European Electoral Region Boundaries for Great Britain, December 2016

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for European Electoral Regions in Great Britain as of 31 December 2016. The dataset includes five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra-generalized, with file sizes ranging from 197 KB to 31 MB. It contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights and is available via multiple ArcGIS REST services.

Use Cases

• Create electoral maps based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of regions using the coastline-clipped boundary versions.
• Integrate boundary data into GIS applications via the listed ArcGIS REST services.
• Compare boundary detail levels for different visualization or analysis needs.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary versions with stated file sizes (e.g., 197 KB for ultra-generalized).
• Includes both full extent and coastline-clipped variants for different analytical needs.
• Boundaries are explicitly dated as of 31 December 2016, providing a temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:05.770359; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

As of 31 December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:05.770359

Geography

Great Britain