Identification

Title

Polling Districts

Abstract

A Polling District is a geographical area created by the sub-division of a a UK Parliamentary Constituency for the purposes of a UK Parliamentary Election. Local Authorities create polling districts by virtue of Section 18A of The Representation of the People Act 1983. They are reviewed every 5 years (Section 18C and Schedule A1 refers). All electors within a polling district vote at the same polling place.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://inspire.dundeecity.gov.uk/geoserver/inspire/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

function: information

http://inspire.dundeecity.gov.uk/geoserver/inspire/ows?service=WFS&request=getCapabilities

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

{BD367156-D2F8-4FD5-8112-6A8037438EA7}

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Administrative units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

voting

democracy

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.097265

East bounding longitude

-2.830211

North bounding latitude

56.504933

South bounding latitude

56.443149

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

GB-DND

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2014-07-07

End position

2017-05-04

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2017-03-01

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Polling districts were reviewed during 2013 and adopted for use from the 13th January 2014. Boundaries are generated by subdiving the City Council area and wards with internal subdivisions following physical features, for example streets.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

I INSPIRE Data Specification for the spatial data theme Administrative Units

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2014-04-17

degree

false

explanation

Non-conformant

Data format

name of format

WMS

version of format

1.3.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence (v3)

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Electoral Returning Officer

organisation name

Dundee City Council

full postal address

19 City Square

DUNDEE

DD1 3BY

email address

ero@dundeecity.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

contact position

IT Officer (GIS)

organisation name

Dundee City Council

email address

gis@dundeecity.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Polling Districts

email address

gis@dundeecity.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-07-08

Metadata language

eng