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Essex North and Suffolk South (European Parliament constituency)

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Member state
  
United Kingdom

Dissolved
  
1999

Created
  
1994

MEPs
  
1

Essex North and Suffolk South (European Parliament constituency)

Essex North and Suffolk South was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1994 from parts of Essex North East and Suffolk, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.

Boundaries

It consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Braintree, Harwich, North Colchester, Saffron Walden, South Colchester and Maldon, Suffolk South. Braintree, North Colchester and South Colchester and Maldon had previously been part of Essex North East, while Harwich, Saffron Walden and Suffolk South had been part of the Suffolk constituency.

The entire area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999.

References

Essex North and Suffolk South (European Parliament constituency) Wikipedia