UK Westminster Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries as of December 2017

December 2017 digital vector boundaries for Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in the UK, clipped to the coastline. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and was last updated on the platform in March 2023. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral districts for demographic analysis based on the boundary polygons.
• Visualizing constituency changes over time based on the 2017 snapshot.
• Integrating boundary data with election results for spatial analysis.

Strengths

• Boundaries are clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark) for cartographic accuracy.
• Contains intellectual property rights from Ordnance Survey and ONS, indicating authoritative source data.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries from Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2023-03-21 10:39:56.205000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom