UK Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries as of December 2016

December 2016 boundaries for Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in the United Kingdom. This dataset contains digital vector boundaries at full resolution, including the extent of the realm and offshore islands. The data is provided by the Government Digital Service and was last updated on the platform in September 2022.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies for visual analysis based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of constituency demographics or election results based on the geographic boundaries.
• Integrating constituency boundaries into geographic information systems (GIS) for planning or research based on the full-resolution data.

Strengths

• Boundaries are provided at full resolution, including the full extent of the realm.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
• Offered in multiple geospatial formats, including GeoJSON, KML, and ESRI File Geodatabase.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2022-09-29 18:38:49.913000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries likely sourced from official UK mapping agencies.

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Data reflects boundaries as of December 2016; metadata last updated 2022-09-29.

Geography

United Kingdom