Scottish Parliamentary Region Boundaries as of December 2022

Scottish Parliamentary Regions (December 2022) Boundaries SC BFC provides digital vector boundaries for Scottish Parliamentary Regions. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service and was last updated on the platform on 2023-04-25. It contains full-resolution boundaries clipped to the coastline at the Mean High Water mark.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Performing spatial joins with demographic data based on the defined region polygons.
• Analyzing coastline-aligned administrative geography based on the Mean High Water mark clipping.
• Integrating regional boundaries into political or socio-economic GIS models.

Strengths

• Boundaries are provided at full resolution (BFC).
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and ONS.
• Specific temporal snapshot provided: boundaries as at December 2022.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely derived from official cartographic sources.

Time Range

December 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2023-04-25 09:47:58.324000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland