OSNI Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries for Northern Ireland (2008)

Parliamentary Constituency boundaries for Northern Ireland delineated in 2008 under the Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. The dataset was used for the 2010 elections and is provided by the Government Digital Service. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, GeoJSON, and ESRI Shapefile.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the 2008 boundary definitions
• Analyzing spatial relationships between constituencies and other administrative regions
• Creating base maps for election result visualization in Northern Ireland

Strengths

• Boundaries are legally defined by a specific 2008 Parliamentary Order
• Data is available in multiple standard geospatial formats (KML, GeoJSON, ESRI Shapefile, CSV)
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 open government license

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, derived from OSNI Largescale data.

Collection Method

Boundaries were delineated under the Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.

Time Range

Boundaries as of 2008, used for the 2010 elections.

Freshness

Data reflects boundaries from 2008, used for the 2010 elections. Last update date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland.