European Parliament constituency

European Union

This article is part of a series on the
politics and government
of the European Union

Executive

Legislative

Judiciary

Central Bank

Court of Auditors

Other bodies

Elections

Law

European Council

European Parliament election constituencies, 2014

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU), divided into constituencies.

Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom are divided into constituencies, while the other member states have a single national constituency. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level.

The Kingdom of Denmark was also historically subdivided in two constituencies, with a separate one for Greenland which was dissolved in 1985 after the autonomous country in the Realm withdrew from the EEC (later expanded to become the EU).

Currently, all member states hold elections to the European Parliament (EP) using various forms of proportional representation.^{[note 1]}

The number of representatives per head of population varies widely across constituencies. For example, 77,000 German speaking Belgians have one representative, while Greater London have one seat for every 980,000 people. The quantity of MEPs representing each country, anyway, is approximately proportional to the population of that member state within the European Union. For more details, see Apportionment in the European Parliament.

Data are for the 2014–2019 legislature.

Full list

Constituency	Member State	Area/Community	Seats, 2014	Population, 2012^[1] (thousands)		Area^[2] (km²)		GDP, 2011^[3] (million €)
Constituency	Member State	Area/Community	Seats, 2014	Total	Per seat	Total	Per seat	Total	Per seat
Austria	Austria	(Full country)	18	8,430	468	83,879	4,660	299,127	16,618
Dutch-speaking electoral college	Belgium	Flemish Community	12	6,389	532	13,521	1,127	212,354	17,696
French-speaking electoral college		French Community of Belgium	8	4,663	583	16,152	2,019	156,661	19,583
German-speaking electoral college		German-speaking Community of Belgium	1	77	77	854	854	na	na
Bulgaria	Bulgaria	(Full country)	17	7,306	430	110,900	6,524	38,505	2,265
Cyprus	Cyprus	(Full country)	6	864	144	9,251	1,542	17,979	2,997
Croatia	Croatia	(Full country)	11	4,269	388	56,594	5,145	44,384	4,035
Czech Republic	Czech Republic	(Full country)	21	10,511	501	78,866	3,756	155,486	7,404
Denmark	Denmark	(Full country)	13	5,592	430	42,916	3,301	230,978	17,768
Estonia	Estonia	(Full country)	6	1,323	220	45,227	7,538	16,216	2,703
Finland	Finland	(Full country)	13	5,414	416	338,435	26,033	188,656	14,512
North-West	France	Regions Normandy (former regions Lower Normandy, and Upper Normandy), and Hauts-de-France (former regions Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and Picardy)	10	9,298	930	61,720	6,172	229,998	23,000
West		Regions Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, and former region Poitou-Charentes (now part of region Nouvelle-Aquitaine)	9	8,683	965	85,099	9,455	222,722	24,747
East		Regions Grand Est (former regions Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, and Lorraine), and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (former regions Burgundy, and Franche-Comté)	9	8,365	929	105,218	11,691	213,317	23,702
South-West		Region Occitanie (former regions Languedoc-Roussillon, and Midi-Pyrénées), and former region Aquitaine (now part of region Nouvelle-Aquitaine)	10	8,941	894	114,032	11,403	228,573	22,857
South-East		Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, territorial collectivity of Corsica, and former region Rhône-Alpes (now part of region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)	13	11,619	894	83,778	6,444	345,312	26,562
Massif central–Centre		Region Centre-Val de Loire, and former regions Auvergne (now part of region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), and Limousin (now part of region Nouvelle-Aquitaine)	5	4,665	933	82,106	16,421	115,987	23,197
Île-de-France		Region Île-de-France, and French citizens living abroad (and not registered as electors in another member country of the European Union)	15	11,948	797	12,012	801	608,648	40,577
Overseas		French overseas departments and territories	3	2,714	905	112,447	37,482	50,962	16,987
Germany	Germany	(Full country)	96	81,932	853	357,162	3,720	2,609,898	27,186
Greece	Greece	(Full country)	21	11,093	528	131,957	6,284	208,530	9,930
Hungary	Hungary	(Full country)	21	9,920	472	93,024	4,430	98,921	4,711
Dublin	Ireland	Counties Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin	3	1,271	424	921	307	65,925	21,975
Midlands–North-West		Counties Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway	4	1,635	409	37,282	9,321	40,416	10,104
South		Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford	4	1,675	419	31,935	7,984	50,147	12,537
North-West	Italy	Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont	20	15,807	790	57,928	2,896	511,484	25,574
North-East		Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto	14	11,482	820	62,327	4,452	364,561	26,040
Central		Latium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria	14	11,637	831	58,084	4,149	340,669	24,334
Southern		Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise	17	13,975	822	73,800	4,341	243,895	14,347
Islands		Sardinia, Sicily	8	6,639	830	49,932	6,242	117,031	14,629
Latvia	Latvia	(Full country)	8	2,034	254	64,573	8,072	20,182	2,523
Lithuania	Lithuania	(Full country)	11	2,988	272	65,300	5,936	30,958	2,814
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	(Full country)	6	531	88	2,586	431	41,730	6,955
Malta	Malta	(Full country)	6	420	70	316	53	6,631	1,105
Netherlands	Netherlands	(Full country)	26	16,755	644	41,540	1,598	593,258	22,818
Pomeranian	Poland	Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	2,287	762	18,310	6,103	20,921	6,974
Kuyavian-Pomeranian		Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	2,097	699	17,972	5,991	16,597	5,532
Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian		Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship	2	2,651	1,326	44,360	22,180	18,407	9,204
Warsaw		City of Warsaw and part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Legionowo, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Otwock, Piaseczno, Pruszków, Warsaw West and Wołomin)	5	2,795	559	11,205	2,241	65,215	13,043
Masovian		The remaining part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Ciechanów, Gostyń, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, Żyrardów, Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Garwolin, Łosice, Maków, Mińsk, Ostrołęka, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, Wyszków and the cities of Płock, Radom, Ostrołęka and Siedlce)	3	2,499	833	24,353	8,118	17,715	5,905
Łódź		Łódź Voivodeship	2	2,529	1,265	18,219	9,110	22,631	11,316
Greater Poland		Greater Poland Voivodeship	5	3,350	670	15,183	3,037	27,653	5,531
Lublin		Lublin Voivodeship	2	2,169	1,084	25,122	12,561	14,208	7,104
Subcarpathian		Subcarpathian Voivodeship	3	2,129	710	17,846	5,949	13,840	4,613
Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie		Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship	7	4,735	676	41,537	5,934	43,750	6,250
Silesian		Silesian Voivodeship	7	4,621	660	12,333	1,762	48,124	6,875
Lower Silesian and Opole		Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship	6	3,928	655	29,359	4,893	39,645	6,608
Lubusz and West Pomeranian		Lubusz Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	2,745	915	36,880	12,293	22,145	7,382
Portugal	Portugal	(Full country)	21	10,515	501	92,212	4,391	170,942	8,140
Romania	Romania	(Full country)	32	21,385	668	238,391	7,450	131,359	4,105
Slovakia	Slovakia	(Full country)	13	5,408	416	49,036	3,772	68,975	5,306
Slovenia	Slovenia	(Full country)	8	2,057	257	20,273	2,534	36,150	4,519
Sweden	Sweden	(Full country)	20	9,519	476	438,576	21,929	385,342	19,267
Spain	Spain	(Full country)	54	46,773	866	505,991	9,370	1,045,263	19,357
London	United Kingdom	Greater London	8	7,836	980	1,595	199	394,759	49,345
South East England		South East	10	8,520	852	19,405	1,941	255,188	25,519
South West England		South West, Gibraltar	6	5,303	884	24,395	4,066	131,444	21,907
West Midlands		West Midlands	7	5,456	779	13,004	1,858	126,337	18,048
North West England		North West	8	6,983	873	14,920	1,865	166,395	20,799
North East England		North East	3	2,606	869	8,676	2,892	53,604	17,868
Yorkshire and the Humber		Yorkshire and the Humber	6	5,301	884	15,564	2,594	120,310	20,052
East Midlands		East Midlands	5	4,481	896	15,811	3,162	103,712	20,742
East of England		Eastern	7	5,832	833	19,572	2,796	148,692	21,242
Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland	3	1,799	600	14,130	4,710	37,813	12,604
Scotland		Scotland	6	5,223	871	80,239	13,373	137,863	22,977
Wales		Wales	4	3,007	752	21,225	5,306	60,428	15,107
Total			751	507,403	676	4,487,367	5,975	12,665,528	16,865

Regional constituencies by member state

Main articles: European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom and European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

European Parliament constituencies in Belgium
European Parliament constituencies in France
European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
European Parliament constituencies in Italy
European Parliament constituencies in Poland
European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom

Full lists

2009–14 ← European Parliament constituencies 2014–19 → 2019–24

England	East Midlands East of England London North East England North West England South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Wales Scotland

National

Key: ^† Constituency created in 2014

2004–09 ← European Parliament constituencies 2009–14 → 2014–19

Belgium

France

Ireland

Dublin
East^†2
North-West^†2
South^†2

Italy

Poland

United Kingdom

England	East Midlands East of England London North East England North West England South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Wales Scotland

National

Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 2013; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 2014

1999–2004 ← European Parliament constituencies 2004–09 → 2009–14

Belgium

France

Ireland

Dublin
East^¤1
North-West^¤1
South^¤1

Italy

Poland

United Kingdom

England	East Midlands East of England London North East England North West England South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Wales Scotland

National

Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 2004; ^¤2 Constituency created in 2007

1994–99 ← European Parliament constituencies 1999–2004 → 2004–09

England	East Midlands^¤1 East of England^¤1 London^¤1 North East England^¤1 North West England^¤1 South East England^¤1 South West England^¤1 West Midlands^¤1 Yorkshire and the Humber^¤1

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Wales Scotland

National

Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1999 ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 2004

1989–94 ← European Parliament constituencies 1994–99 → 1999–2004

England	Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Birmingham East Birmingham West Bristol Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East Cambridgeshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Wirral Cleveland and Richmond Cornwall and West Plymouth Cotswolds Coventry and North Warwickshire Cumbria and Lancashire North Devon and East Plymouth Dorset and East Devon Durham East Sussex and Kent South Essex North and Suffolk South Essex South Essex West and Hertfordshire East Greater Manchester Central Greater Manchester East Greater Manchester West Hampshire North and Oxford Herefordshire and Shropshire Hertfordshire Humberside Itchen, Test and Avon Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire South Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire and Humberside South London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South and Surrey East London South East London South Inner London South West London West Merseyside East and Wigan Merseyside West Midlands West Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire and Blaby Northumbria Nottingham and Leicestershire North West Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield Peak District Sheffield Somerset and North Devon South Downs West Staffordshire East and Derby Staffordshire West and Congleton Suffolk and South West Norfolk Surrey Sussex South and Crawley Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Wight and Hampshire South Wiltshire North and Bath Worcestershire and South Warwickshire Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West Yorkshire West

Wales	Mid and West Wales North Wales South Wales Central South Wales East South Wales West

Scotland	Glasgow Highlands and Islands Lothians Mid Scotland and Fife North East Scotland South of Scotland Strathclyde East Strathclyde West

Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland

National

* Constituency created 1996; † Constituency created 1995

1984–89 ← European Parliament constituencies 1989–94 → 1994–99

Belgium

Dutch-speaking
French-speaking^†1

Ireland

Italy

United Kingdom

England	Bedfordshire South^†1 Birmingham East Birmingham West Bristol Cambridge and Bedfordshire North^†1 Cheshire East Cheshire West^†1 Cleveland and Yorkshire North^†1 Cornwall and Plymouth^†1 Cotswolds Cumbria and Lancashire North Derbyshire^†1 Devon^†1 Dorset East and Hampshire West^†1 Durham Essex North East^†1 Essex South West^†1 Greater Manchester Central Greater Manchester East Greater Manchester West Hampshire Central^†1 Hereford and Worcester^†1 Hertfordshire Humberside Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire East^†1 Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire^†1 London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South and Surrey East London South East London South Inner London South West London West Merseyside East^†1 Merseyside West Midlands Central^†1 Midlands West Norfolk Northamptonshire^†1 Northumbria Nottingham^†1 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire^†1 Sheffield Shropshire and Stafford^†1 Somerset and Dorset West^†1 Staffordshire East^†1 Suffolk^†1 Surrey West^†1 Sussex East^†1 Sussex West^†1 Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Wight and Hampshire East^†1 Wiltshire^†1 York^†1 Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West^†1 Yorkshire West

Wales	Mid and West Wales North Wales South Wales^†1 South Wales East

Scotland	Glasgow Highlands and Islands Lothians Mid Scotland and Fife North East Scotland South of Scotland Strathclyde East Strathclyde West

Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland

National

Key: ^†1 Constituency dissolved in 1994

1979–84 ← European Parliament constituencies 1984–89 → 1989–94

Belgium

Denmark

Denmark
Greenland^†2

Ireland

Italy

United Kingdom

England	Bedfordshire South^¤1 Birmingham East^¤1 Birmingham West^¤1 Bristol Cambridge and Bedfordshire North^¤1 Cheshire East Cheshire West Cleveland and Yorkshire North^¤1 Cornwall and Plymouth Cotswolds Cumbria and Lancashire North^¤1 Derbyshire Devon Dorset East and Hampshire West^¤1 Durham Essex North East Essex South West Greater Manchester Central^¤1 Greater Manchester East^¤1 Greater Manchester West Hampshire Central^¤1 Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Humberside Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire East Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South and Surrey East^¤1 London South East London South Inner London South West London West Merseyside East^¤1 Merseyside West^¤1 Midlands Central Midlands West Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumbria Nottingham Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire^¤1 Sheffield Shropshire and Stafford^¤1 Somerset and Dorset West^¤1 Staffordshire East Suffolk Surrey West^¤1 Sussex East Sussex West Thames Valley Tyne and Wear^¤1 Wight and Hampshire East Wiltshire^¤1 York^¤1 Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West Yorkshire West

Wales	Mid and West Wales North Wales South Wales South Wales East^¤1

Scotland	Glasgow Highlands and Islands Lothians Mid Scotland and Fife North East Scotland South of Scotland Strathclyde East Strathclyde West

Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland

National

Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1984; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 1985; ^¤3 Constituency created in 1987

1977–1979 ← European Parliament constituencies 1979–84 → 1984–89

England	Bedfordshire Birmingham North Birmingham South Bristol Cambridgeshire Cheshire East Cheshire West Cleveland Cornwall and Plymouth Cotswolds Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Durham Essex North East Essex South West Greater Manchester North Greater Manchester South Greater Manchester West Hampshire West Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Humberside Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire East Lancashire West Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire Liverpool London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South London South East London South Inner London South West London West Midlands Central Midlands East Midlands West Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumbria Nottingham Salop and Stafford Sheffield Somerset Staffordshire East Suffolk Surrey Sussex East Sussex West Thames Valley Tyne South and Wear Upper Thames Wessex Wight and Hampshire East Yorkshire North Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West Yorkshire West

Wales	Mid and West Wales North Wales South East Wales South Wales

Scotland	Glasgow Highlands and Islands Lothians Mid Scotland and Fife North East Scotland South of Scotland Strathclyde East Strathclyde West

Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland

National

Key

* Constituency created 1981

Notes

↑ The German-speaking electoral college in Belgium has only one seat, thus its election is essentially first-past-the-post.

References

↑ Eurostat (14 March 2014). "Average annual population (1000) by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ Eurostat (19 May 2014). "Total area and land area by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ Eurostat (19 May 2014). "Regional Gross Domestic Product by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.

External links

European Union articles

History

Timeline	Pre-1945 1945–57 1958–72 1973–93 1993–2004 Since 2004

Predecessors	Timeline Founders European Coal and Steel Community (1951–2002) European Economic Community (1958–1993/2009) Euratom (1958–present) European Communities (1967–1993/2009) Justice and Home Affairs (1993–2009)

Geography

Politics

Institutions	European Council European Commission European Parliament Council of the European Union Court of Justice of the European Union European Central Bank European Court of Auditors

Agencies	Banking Border security (Frontex) Criminal intelligence (Europol) Disease prevention and control Environment Foreign affairs (External Action Service) Judicial co-operation (Eurojust) Maritime safety Reconstruction

Law	Acquis Charter of Fundamental Rights Competition law Copyright law Directive Enhanced cooperation Environmental policy Four freedoms labour mobility Government procurement Journal Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification Legislative procedure Citizens' Initiative Regulation Rural Development Policy Schengen Area Treaties opt-outs LGBT rights

Politics	Elections parliamentary constituencies Enlargement 1973 1981 1986 1995 2004 2007 2013 Future Euromyths Political parties (National parties by affiliation) Euroscepticism Foreign relations Integration Parliamentary groups Pro-Europeanism Withdrawal (Brexit) 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

Economy

Culture

Lists

Theory

Outline

Book
Category
Portal

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

European Parliament constituency

Full list

Regional constituencies by member state

Full lists

See also

Notes

References

External links