European Electoral Region Boundaries for Great Britain, December 2015

Digital vector boundaries for European electoral regions in Great Britain as of December 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra-generalized. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing coastal boundary definitions based on the Mean High Water and Mean Low Water marks mentioned in the description.
• Comparing boundary detail for different applications using the multiple resolution versions (full, 20m, 200m, 500m).
• Integrating electoral geography with other UK administrative datasets based on the stated geographic coverage.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions for flexibility, including full resolution and four generalized/clipped options.
• Includes specific file sizes for each version, ranging from 191 KB to 31 MB.
• Contains boundaries for Great Britain as of a specific date (December 2015).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2015; political boundaries may have changed, so freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (UK)

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official electoral boundary definitions.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:10.643632; the underlying data snapshot is from December 2015.

Geography

Great Britain