Output Area (2021) to Ward (2025) to LAD (May 2025) Best Fit Lookup in EW (V3)

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Dataset information

Catalog
Office for National Statistics catalog
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Updated
2025.12.12 00:00
Created
2025.12.12
Available languages
English
Keywords
2025, LAD, MAY_2025, Wards, Local Authority Districts, Output Areas, LUP_BFT_LUP_OA_2021_WD_LAD, OA, WD, LUP_OA_2021_WD_LAD, England and Wales, Local Authority, LUP_BFT
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Dataset description

<p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>This file is a best fit lookup between output areas (December 2021), electoral wards/divisions and local authority districts in England and Wales as at&nbsp;1st May_2025. &nbsp;(File Size - 11 MB)</span></span></p><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Names - OA21CD, WD25CD, WD25NM, WD25NMW, LAD25CD, LAD25NM, LAD25NMW</span></span></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text</span></span></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Field Lengths - 9, 9, 53, 45, 9, 35, 24</span></span></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Name change for E07000083 - Tewkesbury to North Gloucestershire revoked</strong></span></span></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:19.425px; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><strong>This file published on 24</strong></span></span><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:9.5pt;'><span style='font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:19.425px; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><strong><sup>th</sup></strong></span></span><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:19.425px; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><strong> July 2025 is updated on 12</strong></span></span><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:9.5pt;'><span style='font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:19.425px; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><strong><sup>th</sup></strong></span></span><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:19.425px; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><strong> December 2025 to correct ward allocation of OA21 E00107679 being reassigned to Ward (WD25) (E05011642) instead of E05011648.</strong></span><span style='font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:19.425px; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'> </span></span><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:none; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><strong>The erroneous allocation was due to boundary refinement work conducted by Ordnance Survey. </strong></span></span></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</div><p><span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:12.0pt;'><span style='line-height:107%;'>This is an update product! Please check your version and download the updated product.&nbsp; See details on our dedicated&nbsp;</span></span><a target='_blank' href='https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/pages/notices' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:12.0pt;'><span style='line-height:107%;'>notices</span></span></a><span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:12.0pt;'><span style='line-height:107%;'> page.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:12.0pt;'><span style='line-height:107%;'>For further questions or specific requirements, please contact the ONS Geography mailbox&nbsp;</span></span><a href='mailto:ONS.Geography@ons.gov.uk' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:12.0pt;'><span style='line-height:107%;'>ONS.Geography@ons.gov.uk</span></span></a></p><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</div>
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