129 parliamentary seats are defined across 73 constituencies and 8 regions for the Scottish Parliament. Boundaries Scotland provides recommendations, but the definitive dataset is delineated by Ordnance Survey for their BoundaryLine product. The dataset likely contains the geospatial boundaries for these electoral areas.
Use Cases
- Map electoral constituencies and regions based on the described boundary definitions.
- Analyze regional representation for the 129 parliamentary seats.
- Study the relationship between constituency and regional MSP allocation.
- Integrate boundary data with demographic or election result datasets.
Strengths
- Defines a specific electoral system with 73 constituencies and 8 regions.
- Authoritative source involves Ordnance Survey for definitive boundaries.
- Total parliamentary seat count of 129 is explicitly stated.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- Delineated by Ordnance Survey for their BoundaryLine product.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- unknown
- Geography
- Scotland