Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies: Names and Codes as of December 2022

December 2022 boundaries for Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies, containing names and codes. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and was last updated on 2022-12 05. It likely contains two text fields for constituency identifiers and names.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the provided geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON).
• Linking other regional data to constituencies using the official SPC22CD codes.
• Analyzing the distribution and naming of Scottish parliamentary regions based on the SPC22NM names.

Strengths

• Provides official government codes (SPC22CD) and names (SPC22NM) for constituencies.
• Offers data in multiple geospatial formats (KML, GEOJSON, CSV) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2022-12-05 08:57:27.027000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative boundary register.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2022.

Freshness

Static snapshot as of 31 December 2022.

Geography

Scotland