Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies to Regions Lookup, December 2019

Government Digital Service provides a lookup file mapping Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies to Scottish Parliamentary Regions as of 31 December 2019. The dataset includes codes and names for both constituency and region levels, with a file size of 32 KB. It was last updated on the platform on 2022-07-22.

Use Cases

• Aggregating election results or demographic statistics from constituency to regional level based on the provided lookup codes.
• Validating or standardizing geographic identifiers for Scottish political units mentioned in the description.
• Joining other datasets containing SPC19CD or SPR19CD codes to add region or constituency names.
• Creating maps or visualizations of Scottish Parliamentary Regions and their constituent areas.

Strengths

• Specific snapshot date of 31 December 2019 provides a clear temporal reference.
• Includes both codes (SPC19CD, SPR19CD) and names (SPC19NM, SPR19NM) for constituencies and regions.
• File size of 32 KB indicates a lightweight, manageable lookup table.

Limitations

• Last updated 2022-07-22 14:47:02.488000; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• 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 via the Open Geography portal.

Collection Method

Likely created by a publication process for the Open Geography portal, as indicated by the FID field description.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2019-12 31.

Freshness

Snapshot as of 2019-12-31; platform metadata updated 2022-07-22.

Geography

Scotland.