Polling Places and Districts for Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Polling districts and designated polling places for the Aberdeenshire local authority area, as mandated by UK electoral law. The data includes mandatory fields for district codes, property identifiers, and polling place names/addresses. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and reflects boundary changes from the 2016 electoral review.

Use Cases

• Mapping voter accessibility to polling locations based on designated polling places.
• Analyzing administrative boundary changes based on polling district codes linked to electoral wards.
• Integrating electoral geography with property databases based on the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) field.
• Supporting public consultation for polling place reviews as described in the electoral legislation.

Strengths

• Includes mandatory, standardized fields (district_code, UPRN, polling_place) as specified by electoral regulations.
• Based on legal frameworks (Representation of the People Act 1983, Electoral Administration Act 2013) requiring regular review.
• Reflects updated ward boundaries from the 2016 Fifth Review of Electoral Arrangements in Scotland.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation beyond the three mandatory fields is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Administrative data collected by the local authority (LA) as required by electoral law.

Time Range

Likely current for elections post-September 2016, but specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

Aberdeenshire, Scotland.