How is this different from the map chart built into PowerPoint?
The map chart built into Microsoft 365 and Office 2019 or later looks places up through Bing Maps and stops at country level for the UK, so it cannot draw local authority districts, council areas or wards. These maps are ordinary PowerPoint shapes built from the ONS boundary files: nothing is looked up, every level below country is covered, and any area can be recoloured, relabelled or deleted on its own.
What does this ward map show?
This is the Harrow ward map. 22 wards — all in England. Every one is a separate shape that can be filled, labelled or deleted on its own, and the same boundaries are used on the map, the labelled reference slide and the data slide, so nothing shifts between them.
Is this the same ward geography as the London wards map?
Identical — the same May 2026 release, filtered to Harrow alone. The London wards map is all 704 wards across Greater London; this one is the 22 wards of Harrow, so it can be placed beside the borough map without redrawing anything.
How many wards does Harrow have?
22, each drawn as a separate shape. Ward boundaries are set by the Local Government Boundary Commission and reviewed council by council, so the count belongs to Harrow rather than to London as a whole. The whole of London is available as the 704-ward map, and the 33 authorities as the London boroughs map.
What kind of data can I show on this map?
Anything published at ward level: local election results, turnout, or deprivation indices. Classify your figures into five bands and recolour by class — the data slide is already a five-step legend you can keep or replace — and the data hand-off slide lists every GSS code against its area name, ready to paste your figures next to.
How do I link my own data to the map?
Each shape is named after its area and carries its ONS GSS code, the identifier statistics are published against. Every code here begins E05, the ONS prefix for wards. Join on the code rather than on names: authority names repeat across the UK, get respelt by different publishers, and change when councils reorganise, while the code stays with the area.
Which boundary release is this based on?
Office for National Statistics boundaries, May 2026 release, generalised and clipped to the coastline. They are published under the Open Government Licence, which permits commercial use and requires two credit lines wherever the material is reproduced — both are already printed on the source slide of every deck. Ward boundaries are reviewed more often than any other geography here, so check your figures against this date.
Is there a wider or a more detailed map of this area?
Can I get a receipt or a VAT invoice?
Yes. Payment is handled by Waffo Pancake as merchant of record, which emails a receipt showing its company details and any VAT applied.
Does it work in Keynote?
Yes. Keynote imports the .pptx and turns each map into a group of editable shapes. Type is limited to Arial, which exists on both platforms, so nothing substitutes on import.
Do I need GIS software or a shapefile?
No. The ONS boundary files have already been projected, simplified and converted into native PowerPoint shapes, so there is nothing to install and no file conversion to do. Editing the map is the same as editing any other shape.