UK Westminster Parliamentary Constituency Names and Codes as of December 2019

Westminster parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom as at 31 December 2019. The dataset includes three fields: PCON19CD, PCON19NM, and FID, with field lengths of 9 and 41 characters. It was published by the Government Digital Service and last updated on the platform on 2022-10-24.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the provided geospatial codes and names.
• Joining demographic or election results data using the constituency codes (PCON19CD).
• Analyzing historical boundary changes by comparing this 2019 snapshot with other years.

Strengths

• Provides a specific snapshot of constituency boundaries as of 31 December 2019.
• Includes official government codes (PCON19CD) designed for data linkage.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON and KML.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2022-10-24 15:06:09.626000; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely published via an official government geography portal process.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2019.

Freshness

Data reflects boundaries from 2019; platform record was last updated in 2022.

Geography

United Kingdom (Westminster parliamentary constituencies).