Westminster Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for Great Britain, December 2016

Great Britain's Westminster Parliamentary Constituency boundaries as of December 2016. The dataset contains digital vector boundaries in five resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), clipped to the Mean High Water coastline. It is published by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey intellectual property.

Use Cases

• Visualize constituency geography based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with demographic data based on the constituency polygons.
• Create simplified, small-scale maps based on the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries.
• Analyze coastal versus inland constituency extents based on the clipping to Mean High Water mark.

Strengths

• Offers five boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 500 KB to 55 MB.
• Contains intellectual property from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Provides multiple access methods, including direct download and ArcGIS REST services.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the data represents a snapshot from December 2016.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:40.883680; data snapshot is from December 2016.

Geography

Great Britain