73 constituencies and 8 regions define the electoral areas for the Scottish Parliament, resulting in 129 total parliamentary seats. Boundaries Scotland provides recommendations, but the definitive dataset is delineated by Ordnance Survey for their BoundaryLine product. The dataset is aggregated by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.
Use Cases
- Mapping electoral districts based on the described constituency and region boundaries.
- Analyzing representation and seat distribution for the 129 MSP seats.
- Integrating official boundary data from Ordnance Survey's BoundaryLine product into GIS systems.
- Studying the recommendations and definitive delineations of electoral areas by Boundaries Scotland.
Strengths
- Defines a specific electoral structure with 73 constituencies and 8 regions.
- Authoritatively linked to Ordnance Survey's definitive BoundaryLine product.
- Aggregated from a government source (Government Digital Service).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Ordnance Survey (BoundaryLine product), via Government Digital Service and eu_open_data.
- Collection Method
- Official delineation of electoral boundaries.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated: unknown
- Geography
- Scotland