OSNI Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for Northern Ireland, 2008

OSNI Largescale Parliamentary Constituencies 2008 is a polygon dataset of electoral boundaries for Northern Ireland. The boundaries were delineated in 2008 under the Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 and used for the 2010 elections. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies for Northern Ireland based on the 2008 boundary delineation.
• Analyzing spatial relationships between parliamentary constituencies and other administrative units.
• Creating base maps for historical election analysis related to the 2010 elections.
• Performing geospatial joins to aggregate socio-economic data by 2008 constituency boundaries.

Strengths

• Boundaries are derived from the authoritative OSNI Largescale source.
• Delineation is tied to a specific legal order (Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008).
• Data is available in multiple 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 for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Derived from OSNI Largescale data, delineated under specific parliamentary order.

Time Range

Boundaries delineated in 2008, used for 2010 elections.

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland