Scottish Parliamentary Regions Boundaries as of December 2022

Digital vector boundaries for Scottish Parliamentary Regions, as at December 2022. The boundaries are provided at full resolution (BFE), typically extending to the Mean Low Water mark and sometimes including offshore islands. Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the official December 2022 boundaries.
• Performing spatial joins with demographic data based on the region geometries.
• Analyzing coastal and offshore island inclusion in political boundaries based on the full-resolution extent.
• Creating visualizations for public information or political analysis based on the vector boundaries.

Strengths

• Boundaries are provided at full resolution (BFE), offering detailed geographic extent.
• Data represents the official state as of a specific date: December 2022.
• Contains authoritative intellectual property from Ordnance Survey and the ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries from official sources.

Time Range

December 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2023-04-25 09:32:15.421000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland