Scottish Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries as of May 2016

Digital vector boundaries for Scottish parliamentary constituencies as of 5th May 2016, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset includes three boundary variants: full resolution to the realm extent, full resolution clipped to the coastline, and a generalised (20m) version clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map constituency boundaries for visual analysis based on the provided vector geometries.
• Calculate electoral district areas and perimeters based on the full-resolution or generalised boundaries.
• Clip other geospatial datasets to constituency extents based on the coastline-clipped versions.
• Analyze coastal versus inland constituency definitions based on the Mean High Water and Mean Low Water mark distinctions.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary variants: full extent (25 MB), full clipped (24 MB), and generalised 20m clipped (3 MB).
• Contains authoritative intellectual property from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Snapshots a specific electoral geography as of 5th May 2016.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified; the data represents a snapshot from 2016.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

Snapshot as of 5th May 2016

Freshness

Snapshot as of 5th May 2016; last metadata update 2026-07-08.

Geography

Scotland