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The nine regions were used as England's European Parliament constituencies from 1999 until Britain's departure from the European Union; [17] and as statistical NUTS level 1 regions. Since 1 July 2006, there have also been ten strategic health authorities , each of which corresponds to a region, except for South East England , which is divided ...
The regions were based on pre-Second World War regions, but were substantially altered in the 1970s, with the merger of South East and Southern regions, and alterations in the north. They were again altered in 1984, to merge the English regions 1 and 2 to become a single North East region, and Scotland's two southern regions (East and West ...
At the highest level, all of England is divided into nine regions that are each made up of a number of counties and districts. These "government office regions" were created in 1994, [ 12 ] and from the 1999 Euro-elections up until the UK's exit from the EU, they were used as the European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom and in ...
At the 2016 EU membership referendum, all three Northern England regions voted to leave, as did all English regions outside London. The largest Northern Remain vote was 60.4% in Manchester; the largest Leave vote was 69.9% in North East Lincolnshire. [300]
England portal; This category includes traditional and historical regions of England, some of which are loosely defined; the 9 official regions of England used since 1994 for statistical and some administrative purposes, also known as the NUTS 1 statistical regions of England; city regions, some of which are now recognised for government purposes
ITL 1 statistical regions of the United Kingdom by Human Development Index as of 2022. Rank ITL 1 Region HDI (2022) [1] Very high human development 1: Greater London: 0.984 2: South East England: 0.954 – United Kingdom (average) 0.940: 3: South West England: 0.936 4 Scotland: 0.933 5: East of England: 0.928 6: North West England: 0.927 7 ...
The East of England region has the lowest elevation range in the UK. Twenty percent of the region is below mean sea level, most of this in North Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and on the Essex Coast. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Most of the remaining area is of low elevation, with extensive glacial deposits. [ 11 ]
South East England is one of the nine official regions of England that are in the top level category for statistical purposes. It consists of the nine counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. South East England is the third-largest region of England, with a ...