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Planning consideration

Parliamentary constituencies

Specific geographical areas that are represented by each MP in the House of Commons

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

  • Who asked for 'Parliamentary constituencies' data?

    The Geospatial Commission has published a list of 65 open datasets that they believe are used during the housing and planning process. This includes Parliamentary constituencies.

  • What is the driver for the request?

    Other

  • Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

  • What is the 'Parliamentary constituencies' consideration?

    UK Parliament

    "A constituency is the specific geographical area that is represented by each MP in the House of Commons.

    People who live in an MP's constituency are known as their constituents."

  • Is there legislation that defines 'Parliamentary constituencies'?

    Yes

  • Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Parliamentary constituencies'?

  • Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

    • Boundary Commission for England
    • Office for National Statistics

  • Is the Parliamentary constituencies a trigger?

    No

  • Is the Parliamentary constituencies something to consult during plan making?

  • Is there any Parliamentary constituencies data already available?

    Yes

    • What Parliamentary constituencies data is currently available?

      • Item 1

        url
        https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/
        name
        2023 Review of Parliamentary constituencies in England
        fields
        name;description;fid;ID;Electorate;Region;Area km2;Density;Sub region
        licence
        Restrictive Licence - Geospatial data © Crown copyright and database rights 2023 AC0000805545. You are permitted to use this data solely to enable you to respond to, or interact with, the organisation that provided you with the data. You are not permitted to copy, sub-licence, distribute or sell any of this data to third parties in any form. Third party rights to enforce the terms of this licence shall be reserved to OS.
        coverage
        National
        publisher
        Boundary Commission for England (BCE)
        attribution
        N/A
        metadata_url

      • Item 2

        url
        https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons::westminster-parliamentary-constituencies-july-2024-boundaries-uk-bgc-2/about
        name
        Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BGC
        fields
        PCON24CD;PCON24NM;PCON24NMW;BNG_E;BNG_N;LAT;LONG;Shape_Area;Shape_Length
        licence
        OGL
        coverage
        National
        publisher
        Office for National Statistics (ONS)
        attribution
        - Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 - Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [year] - Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
        metadata_url

  • Do we think the data should come from a single source?

    Yes

  • Will a data standard be required?

    No

Research

  • Do we understand the lifecycle of a Parliamentary constituencies?

    No

  • Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

    N/A

  • Where will or should the data be used?

    N/A

  • N/A

  • Who are the statutory consultees for Parliamentary constituencies?

    N/A

  • Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Parliamentary constituencies? How do we expect them to use Parliamentary constituencies?

    N/A

  • What are the planning needs for this data?

    There is no direct planning need for this dataset, however due to the highly political nature of local decision-making in planning, there may be value in presenting this on the platform.

  • Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Parliamentary constituencies data?

    N/A

  • What are some potential uses of Parliamentary constituencies data?

  • What's the value of adding Parliamentary constituencies data to the platform?

    N/A

  • From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Parliamentary constituencies data available?

    N/A

4 updates

  • drewhardy77 (30 May 2025)

    Constituency boundaries have now been supplied to ONS and released under OGL

  • Mike Rose (02 July 2024)

    The Boundary Commission Dataset seems to be limited to review only -

    Geospatial data © Crown copyright and database rights 2023 AC0000805545. You are permitted to use this data solely to enable you to respond to, or interact with, the organisation that provided you with the data. You are not permitted to copy, sub-licence, distribute or sell any of this data to third parties in any form. Third party rights to enforce the terms of this licence shall be reserved to OS.

    • rights to licence the data are reserved to the OS

    Found here - https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/interactive-map/

  • Kieran Wint (02 July 2024)

    During research, another dataset was found from the Boundary Commission for England, who, through legislation, look to be the authoritative source.

  • Kieran Wint (02 July 2024)

    The OS Boundary Line dataset that was previously identified is not the authoritative source. This has been found through an ONS dataset, and so we will re-commence looking at this consideration.

Last updated: 2025-04-24 10:54:50