UK Parliamentary Constituencies - Scotland

Scottish UK Parliamentary Constituencies (or Westminster Constituencies) define the electoral areas of Scotland used to return members to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in UK general elections. They are different from the Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies, which are used to return members to the Scottish Parliament. There are currently 59 Westminster constituencies in total, each electing one Member of Parliament. The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for recommendations on the definition of constituency boundaries, however, the definitive dataset is delineated by Ordnance Survey for inclusion in their BoundaryLine product.

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Identification info

Alternative title

UKPC
Alternative title

Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies
Metadata Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
2005-02-10
Identifier
OS_BL_UKParliamentaryConstituency
Originator
  Boundary Commission for Scotland
Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace , Edinburgh , Scotland , EH12 5HD , United Kingdom
Distributor
  Ordnance Survey - Customer Services
Explorer House, Adanac Drive , Southampton , SO16 0AS , United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Administrative units

IPSV Subjects List

  • Constituencies

  • UK Parliament

  • General elections
Limitations on Public Access
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations to public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Open Government Licence
Other constraints

The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • Boundaries
Extent
GB-SCT

ISO3166-2 2007-12-13

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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
 
Temporal extent
 
 
Code
EPSG:4258
Code
EPSG:27700

Distribution Information

Data format

Data format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

1.0
 

Transfer options

Resource Locator
Protocol Resource Locator Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html OS OpenData Supply
 
 

Data quality info

Quality Scope
Dataset
Conformity
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation
Degree
false
Statement

The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviewing the Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies in Scotland, and making recommendations on their boundaries. Recommendations that are accepted by Ministers are enacted by statutory instrument and passed to Ordnance Survey for inclusion in their BoundaryLine product.


While Westminster Constituencies have existed since 1708, the current 59 constituency boundaries were defined following the 5th Periodical Review of Parliamentary Constituencies, and enacted by The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 2005 (SI 2005/250). The review sought to give regard to the 32 Council areas which were introduced by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, though it should be noted that the constituencies do not nest within them.


With regards to the seaward extent of the parliamentary boundaries, as with local authorities this normally ends at the low water mark. In a small number of cases, the area has been extended by legislation around a port or harbour into the surrounding sea beyond the low water mark. The largest of these is Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands, and there are also substantial extensions at Aberdeen and Greenock.
 

Metadata

File identifier
8d1a56f5-a943-42ad-8cff-c808a50b8f10 XML
Metadata Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2021-04-14T15:12:58
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Point of contact

Organisation name

Boundary Commission for Scotland
Delivery point

Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace
City

Edinburgh
Administrative area

Scotland
Postal code

EH12 5HD
Country

United Kingdom
Electronic mail address

bcs@scottishboundaries.gov bcs@scottishboundaries.gov.uk

Role
Point of contact
Point of contact
  Boundary Commission for Scotland
Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace , Edinburgh , Scotland , EH12 5HD , United Kingdom
 
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Administrative units
IPSV Subjects List
Constituencies General elections UK Parliament

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