Administrative Geography

County listings
Local Authorities in the United Kingdom
English & Welsh Unitary Authority/Scottish council/ Northern Irish district listings
District listings
Electoral ward/division listings
Lists of local authorities affected by electoral ward/division boundary changes
Number of electoral wards/divisions in each UK local authority
Government Office Region (GOR) / Standard Statistical Region (SSR) listing
London borough listing
Parish/community listings

County listings

English and Welsh counties as at 31/12/1991 (20Kb xls)
English and Welsh counties as at 31/12/1992 (19Kb xls)
English and Welsh counties as at 31/12/1993 (19Kb xls)
English and Welsh counties as at 31/12/1994 (19Kb xls)
English and Welsh counties as at 31/12/1995 (19Kb xls)
English counties as at 31/12/1996 (18Kb xls)
English counties as at 31/12/1997 (18Kb xls)
English counties as at 31/12/1998 (18Kb xls)
English counties as at 31/12/1999 (18Kb xls)
English counties as at 31/12/2000 (18Kb xls)

Note: The list for 2000 is still current.

UK Local Authorities as at 31/12/2001 (45Kb xls)

Note: The above list is still current, and includes The City of London and the London boroughs, English metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts, English and Welsh unitary authorities, Scottish council areas, and Northern Ireland district council areas. It does not, however, include English counties.

English UAs as at 31/12/2000 (21Kb xls)
Welsh UAs as at 31/12/2000 (16Kb xls)
Scottish council areas as at 31/12/1999 (17Kb xls)
Northern Irish district council areas as at 31/12/2001 (17Kb xls)

Note: The above lists are still current.

The district listings contain names and ONS codes for the following:

i) The City of London and the London boroughs.
ii) Metropolitan districts.
iii) Non-metropolitan districts.

English and Welsh districts as at 31/12/1991 (47Kb xls)
English and Welsh districts as at 31/12/1992 (46Kb xls)
English and Welsh districts as at 31/12/1993 (46Kb xls)
English and Welsh districts as at 31/12/1994 (46Kb xls)
English and Welsh districts as at 31/12/1995 (46Kb xls)
English districts as at 31/12/1996 (41Kb xls)
English districts as at 31/12/1997 (41Kb xls)
English districts as at 31/12/1998 (39Kb xls)
English districts as at 31/12/1999 (40Kb xls)
English districts as at 31/12/2000 (36Kb xls)

Note: The list for 2000 is still current.

UK electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2001 (815Kb xls)

UK electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2002 (811Kb xls)
English electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2002 (616Kb xls)
Scottish electoral wards as at 31/12/2002 (108Kb xls)
Welsh electoral divisions as at 31/12/2002 (79Kb xls)
Northern Irish electoral wards as at 31/12/2002 (57Kb xls)

UK electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2003 (793Kb xls)
English electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2003 (599Kb xls)
Scottish electoral wards as at 31/12/2003 (109Kb xls)
Welsh electoral divisions as at 31/12/2003 (80Kb xls)
Northern Irish electoral wards as at 31/12/2003 (58Kb xls)

UK electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2004 (788Kb xls)
English electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2004 (592Kb xls)
Scottish electoral wards as at 31/12/2004 (108Kb xls)
Welsh electoral divisions as at 31/12/2004 (80Kb xls)
Northern Irish electoral wards as at 31/12/2004 (57Kb xls)

UK electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2005 (792Kb xls)
English electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2005 (598Kb xls)
Scottish electoral wards as at 31/12/2005 (108Kb xls)
Welsh electoral divisions as at 31/12/2005 (99Kb xls)
Northern Irish electoral wards as at 31/12/2005 (57Kb xls)

UK electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2007 (734Kb, xls)
English electoral wards/divisions as at 31/12/2007 (602Kb, xls)
Scottish electoral wards as at 31/05/2007 (49Kb, xls)
Welsh electoral divisions as at 31/12/2007 (99Kb, xls)

For an easy look-up between electoral wards/divisions and their respective local authorities, please use the Standard Names and Codes (SNAC) product for the required year.

Authorities experiencing ward boundary changes in May 2002 (26Kb xls)
Authorities experiencing ward boundary changes in May 2003 (30Kb xls)
Authorities experiencing ward boundary changes in June 2004 (22Kb xls)
Authorities experiencing ward boundary changes in May 2005 (18Kb xls)

Situation as at 31/12/2002 (83Kb pdf)
Situation as at 31/12/2003 (83Kb pdf)
Situation as at 31/12/2004 (83Kb pdf)
Situation as at 31/12/2005 (75Kb xls)

A list of Government Office Region (GOR) / Standard Statistical Region (SSR) names and codes appears on the GORs and SSRs webpage.

A list of London borough names and codes appears on the London boroughs webpage.

English parishes and Welsh communities as at 29/04/2001 (Census Day) (820Kb xls)
English parishes and Welsh communities as at 31/12/2001 (827Kb xls)
English parishes and Welsh communities as at 31/12/2002 (829Kb xls)
English parishes and Welsh communities as at 31/12/2003 (830Kb xls)
English parishes and Welsh communities as at 31/12/2004 (830Kb xls)

English parishes as at 31/12/2007 (780Kb, xls)
Welsh communities as at 31/12/2007 (108Kb, xls)

This page last revised: Monday, 28 April 2008