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MSOA (2021) to Ward (2022) to LAD (2022) Best Fit Lookup in EW (V3)

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
6 May 2026
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Summary

This file is a best fit lookup between 2021 middle layer super output areas, electoral wards/divisions and local authority districts in England and Wales as at 31 December 2022. (File Size - 1.8 MB)
Field Names - MSOA21CD, MSOA21NM, MSOA21NMW, WD22CD, WD22NM, LAD22CD, LAD22NM

Field Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, TextField Lengths - 9, 39, 28, 9, 53, 9, 35 This file published on 16th March 2023 is updated on 12****th **December 2025 to correct ward allocation of:**MSOA21 E02004452 being reassigned to Ward (WD22) (E05010365) instead of E05010366. The erroneous allocation was due to boundary refinement work conducted by Ordnance Survey.

For more information and an overview of best-fitting follow this link -

https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/f0aac7ccbfd04cda9eb03e353c613faa/about

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Data links

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KML KML 23/12/2025
GeoJSON GEOJSON 23/12/2025
Shapefile ZIP 23/12/2025
CSV CSV Preview 23/12/2025
ArcGIS GeoService ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API 23/12/2025
ArcGIS Hub Dataset HTML 23/12/2025

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https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ec73fd48354e4af3a1ec758eebe95516&sublayer=0

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