Westminster Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Great Britain, December 2015

Digital vector boundaries for Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in Great Britain as at 31 December 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution and multiple generalised (20m to 500m) versions clipped to the coastline. Contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituency boundaries based on the provided vector data.
• Analyzing changes in constituency geography over time based on the 2015 snapshot.
• Creating generalised maps for publication based on the 20m, 200m, or 500m resolution versions.
• Integrating constituency boundaries with other socio-economic data for spatial analysis.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full-resolution and four generalised levels.
• Specific file sizes are listed for each version, ranging from 488 KB to 56 MB.
• Boundaries are precisely dated as of 31 December 2015.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As of 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:53.317981; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain