Scottish Parliamentary Regions: Full and Clipped Boundaries as of May 2016

Digital vector boundaries for Scottish parliamentary regions as at 5 May 2016. The dataset contains three boundary versions: full resolution extent of the realm, full resolution clipped to the coastline, and a generalised 20m version. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the provided full-resolution vector boundaries.
• Performing spatial analysis of regions clipped to the Mean High Water coastline.
• Creating simplified visualizations using the generalised 20m boundary data.
• Integrating boundary data with other geospatial datasets for regional planning.

Strengths

• Provides three distinct boundary versions for different use cases, including a 20m generalised version.
• File sizes are specified, with the generalised version being 2 MB for easier handling.
• Boundaries are explicitly dated to 5 May 2016, providing a specific temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to uk_data as it is a single snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official electoral boundary definitions.

Time Range

As at 5 May 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:46.371753; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland