Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for the 2010 Elections

Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituency boundaries, delineated in 2008 under the Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. The dataset was published by the Government Digital Service for open data use and was used for the 2010 elections. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, ESRI Shapefile, and GeoJSON.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral districts based on the 2008 boundary delineation.
• Analyzing historical constituency shapes for the 2010 elections.
• Integrating boundary data into web maps or desktop GIS software as noted in the description.

Strengths

• Boundaries are legally defined by a specific 2008 Parliamentary Order.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Published for OpenData from official boundary delineation.

Time Range

2008 (delineation date), used for 2010 elections.

Freshness

Data reflects boundaries from 2008; last platform update date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland