Polling Places - Scotland

Open Data

A ‘polling place’ is defined as the building or area in which a polling station will be located. A ‘polling station’ is the room or area within the polling place where voting takes place. Unlike polling districts and polling places which are fixed by the local authority, polling stations are chosen by the (Acting) Returning Officer for the election.

The Representation of the People Act 1983 places a duty on LA to divide the local authority area into polling districts based on ward boundaries, and to designate a polling place for each district. LAs also have a duty to keep these polling arrangements under review. The Electoral Administration Act 2006 introduced amendments to the 1983 Act (which in turn has been superseded by The Electoral Administration Act 2013). Now local authorities must conduct a full review (with public consultation) of its polling districts and polling places every four years, however adjustments to the boundaries of polling districts and the designation of polling places within LA wards can be proposed at any time in response to changes in ward boundaries or to the availability of premises that can be reasonably designated as polling places.

Dataset Created
11/06/2021
Licence
Open
Contact
Improvement Service
Nazadnje posodobljeno
12/03/2024
Data Provided by
Improvement Service
Alternative Name
polpl
Lineage
This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub. The following quality assurance checks and corrections are carried out on the data: checks for missing district_code. checks for duplicate district_code. checks for no match with district dataset. checks for missing polling_place attribute. checks whether points falls outside local authority boundary. checks whether place feature is not a point format and corrects to centroids where necessary. All corrections and issues are captured and communicated via Quality Assurance report maps. Please contact spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk for more details.
Type
vector
Themes
addresses,administrative units
Frequency of Update
as needed
Formats:
WFS WMS SHAPEFILE GEOJSON
la_s_code local_authority uprn polling_place district_code
S12000013 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 139020403 CLAN MACQUARRIE COMMUNITY CENTRE, BORVE, BORVE, HS2 0RX E07E
S12000049 Glasgow City 906700062750 ST BRENDAN'S RC CHURCH, 187, KELSO STREET, GLASGOW, G13 4BH AN1913
S12000029 South Lanarkshire 484165004 SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL, CAIRNS PRIMARY SCHOOL, IVYBANK AVENUE, CAMBUSLANG, GLASGOW, G72 8SQ SL115
S12000010 East Lothian 138037460 VILLAGE HALL, U211 (04) FROM WOOLLANDS ROAD (U213) TO OLDHAMSTOCKS VILLAGE (C121), OLDHAMSTOCKS, INNERWICK, TD13 5XN EL6I
S12000006 Dumfries and Galloway 137080342 VILLAGE HALL, C13S FROM LAURIESTON FOREST TO A762 IN LAURIESTON, LAURIESTON, CASTLE DOUGLAS, DG7 2PW 03G1
S12000017 Highland 130125340 FORNIGHTY PUBLIC HALL, FORNIGHTY, GOLFORD ROAD JUNCTION - MOYNESS - FORTNIGHTY, NAIRN, IV12 5JB MI18H
S12000030 Stirling 122041275 BUCHANAN MEMORIAL HALL, B837 FROM JUNCTION WITH ACCESS TO STUC AN T SAGIART TO JUNCTION WITH ACCESS TO CROM MHIN, MILTON OF BUCHANAN, DRYMEN, G63 0JE SS235
S12000049 Glasgow City 906700253806 MOUNT FLORIDA PRIMARY SCHOOL, 1127, CATHCART ROAD, GLASGOW, G42 9HF CC0107
S12000047 Fife 320181200 GILVENBANK HOTEL, HUNTSMANS ROAD, GLENROTHES, KY7 6RA 262NAH
S12000033 Aberdeen City 9051049934 ASHGROVE CHILDREN'S CENTRE, GILLESPIE CRESCENT, ABERDEEN, AB25 3BE CN0703
Format Nazadnje posodobljeno
CSV 23/01/2024
WFS 23/01/2024
WMTS 23/01/2024
Shapefile 23/01/2024
Viri Format Nazadnje posodobljeno More Info
Polling Places WFS 23/01/2024 More info
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