European Electoral Regions in Great Britain, December 2015 Boundaries

Great Britain's digital vector boundaries for European electoral regions as of December 2015. The dataset contains multiple resolution versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Create electoral maps based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze regional political geography using the coastline-clipped generalised boundaries.
• Integrate boundary data into historical GIS projects for the December 2015 timeframe.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, from 27 MB full resolution to 191 KB ultra generalised.
• Specific snapshot date (December 2015) for temporal consistency.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the uk_data platform, focusing solely on Great Britain.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey data.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:19.623688; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain