Welsh National Assembly Electoral Regions, Ultra Generalised Boundaries (2015)

Digital vector boundaries for the National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions as of December 2015. The dataset contains five resolution versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), with file sizes ranging from 23 KB to 3 MB. 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 ultra generalised (500m) boundaries for web visualization.
• Perform spatial analysis of Welsh regions using the full resolution extent of the realm boundaries.
• Integrate electoral boundaries with other geospatial datasets using the coastline-clipped versions.
• Compare boundary detail levels for cartographic design based on the five available resolutions.

Strengths

• Offers five distinct boundary resolutions, including ultra generalised (500m) at 23 KB.
• File sizes are explicitly listed, with the full resolution clipped version at 3 MB.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified; the data reflects a specific snapshot from December 2015.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official electoral boundary definitions.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.332354; data snapshot is from December 2015.

Geography

Wales