Ward to Senedd Cymru Constituency Lookup for Wales, December 2023

Government Digital Service provides a lookup file mapping Welsh wards to Senedd Cymru constituencies as of 31 December 2023. The dataset includes nine text fields with codes and names for wards, unitary authorities, and constituencies. It was last updated on the platform on 29 April 2024.

Use Cases

• Aggregating local statistics to parliamentary constituency level based on the ward-to-constituency mapping.
• Joining electoral or demographic data using the provided ward (WD23CD) or constituency (SENC23CD) codes.
• Creating visualizations of Welsh political boundaries using the linked geospatial file formats.

Strengths

• Provides a specific snapshot date of 31 December 2023 for boundary relationships.
• Includes both English and Welsh language name fields (e.g., WD23NM and WD23NMW) for geographic entities.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official UK administrative geography registers.

Time Range

As of 31 December 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2024-04-29 10:43:48.702000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales