UK General Election Results, 1955-1970 and Associated Information

Main Topics:Variables Results of U.K. parliamentary general elections between 1955 and 1970 arranged by constituency and accompanied by certain other information. The results for Conservative, Labour, Liberal and Nationalist (SNP/PC) candidates are coded separately; all remaining votes are aggregated as 'Other'. The electorate at each election is included along with two variables identifying the winning and second-placed party in each constituency. In addition the following information is available:- 1953 electorate (E & W only), 1954 electorate (GB only); 1969 electorate (GB only); regional coding (as used in the Nuffield election studies up to and including 1966); regional coding (as used in the Nuffield election studies in 1970, and based on the Registrar-General's standard regions); county; area (in hectares) (GB only); extent of post-1970 constituency boundary alteration

British Election Panel Study, 1997-2001; Waves 1 to 8

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The British Election Panel Studies are designed to analyse political change - to discover when and why voters change their political allegiances during an electoral cycle, and in response to what events. They examine voting or abstentions in local government and European elections as well as fluctuations in party support during the lead-up to general elections. The British General Election Panel Study 1997-2001 followed respondents to the 1997 British General Election Study and re-interviewed them at intervals until the 2001 election. Face-to-face rounds took place each spring/summer after the local and/or European elections, with the final wave coming after the 2001 general election. Three telephone/postal rounds were conducted in autumn 1997, autumn 2000 and in May 2001, during the 2001 general election campaign. The dataset includes all eight waves. The study follows a similar panel conducted over the period 1992-1997 (the British Election Panel Study 1992-1997, held under SN:3888). The main aim of this study is to analyse political change within the electorate over the period between two panels.Main Topics:The file (beps9701.por) contains data from all eight waves of the panel: Wave 1: 1997: 3,615 respondents to the 1997 British General Election Study; Wave 2: 1997: 2,989 respondents to the autumn 1997 telephone/postal wave; Wave 3: 1998: 2,807 respondents to the spring/summer 1998 face-to-face wave; Wave 4: 1999: 2,570 respondents to the spring/summer 1999 face-to-face wave. Wave 5: 2000: 2,400 respondents to the spring/summer 2000 face-to-face wave. Wave 6: 2000: 2,293 respondents to the autumn 2000 telephone/postal wave. Wave 7: 2001: 2,300 respondents to the spring 2001 telephone/postal wave. Wave 8: 2001: 2.300 respondents to the spring/summer 2001 face-to-face final wave. The sample includes a Scottish boost. The topics covered include: Newspaper readership and campaigns, electoral registration, media exposure, party preference, local elections, party images, leader images, assessment of Conservative government, European Union, Northern Ireland, nuclear weapons, nationalism, ethnic minorities, women's rights, abortion, trade unions, political trust, economic evaluations, political knowledge, class identity/constitutional issues, unemployment and inflation, taxation, government services, nationalisation, privatisation, redistribution of income. Demographic information was also gathered. Standard Measures BGES Left-Right scale: wave 1 self-completion questions 3a, b, e, f, g, 4a; wave 3 questions T181-T186; wave 5 questions V249-254: wave 8 self-completion questions 1a, b, c, d, e, f. BGES Libertarian-Authoritarian scale: wave 1 self-completion questions 3c, 3d and 4b-e: wave 8 self-completion questions 2a, b, c, d, e, f

British Election Panel Study, 1992-1997

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. <i>British Election Panel Study 1992-1997</i> The aim of the British Election Panel Study 1992-1997 (BEPS1) is to analyse the interaction between long-term structural trends, medium-term economic and other influences, and short-term political factors and the way in which they determine the outcome of elections. The use of a panel enables the analysis of individual-level change in attitudes and behaviour over time. This study was previously held as an 'interim version' at the UK Data Archive. Following notification from the depositor, National Centre for Social Research (Natcen), in August 2001, that work has been completed, the current dataset is now confirmed as the final version of the study. No changes have been made to the dataset as a result of Natcen's work, and no further updates to the study are currently expected

British Election Panel Study, 1983, 1986 and 1987

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The aim of the <i>British Election Panel Study 1983, 1986 and 1987</i> was to investigate the relationship between social and political change in the period between 1983 and 1987. Particular topics which were the focus of attention included the impact of council house purchase, and purchase of shares in the newly privatised companies, on political preference. Full reports of these analyses are contained in the publication by A.F. Heath et al, <i>Understanding Political Change</i> (see 'Reports by Principal Investigators' section for full bibliographic details). The study was also designed to investigate attitude stability and change and vote switching.Main Topics:The study consists of a follow-up to the 1983 British General Election Study, Cross Section Survey (held at the Archive under SN:2005). Respondents were re-interviewed in the autumn of 1986 and again after the 1987 general election in the summer of 1987. Data file 01 contains the 1983 and 1986 responses of panel members who completed the 1986 round of interviews. Data file 012 contains the 1983, 1986 and 1987 responses of panel members who completed all three rounds of interview. The content of the 1986 and 1987 questionnaires largely consists of identical questions to those asked in the 1983 British Election Study (BES), thus making it possible to compare responses over time. The files also contain a split-half experiment on the question-order of party identification and vote (see Heath and Pierce, 1992 - full bibliographic details in 'Reports by Principal Investigators' section). Standard Measures The dataset contains standard measures of the Goldthorpe class schema

British General Election Study, 1983; Cross-Section Survey

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. From 1983, the British Election Study series continued under a slightly changed name, British General Election Study, directed by Anthony Heath, Roger Jowell and John Curtice, and conducted jointly by Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR - now NatCen Social Research) and Nuffield College Oxford.Main Topics:Variables Interest and participation in election campaign; perception of party system; vote; second choice party; reason for voting; 1979 vote; party identification; negative partisanship; attitudes towards party leaders; images of political parties; wide variety of questions on political attitudes and perceptions of where parties stand on political attitudes; importance of issues in influencing vote; mother and father's vote; father's respondent's and spouse's occupation (1970 and 1980 classifications) including Goldthorpe class schema; self-assigned class; trade union membership; car ownership; use of private medicine and education; perception of trends in household income; receipt of state benefit; education and qualifications; religion; ethnic origin; gender; housing tenure; party membership; region; parliamentary constituency; 1981 Census ward code. Measures used replicate some of those used in Butler and Stokes' Political Change in Britain, 1963-70 (SN:33099), British Election Studies, 1974-79 (SN:33066), European Communities Study, 1970 (SN:33050) and the British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983 (SN:1935). A <i>Continuity Guide</i>, obtainable from the Archive, documents these. Occupational data from the British Election Study, 1983 were recoded so as to become comparable with data from the Social Mobility Inquiry, 1972 (SN: 1097). It was hoped that the `splicing ' of the two studies would enable researchers to gain a clear idea of how mobility rates and patterns have changed in Britain over recent decades

British General Election Study, 1992; Cross-Section Survey

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Vote in 1992. Political and social attitudes. Numerous questions are replications from previous BES and British Social Attitudes surveys. Measurement Scales used: Likert scales. The `international' scales in the cross-section face-to-face interview questionnaire were taken from previous American National Election Studies. Some questions also appear in Lovenduski and Norris' study of Parliamentary Candidates

British General Election Study, 1987; Cross-Section Survey

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Variables Vote in 1987. Social and political attitudes (Numerous questions are replications from previous BES and BSA surveys) Measurement Scales Likert scales (question 21 in the self-completion questionnaire

British General Election Panel Study, 1987-1992

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Vote in 1992. Political and social attitudes. Life experiences since 1979. Numerous questions are replications from previous BES and British Social Attitudes surveys. Measurement Scales used: Likert scales

Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Survey, 1998

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study, 1998 was conducted immediately after the Northern Ireland Assembly election in June 1998. It was designed to measure attitudes and behaviour both at that election and in the previous month's referendum, held on 22 May. Further information about the survey and relevant publications may be found on the Surveys OnLine (SOL) Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study, 1998 web page. A later study, the Northern Ireland Assembly Election Survey, 2003, was conducted after the 1993 election, and is held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under SN 5394. Main Topics:The questionnaire covered the voting behaviour in the 22 May 1998 referendum and the subsequent Northern Ireland Assembly election, attitudes to politics, the political system and consitutional affairs in Northern Ireland, respondents' experience of sectarian violence, religious and cultural attitudes, and demographic characteristics

British General Election Study, 1997; Cross-Section Survey

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. <i>British General Election Study, 1997</i> The aims of the 1997 British General Election Study are: to maintain the continuity of the BGES survey series thereby providing a record of voting behaviour over the last three decades; to compare voting behaviour and issues of identity North and South of the Scottish border; to analyse the interaction between long-term structural trends, medium term economic and other influences, and short-term political factors and the way in which they determine the outcome of the next election; to compare internationally the impact of electoral institutions on voting behaviour and on attitudes towards elections.Main Topics:The file consists of data from a face-to-face interview; a self-completion (including the CSES international module); geographic information derived from the census; turn-out and electoral registration information derived from a check against the marked-up Electoral Registers. The sample includes a Scottish boost (see also SN:3889 <i>Scottish Election Survey, 1997</i>). Standard Measures self-completion Q3a,b,e,f,g,Q4a make up a standard BGES left-right scale; self-completion Q3c,d, and Q4b-e make up a standard BGES libertarian-authoritarian scale