Scottish Parliamentary Regions: Names and Codes as of December 2024

Scottish Parliamentary Regions in Scotland are listed with their official names and codes as of 31 December 2024. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and was last updated on the platform on 27 November 2024. It contains two text fields for region codes and names.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral or administrative boundaries based on the provided region names and codes.
• Joining region identifiers to other datasets based on the SPR24CD code field.
• Validating or standardizing region names for data processing tasks.
• Analyzing the structure of Scottish parliamentary constituencies.

Strengths

• Provides a specific snapshot date of 31 December 2024 for the boundaries.
• Includes two distinct fields for code (SPR24CD) and name (SPR24NM).
• Offered in multiple geospatial formats including KML and GEOJSON.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative register.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-11-27 09:50:51.431000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland