Scottish Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries as of May 2021

Digital vector boundaries for Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies in Scotland as at May 2021. The boundaries are ultra generalised (500m) and clipped to the coastline. The dataset contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of political representation using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Integrating constituency data into GIS systems for regional planning or demographic studies.

Strengths

• Boundaries are ultra generalised (500m), which may simplify analysis and visualization.
• Data is clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark), providing a precise coastal boundary.
• Contains intellectual property rights from authoritative sources Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely derived from official cartographic sources.

Time Range

May 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2023-02-15 10:51:37.884000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland