It was also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020, which elected seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
Before the United Kingdom left the European Union in January 2020, the South West England region within the European Parliament had seven members elected through a proportional representation system called the d'Hondt method, which was used to allocate seats among political parties.