South West, Gibraltar Inset

South West, Gibraltar Inset

South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d’Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, however in the 2009 election this has been reduced to 6 MEP’s.

The constituency consists of the South West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bristol, Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire. The constituency also, with effect from the 2004 European election includes Gibraltar.

The UK Office of the European Parliament will publish an official list of all candidates standing in each region and nation of the UK once the deadline for nominations has closed at 4 p.m. on Thursday 7 May 2009.