UK Westminster Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries, December 2016

UK Westminster Parliamentary Constituency boundaries as of December 2016, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset contains digital vector boundaries at five resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the Mean High Water coastline mark. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituency shapes based on the provided ultra generalised (500m) boundaries for web visualization.
• Performing spatial analysis of UK regions based on the full resolution boundaries clipped to the coastline.
• Integrating constituency boundaries with other demographic data for political research based on the 2016 snapshot.
• Creating simplified map layers for publication using the super generalised (200m) or generalised (20m) boundary files.

Strengths

• Provides boundaries at five specific resolutions, including ultra generalised (500m) at 352 KB and full resolution at 49 MB.
• Contains official boundaries from the Office for National Statistics and Ordnance Survey as of a specific date (December 2016).
• Boundaries are available clipped to the Mean High Water coastline mark for consistent coastal representation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects a specific snapshot from December 2016 and may not represent current constituency boundaries.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Official digital vector boundaries from UK electoral geography.

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.758313; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom