UK Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries as of December 2018

December 2018 digital vector boundaries for Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in the United Kingdom, provided by the Government Digital Service. The boundaries are full resolution and clipped to the coastline. The dataset was last updated on the platform in September 2022.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies for demographic analysis based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Integrating constituency boundaries with other geospatial datasets for regional planning.
• Analyzing changes in constituency shapes over time using the December 2018 snapshot.

Strengths

• Boundaries are full resolution and clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoPackage, GeoJSON, and ESRI File Geodatabase.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2022-09-29 19:42:38.231000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely official boundary delineation and digitization.

Time Range

December 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2022-09-29 19:42:38.231000

Geography

United Kingdom