UK Electoral Ward Names and Codes as of December 2020

Wards (December 2020) Names and Codes in the UK (V2) contains official names and codes for electoral wards and divisions across the United Kingdom. The dataset was published by the Government Digital Service on the eu_open_data platform and was last updated on 24 October 2022. It reflects the administrative geography as of 31 December 2020, incorporating a late boundary change for Leeds wards.

Use Cases

• Link demographic or economic statistics to specific electoral wards based on the provided ward codes (WD20CD).
• Create maps of UK administrative boundaries using the associated geospatial files (KML, GEOJSON).
• Standardize location data by matching place names to official ward names (WD20NM).
• Study the impact of postponed electoral changes in May 2020, as noted in the dataset description.

Strengths

• Includes a specific snapshot of UK electoral wards as of 31 December 2020.
• Documented update for Leeds ward boundaries and codes following a 2018 governance order.
• Provides data in multiple geospatial and tabular formats (KML, HTML, GEOJSON, CSV, ZIP).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics for WD20CD and WD20NM must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2022-10-24 10:31:23.037000; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Official publication process for the Open Geography portal.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2020.

Freshness

2022-10-24 10:31:23.037000

Geography

United Kingdom