European Electoral Regions in Great Britain, December 2016 Boundaries

Digital vector boundaries for European Electoral Regions in Great Britain as of 31 December 2016. The dataset contains multiple boundary resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral region boundaries based on the provided vector data.
• Analyzing the geographic extent of constituencies based on the coastline clipping detail.
• Comparing different boundary generalisation levels (20m, 200m, 500m) for cartographic purposes.

Strengths

• Multiple boundary resolutions are provided, with file sizes ranging from 197 KB to 31 MB.
• Specific snapshot date of 31 December 2016 is provided for the boundaries.
• Contains intellectual property rights information for Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As of 31 December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:37.103733; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain