Westminster Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for Great Britain, 2015

Five vector boundary resolutions for Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in Great Britain, effective 31 December 2015. The dataset includes full-resolution boundaries and four generalised versions, with file sizes ranging from 488 KB to 56 MB. Contains intellectual property from both Ordnance Survey and the UK's Office for National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Create electoral maps based on the 2015 constituency boundaries mentioned in the description.
• Perform spatial analysis of demographic data clipped to the coastline boundaries.
• Develop web mapping applications using the provided generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary files for faster rendering.
• Conduct historical comparisons of UK parliamentary constituencies using this specific 2015 snapshot.

Strengths

• Offers five distinct boundary resolutions, from full (52-56 MB) to ultra generalised (488 KB).
• Provides specific file sizes for each resolution, aiding in download planning.
• Contains boundaries for all Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in Great Britain as of a fixed date (31 Dec 2015).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to uk_data, being a snapshot from 2015.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

As of 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:01.565618; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain