Will your area be losing an MEP as the European Union expands?

The Electoral Commission has published its proposals for reducing the number of British MEPs from 78 to 72. The cut is driven by the expansion of the EU, with the number of MEPs countries have being reduced so that the total size of the European Parliament doesn’t swell to ridiculous proportions.

Their proposals don’t automatically become law, but it’s extremely likely that they will. So here’s how things are likely to be looking at the next European elections: East Midlands, London, North West, South West, West Midlands and Scotland each lose one MEP.