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Electoral Wards/Divisions - United Kingdom
This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for wards/electoral divisions in the United Kingdom. Electoral wards (and electoral divisions) are the key building blocks of UK administrative geography. They are the spatial units used to...
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Data schema (15 fields)
Filterable via the API (13)
yearctry_codectry_namergn_codergn_namectyua_codectyua_namelad_codelad_namewed_codewed_namewed_area_codewed_type
Click a field to see example values.
| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | geo_point_2dGeo Point | geo_point_2d | — |
| — | geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| — | year | date | — |
| — | ctry_codeOfficial Code Country | text | — |
| — | ctry_nameOfficial Name Country | text | — |
| — | rgn_codeOfficial Code Region | text | — |
| — | rgn_nameOfficial Name Region | text | — |
| — | ctyua_codeOfficial Code County/Unitary district | text | — |
| — | ctyua_nameOfficial Name County/Unitary district | text | — |
| — | lad_codeOfficial Code Local authority district | text | — |
| 100% | lad_nameOfficial Name Local authority district | text | — |
| 100% | wed_codeOfficial Code Ward/Electoral division | text | — |
| 100% | wed_nameOfficial Name Ward/Electoral division | text | — |
| 100% | wed_area_codeIso 3166-3 Area Code | text | — |
| 100% | wed_typeType | text | — |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 1 hour ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E08000024"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E08000024"
],
"lad_name": "Sunderland",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000001"
],
"rgn_name": "North East",
"wed_code": [
"E05001155"
],
"wed_name": "Copt Hill",
"wed_type": "ward/electoral division",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E08000024"
],
"ctyua_name": "Sunderland",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 54.8468319875583,
"lon": -1.4497558183499022
},
"wed_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 2year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E07000175"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E07000175"
],
"lad_name": "Newark and Sherwood",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000004"
],
"rgn_name": "East Midlands",
"wed_code": [
"E05010078"
],
"wed_name": "Ollerton",
"wed_type": "ward/electoral division",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E10000024"
],
"ctyua_name": "Nottinghamshire",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 53.22263393406935,
"lon": -1.0423420687827591
},
"wed_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 3year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E06000020"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E06000020"
],
"lad_name": "Telford and Wrekin",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000005"
],
"rgn_name": "West Midlands",
"wed_code": [
"E05015238"
],
"wed_name": "Wrockwardine Wood & Trench",
"wed_type": "ward/electoral division",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": {
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {
"type": "Polygon",
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"wed_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 4year: 2024 · lad_code: ["W06000009"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"W06000009"
],
"lad_name": "Pembrokeshire",
"rgn_code": [
"W92000004"
],
"rgn_name": "Wales",
"wed_code": [
"W05001479"
],
"wed_name": "Pembroke: St Mary North",
"wed_type": "ward/electoral division",
"ctry_code": [
"W92000004"
],
"ctry_name": "Wales",
"geo_shape": {
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}Record 5year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E06000047"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E06000047"
],
"lad_name": "County Durham",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000001"
],
"rgn_name": "North East",
"wed_code": [
"E05009089"
],
"wed_name": "West Auckland",
"wed_type": "ward/electoral division",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
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],
"ctyua_name": "County Durham",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 54.64977046139143,
"lon": -1.7153404103058083
},
"wed_area_code": "GBR"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Dataset
Volume & freshness
Records
8.4k
8396
Update cadence
Annual
declared upstream
Last upstream update
1 year ago
2025-06-30
Temporal coverage
2019 → ongoing
License
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