Boundaries of polling districts in North Lanarkshire. Data is derived from the Boundary Commission for Scotland Fifth Statutory Review.

A Polling District is a geographical subdivision of an electoral area such as an electoral Ward within which a polling place is designated. 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 The Electoral Administration Act 2006 introduced amendments to the 1983 Act (which in turn has been superseded by The Electoral Administration Act 2013).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. The Fifth Review of Electoral Arrangements concluded in May 2016 when the LGBCS made recommendations to Scottish Ministers for the number of Councillors and the electoral ward boundaries in each of Scotland's 32 local authorities. The review recommended changes in 30 LA areas of which all but 5 were accepted and came into force on 30th Sept 2016. As a result, ward boundaries (and therefore polling districts and possibly polling places) were changed after this date in time for the May 2017 elections. The following fields are now MANDATORY fields for this dataset. "district_code" - The polling district code linked to the polling place "UPRN" - The Unique Property Reference Number for the Corporate Address Gazeteer record of the polling place "polling_place" - The name and/or address of the polling place (based on the Corporate Address Gazeteer record)

This is the line boundary for the North Lanarkshire Council area.This boundary was changed on the 1st of April 2010 when an area from the City of Glasgow Council Ward ceased to form part of electoral ward and now forms part of electoral ward of the area of North Lanarkshire CouncilThis boundary was changed on the 1st of April 2019 when an area from the City of Glasgow Council Ward ceased to form part of electoral ward 21 (North East) and now forms part of electoral ward 5 (Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead) of the area of North Lanarkshire Council

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 elect local government councillors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts, UAs and the London boroughs in England; UAs in Wales; council areas in Scotland; and local government districts (LGD) in Northern Ireland. Electoral wards are found in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and most of England. In the Isle of Wight and several of the UAs created as part of the Local Government Reorganisation in 2009, the equivalent areas are legally termed 'electoral divisions', although they are frequently referred to as wards. Wales changed to using the term 'electoral wards' instead of 'electoral divisions' in August 2013.The only part of the UK without electoral wards/divisions is the Isles of Scilly, which has its own council but no electoral zoning. For statistical purposes, however, ONS treats the islands' five parishes as electoral wards. Electoral wards/divisions (and the Scilly parishes) cover the whole of the UK; in addition, all higher administrative units are built from whole electoral wards/divisions. They are also used to constitute a range of other geographies such as the Eurostat Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) geographies, health geographies and Westminster parliamentary constituencies. Electoral ward/division boundary changes are usually enacted on the first Thursday in May each year, to coincide with the local government elections.Processors and tools are using this data.EnhancementsAdd ISO 3166-3 codes.Simplify geometries to provide better performance across the services.Add administrative hierarchy.

Scotland’s Census is the official count of every person and household in the country. There has been a census in Scotland every 10 years since 1801, except 1941. The 2021 census in Scotland was moved to 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.The answers people give to census questions help build up a picture of the population. Government and other service providers rely on census data to make important decisions.The census provides detailed information about Scotland's population, covering topics such as:type of accommodationhousehold relationshipsage, sex and healthemployment, education and qualificationsreligion and ethnic groupownership or access to a car The Data, Research, and Innovation Team have created a profile for each Multi-member Ward within the Stirling Council area.