UK Westminster Parliamentary Constituency Names and Codes as of December 2016

Westminster parliamentary constituency names and codes for the United Kingdom, reflecting boundaries as of 31 December 2016. The Government Digital Service published this data, with a correction noted for a spacing error in the name 'Portsmouth North'. Data was last updated on the platform in October 2022.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical UK electoral boundaries based on the 2016 constituency definitions mentioned in the description
• Linking other political or demographic data using the constituency codes provided
• Validating or correcting geographic data for the 'Portsmouth North' constituency based on the noted error fix

Strengths

• Represents a specific snapshot of UK electoral geography as of 31 December 2016
• Includes a documented correction for a data error ('Portsmouth North' spacing)
• Provided by the authoritative Government Digital Service

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Last updated 2022-10-24 14:52:49.121000; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Official administrative geography, likely from the UK's Ordnance Survey or Electoral Commission.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2016.

Freshness

Data reflects 2016 boundaries; platform metadata updated October 2022.

Geography

United Kingdom (Westminster parliamentary constituencies).