Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Boundaries for Great Britain, December 2016

Great Britain's Westminster Parliamentary Constituency boundaries as of December 2016, provided as digital vector data. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full-resolution and multiple generalised versions clipped to the coastline. It is published by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituency boundaries based on the provided full-resolution and generalised vector files.
• Conducting spatial analysis of political representation based on the geographic extent of parliamentary constituencies.
• Creating visualisations for public information or research based on the coastline-clipped boundary versions.
• Integrating constituency boundaries with other demographic or election result data for Great Britain.

Strengths

• Offers five distinct boundary versions, including full-resolution (52-55 MB) and generalised (500 KB - 6 MB) files for different use cases.
• Explicitly states the snapshot date (December 2016) and geographic scope (Great Britain).
• Provides direct REST API URLs for an ArcGIS INSPIRE View Service and Feature Download Service.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is a snapshot from December 2016; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (UK), likely incorporating Ordnance Survey data.

Collection Method

Likely digitised and maintained by national mapping and statistical agencies.

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:00.800823; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain