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Title: England constituencies, 1949-1955

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1949
  • Coverage: 1955
  • Coverage: 2009

Summary

These are digital boundaries for the system of Constituencies which were and are the units from which Members of Parliament are elected, and which they then represent. The system of county and borough constituencies has early origins but was not systematically mapped until the reforms introduced by the Representation of the People Act in 1832. In 1949 the whole system of county and borough/burgh constituencies was overhauled to achieve greater consistency across the UK and all two-member and non-spatial constituencies were abolished. This file represents the system as it was established following the Boundary Commission Report of 1949.

Subjects

  • Boundaries
  • England
  • United Kingdom
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-6.983857, 2.076794, 55.811185, 49.881199)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-6.983857, 2.076794, 55.811185, 49.881199)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

GBHGIS, University of Portsmouth, Research Project. England constituencies, 1949-1955. Polygon data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-m900nx917

Format

Shapefile