- Source: European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002
The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c. 24) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom governing elections to the European Parliament.
The Act divided the United Kingdom into various regions to which were allocated a number of seats. England was divided into nine regions with a total of 71 seats. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each constituted a single region, with 8, 5 and 3 seats respectively. For the first time the Act allowed the participation of Gibraltar, which was placed within the South West England region for the purpose of the elections.
The Act was repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 on 31 January 2020, and the 2019 European Parliament election was the last to be held under the former legislation.
2011 AV and 2016 EU referendums
The legal provisions for the appointment of "Regional returning officers" and also the twelve European Parliamentary Regional constituencies areas of the United Kingdom under this Act were also used under the titles of "Regional counting officers" and "Regional count areas" in the legislation enacted for the holding of both the 2011 AV Referendum under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and the 2016 EU Referendum under the European Union Referendum Act 2015.
Repeal
As a result of the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union on 23 June 2016, the act was repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, however initially it was only partially repealed and was not fully repealed until 31 January 2020 when the United Kingdom formally left the European Union.
See also
Matthews v United Kingdom
European Assembly Elections Act 1978
European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993
European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999
European Union Act 2011
European Communities Act 1972 (UK)
Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Canberra
- Sosialisme demokratis
- Britania Raya
- Liechtenstein
- Brexit
- Zimbabwe
- Whataboutisme
- Sarawak
- Hubungan Rusia dengan Ukraina
- Kritik terhadap Israel
- European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999
- European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002
- European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
- 2024 Georgian parliamentary election
- 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
- European Communities Act 1972 (UK)
- Elections to the European Parliament
- Elections in the United Kingdom
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Act 2004
