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 1.0reference date
date type
publication
effective date
2008-06-01
Keyword set
keyword value
voting
democracy
originating controlled vocabulary
title
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4reference 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 Unitsreference 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