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MEPs 10 (2004–present)11 (1999–2004) | ||
South east england european parliament constituency
South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to South East England, in the south east of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
History
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East, East Sussex and Kent South, Hampshire North and Oxford, Itchen, Test and Avon, Kent East, Kent West, South Downs West, Surrey, Sussex South and Crawley, Thames Valley, Wight and Hampshire South, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, Cotswolds, and London South and Surrey East.
Election results
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.