Ward to Senedd Cymru Constituency Lookup for Wales, December 2022

31st December 2022 is the reference date for this lookup file between wards, unitary authorities, and Senedd Cymru constituencies in Wales. It was published by the Government Digital Service and last updated on the platform on 2023-01-18 07:09:04.728000. The dataset contains seven text fields mapping administrative codes and names.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral results from ward-level to Senedd constituency-level based on the provided lookup codes.
• Aggregating socio-economic statistics from smaller administrative units to larger political boundaries based on the ward-to-constituency relationship.
• Validating or correcting geographic data joins for Welsh datasets using the standardized codes (WD22CD, SENC22CD).
• Analyzing changes in electoral representation following boundary reviews by using this fixed December 2022 snapshot.

Strengths

• Provides a specific temporal snapshot as of 31st December 2022.
• Includes seven clearly named fields with defined maximum character lengths (e.g., 9, 45, 17).
• Covers three levels of Welsh administrative geography (ward, unitary authority, Senedd constituency) in one file.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2023-01-18 07:09:04.728000; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative boundary mapping produced by government agencies.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2022-12-31

Freshness

Snapshot as of 2022-12 31; metadata updated 2023-01-18.

Geography

Wales