Clackmannanshire's polling district and polling place data, as mandated by UK electoral law. The dataset includes mandatory fields for district codes, property identifiers, and polling place details. It is provided by the Government Digital Service and reflects boundary changes from the 2016 electoral review.
Use Cases
- Mapping electoral logistics based on the defined polling districts and places.
- Analyzing property-to-polling place assignments based on the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN).
- Reviewing boundary compliance based on the legal framework described for district reviews.
Strengths
- Includes mandatory fields defined by statute: district_code, UPRN, and polling_place.
- Based on legal frameworks including the Representation of the People Act 1983 and subsequent amendments.
- Reflects updated ward boundaries from the 2016 Fifth Review of Electoral Arrangements.
Limitations
- Row count, file formats, and sample data are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Column-level documentation beyond the three mandatory fields is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- Administrative data collected by the local authority (LA) as part of statutory duties.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Clackmannanshire, Scotland