Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies: Names and Codes as of December 2019

Scotland's parliamentary constituency boundaries as of 31 December 2019. The dataset contains names and codes for constituencies, published by the Government Digital Service. It was last updated on the platform in October 2022.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral boundaries based on the constituency names and codes.
• Joining constituency-level data using the provided SPC19CD identifier.
• Analyzing the political geography of Scotland based on the 2019 constituency definitions.

Strengths

• Contains official codes (SPC19CD) and names (SPC19NM) for constituencies.
• Data is geospatial, available in formats like GEOJSON and KML for mapping.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2022-10 24 15:05:08.618000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Published to the Open Geography portal.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2019

Freshness

2022-10-24 15:05:08.618000

Geography

Scotland