Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies: UK Boundaries as of December 2020

Digital vector boundaries for all Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in the United Kingdom as of December 2020. The data is provided in full resolution, clipped to the coastline at the Mean High Water mark, and contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics. This dataset was last updated on the platform on March 21, 2023.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral districts for analysis based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Integrating constituency shapes into GIS systems for spatial analysis based on the coastline-clipped features.
• Studying changes in parliamentary constituency boundaries over time, using this December 2020 snapshot.
• Creating visualizations of UK political geography based on the full-resolution boundary data.

Strengths

• Provides a specific temporal snapshot of boundaries as of December 2020.
• Contains full-resolution, coastline-clipped vector data suitable for detailed mapping.
• Incorporates authoritative intellectual property from Ordnance Survey and the ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2023-03-21 10:48:27.325000; freshness should be verified against more recent boundary reviews.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, likely sourced from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Collection Method

Likely digitized and maintained by UK national mapping and statistical agencies.

Time Range

December 2020

Freshness

Snapshot from December 2020; metadata last updated March 21,我们发现2023.

Geography

United Kingdom