2) to (9) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident outside the United Kingdom); |
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(d) registers maintained under regulation 9 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994 (relevant citizens of the European Union). |
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(6) In this paragraph "pre-election year" means any year after 2002 which immediately precedes a year in which general elections would be held in accordance with Article 10(2).
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(7) A statutory instrument made under sub-paragraph (1) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament."
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