Wave 7 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

April 2016 - May 2016
N = 30,895
Mode: Online survey

Updated release version of the 2016 pre-local election wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel. Version 25.0.

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green., G. Evans., H. Schmitt, C. van der Eijk, J. Mellon and C. Prosser (2016) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 7. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-8202-2

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Variables

2005 GE turnout
2005 GE vote choice
2010 GE turnout
2010 GE vote choice
2015 GE turnout
2015 GE vote choice
2017 GE turnout
2017 GE vote choice
2019 GE turnout
2019 GE vote choice
Access to: can speak another language fluently
Access to: discuss politics with you
Access to: do your shopping if you are ill
Access to: Give you a good reference for a job
Access to: Give you sound advice on legal or money matters
Access to: give you sound advice on your work
Access to: has a profession such as a lawyer, teacher or accountant
Access to: has good contacts with local newspaper, radio or TV
Access to: help with small jobs around the house
Access to: help you to find somewhere to live if you had to move home
Access to: in a position to hire other people
Access to: knows a lot about health and fitness
Access to: knows about govt regulations
Access to: knows how to fix computers
Access to: lend you money (month's rent)
Access to: local councillor
Access to: None of these
Access to: None of these
Access to: None of these
Access to: reliable tradesman
Access to: works for your local council
Achieve Reduce Immig: Conservatives
Achieve Reduce Immig: Greens
Achieve Reduce Immig: Labour
Achieve Reduce Immig: Liberal Democrats
Achieve Reduce Immig: None
Achieve Reduce Immig: Plaid
Achieve Reduce Immig: SNP
Achieve Reduce Immig: UKIP
Age
Age completed formal education
Age group
Approval of EU decisions
Approve: UK government
Approve: your local council
Are Leave voters more UKIP or Conservative?
Are Remain voters more Conservative or Labour?
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
Assembly wide vote (post)
Attention to Politics
Being an EU member undermines Britain's distinctive identity
Best party on most important issue
Best Prime Minister
Binary auth value: More important for child: considerate/well-behaved
Binary auth value: More important for child: curiosity/good manners
Binary auth value: More important for child: independence/respect for elders
Binary auth value: More important for child: obedience/self-reliance
Britain gets fair share of EU spending
British identity scale
Business and industry supports referendum side
Cabinet supports referendum side
Certainty about Plaid Cymru's position on EU
Certainty about SNP's position on EU
Climate change beliefs
Conservative MPs supports referendum side
Conservatives contacted about leaving the EU
Conservatives contacted about remaining in the EU
Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
Conservatives united or divided
Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
Cost of Living getting higher or lower
Country
Country of birth
Crime levels getting higher or lower
Dealing with people: generally trust or generally careful
Did your parent have employees?
Did your parent supervise the work of any other people?
Dimension of MII
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
Economic growth/Protecting the environment scale
Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
Economy doing better or worse
Education doing better or worse
Education level
Education level (with add. info)
Effects of leaving EU on: big businesses leaving UK
Effects of leaving EU on: Britain's influence in the world
Effects of leaving EU on: general economic situation in the UK
Effects of leaving EU on: immigration to the UK
Effects of leaving EU on: international trade
Effects of leaving EU on: my personal financial situation
Effects of leaving EU on: risk of terrorism
Effects of leaving EU on: Scotland leaving the UK
Effects of leaving EU on: unemployment
Effects of leaving EU on: working conditions for British workers
Employed in creative and cultural industries
Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
Employed in IT industry
English identity scale
Ethno: Britain has a lot to learn from other countries in running its affairs
Ethno: Often less proud of Britain than I would like to be
Ethno: People in Britain are too ready to criticise their country
Ethno: Rather be citizen of Britain than any other country
Ethno: Some things about Britain today make me ashamed to be British
Ethno: World better place if people from other countries more like the British
EU better/worse if Turkey joins?
EU ID: Criticism of my side feels like a personal insult
EU ID: Day ruined if side doing badly in polls
EU ID: Feel connected when meeting supporters of same side
EU ID: interested in what other people think
EU ID: Lot in common with supporters of my side
EU ID: Praise of my side makes me feel good
EU ID: say we instead of they
EU referendum identity
EU Referendum postal vote retro
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
EU Referendum vote intention (squeezed)
EU: Allowed too many countries to join
EU: Brought people from different EU countries closer together
EU: created more red tape for business
EU: made Britain more propserous
EU: prevented war
EU: undermined powers of UK parliament
European courts should be able to make decisions on British human rights cases
European identity scale
European Integration scale (1990s version): Conservatives
European Integration scale (1990s version): Greens
European Integration scale (1990s version): Labour
European Integration scale (1990s version): Liberal Democrats
European Integration scale (1990s version): Plaid Cymru
European Integration scale (1990s version): self
European Integration scale (1990s version): SNP
European Integration scale (1990s version): UKIP
Expectation EU referendum will be conducted fairly/unfairly
Expectation of Brexit referendum result
Feelings if offspring married someone who votes: Conservative
Feelings if offspring married someone who votes: Green
Feelings if offspring married someone who votes: Labour
Feelings if offspring married someone who votes: Liberal Democrat
Feelings if offspring married someone who votes: Plaid Cymru
Feelings if offspring married someone who votes: SNP
Feelings if offspring married someone who votes: UKIP
Feelings towards Denmark
Feelings towards France
Feelings towards Greece
Feelings towards Poland
Feelings towards Romania
Feelings towards Spain
Feelings towards UK
France gets fair share of EU spending
Gender
General economic retrospective evaluation: country
General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
Generally speaking, how willing are you to take risks?
Germany gets fair share of EU spending
Gone too far: cuts to local services in my area
Gone too far: cuts to NHS spending
Gone too far: cuts to public spending
Gone too far: measures to protect environment
Gone too far: private companies running public services
Good or bad for Britain: A Common European Agricultural Policy
Good or bad for Britain: Allowing the free movement of workers within Europe
Good or bad for Britain: Europe-wide rules for worker protection
Good or bad for Britain: Free trade with Europe
Good or bad for Britain: Joining a single European currency
Green party contacted about leaving the EU
Green party contacted about remaining in the EU
Green Party contacted by email
Green Party contacted by letter/leaflet
Green Party contacted by SMS
Green Party contacted by telephone
Green Party contacted in other ways
Green Party contacted in street
Green Party Contacted you in last 4 weeks
Green Party united or divided
Green Party visited home
Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Gross household income
Gross personal income
Handle most important issue: Conservatives
Handle most important issue: Green Party
Handle most important issue: Labour
Handle most important issue: Liberal Democrat
Handle most important issue: Plaid Cymru
Handle most important issue: SNP
Handle most important issue: UKIP
Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
Heard about EU from: Internet (not including online newspapers)
Heard about EU from: Newspaper (including online)
Heard about EU from: None of these
Heard about EU from: Radio
Heard about EU from: Talking to other people
Heard about EU from: TV
How acceptable is it that politicians do favours for donors
How important is the issue of how political parties are funded in the UK?
How likely do you think it is that the UK will vote to leave the EU?
How many employees did your parent have?
How many of the people in your household are under 18?
How many people worked for your parent's employer?
How much in common with people who want to leave
How much in common with people who want to remain
How often do MPs decide based on donors wishes, rather than own beliefs?
How often do politicians do favours for donors
How well government handling cost of living
How well government handling crime
How well government handling economy
How well government handling education
How well government handling immigration
How well government handling NHS
How well Labour would handle cost of living
How well Labour would handle crime
How well Labour would handle education
How well labour would handle immigration
How well Labour would handle the economy
How well Labour would handle the NHS
How will you feel if Britain votes to leave the EU?
I understand the important issues at stake in the EU referendum
If Britain remains: Government negotiations produce better/worse deal?
If the UK votes to leave the EU, will there be a second referendum?
Immigrants are a burden on the welfare state
Immigration bad or good for economy
Immigration enriches or undermines cultural life
Immigration levels getting higher or lower
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more asylum seekers into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more families of residents into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more foreign students into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more workers from EU into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more workers from non-EU into Britain
In the London Assembly Election you received two ballots papers: a constituency
Interest in EU referendum
Interview Start Time
Is crime in your local area getting higher/lower?
Is your name on the electoral register?
It is difficult to understand what happens in gov and politics
It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election
It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics
Keep submarines with nuclear weapons
Labour contacted about leaving the EU
Labour contacted about remaining in the EU
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour MPs supports referendum side
Labour united or divided
Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
leave campaign focused more on fear or hope
Left/right position: Cameron
Left/right position: Conservative
Left/right position: Corbyn
Left/right position: Greens
Left/right position: Labour
Left/right position: Lib Dems
Left/right position: Plaid Cymru
Left/right position: Self
Left/right position: SNP
Left/right position: UKIP
Lib Dem MPs supports referendum side
Lib Dems contacted about leaving the EU
Lib Dems contacted about remaining in the EU
Lib Dems contacted you in last 4 weeks
Lib Dems: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Liberal Democrats united or divided
Like/dislike: Alan Johnson
Like/dislike: Bennett
Like/dislike: Boris Johnson
Like/dislike: Conservatives
Like/dislike: David Cameron
Like/dislike: George Osborne
Like/dislike: Green Party
Like/dislike: Jeremy Corbyn
Like/dislike: Labour
Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
Like/dislike: Michael Gove
Like/dislike: Nicola Sturgeon
Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
Like/dislike: Tim Farron
Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
Like/dislike: Wood
Likelihood of turnout: London Assembly+Mayoral elections
Likelihood to vote in EU referendum
Likelihood to vote in general election
London Mayor: first choice (post)
London Mayor: second choice (post)
Long-term policy towards EU membership
MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
MII manual coding
Most important issue (15 category version)
Most people I know usually vote in general elections
Most people I know will vote to remain in the European Union
National security scale: Conservatives
National security scale: Green Party
National security scale: Labour
National security scale: Liberal Democrats
National security scale: Plaid Cymru
National security scale: SNP
National security scale: UKIP
National security spending
NHS doing better or worse
None of these contacted about remaining in the EU
None of these parties contacted me about leaving the EU
None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
NS-SEC social class analytic categories
Number of people in household
O*Net Job Zone Occupation Code
Open Mindedness: Allowing self to be convinced is a sign of good character
Open Mindedness: Changing your mind is a sign of weakness
Open Mindedness: Important to persevere when evidence challenges beliefs
Open Mindedness: Intuition is the best guide for making decisions
Open Mindedness: People should consider evidence that goes against their belief
Open Mindedness: People should revise beliefs in response to new information
Open Mindedness: Should disregard evidence that conflicts with beliefs
Open-ended MIIEU responses
Other leave campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other party contacted about leaving the EU
Other party contacted about remaining in the EU
Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other remain campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
Parent's education level
Parent's highest level of education
Parent's ns-sec analytic categories
Parent's ns-sec sub-categories
Parliament supports referendum side
Parties are more likely to win elections when they stick to their principles
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
Perceived EU referendum vote of other party identifiers
Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
Plaid Cymru contacted about leaving the EU
Plaid Cymru contacted about remaining in the EU
Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
Plaid Cymru united or divided
Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Plaid MPs supports referendum side
Police and Crime Commissioner first choice vote (intention)
Police and Crime Commissioner second choice vote (intention)
Politicians don't care what people like me think
Politicians only care about people with money
Populism: compromise in politics really selling out principles
Populism: elected officials talk too much and take too little action
Populism: people, not politicians, should make most important policy decisions
Populism: politicians in UK Parliament should follow will of the people
Populism: rather be represented by citizen than specialised politician
Preferences for English powers | English votes on English laws
Probability of voting for Conservatives
Probability of voting for Green party
Probability of voting for Labour
Probability of voting for Liberal Democrats
Probability of voting for Plaid Cymru
Probability of voting for Scottish National Party
Probability of voting for UKIP
Protect civil liberties or fight terrorism?
Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
Reasons for large donations: Believe in what that party stands for
Reasons for large donations: Hope for more access and influence over party
Reasons for large donations: Hope to be given some favours or special treatment
Received and read the government's EU leaflet
Redistribution scale: Conservatives
Redistribution scale: Green Party
Redistribution scale: Labour
Redistribution scale: Liberal Democrats
Redistribution scale: Plaid Cymru
Redistribution scale: Self
Redistribution scale: SNP
Redistribution scale: UKIP
Region
Remain campaign focused more on fear or hope
Reported turnout in 2014 local elections
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent was under 18 at time of wave 8
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Risk of poverty: times when won't have enough money
Risk of unemployment
Satisfaction with English democracy
Satisfaction with EU democracy
Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
Satisfaction with UK democracy
Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
Scotland Q only: Preferences for Scottish powers
Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
Scotland Q only: Vote intention for Scottish Parliament | constituency
Scottish Constituency Vote 2011
Scottish Constituency Vote 2016
Scottish Parliament election turnout recall
Scottish referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
Scottish referendum vote (earliest recorded)
Scottish regional vote
Scottish Regional Vote 2011
Scottish Regional Vote 2016
Self: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Should EU citizens be able to claim child-benefit for children not in the UK
Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
SNP contacted about leaving the EU
SNP contacted about remaining in the EU
SNP contacted by email
SNP contacted by letter/leaflet
SNP contacted by SMS
SNP contacted by telephone
SNP contacted in other ways
SNP contacted in street
SNP contacted you in last 4 weeks
SNP MPs supports referendum side
SNP united or divided
SNP visited home
SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Social Grade
Some laws are better made at the European level
Strength of party identification
Stronger in contacted you in last 4 weeks
Sure about what would happen if UK leaves the EU
Sure about what would happen if UK remains in the EU
The British Parliament should be able to override all EU laws
The party I support shouldn't compromise on its values just to get more votes
The UK should help other EU members in times of crisis
Things in Britain were better in the past
Thinking back to the last UK General Election on May 7th 2015, a lot of people
Time follows politics in newspapers (including online)
Time follows politics on the internet (not including newspapers)
Time follows politics on the radio
Time follows politics on TV
Time follows politics talking to other people
Too many people these days like to rely on government handouts
Trade Unions support referendum side
Trust MPs in general
UKIP contacted about leaving the EU
UKIP contacted about remaining in the EU
UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
UKIP united or divided
UKIP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Understands the important political issues facing our country
Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
Vote intention: Local Elections
Vote leave contacted you in last 4 weeks
Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
Wales Q only: Vote intention for Welsh Assembly | constituency
Wales Q only: Vote intention for Welsh Assembly | regional or party list
Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
We need to fundamentally change the way society works in Britain
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
Welsh Assembly election turnout recall
Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
Welsh Regional Vote 2016
What is the highest educational or work-related qualification you have?
What is your current marital or relationship status?
What kind of organisation do you work for?
What limit should be placed on donations to a political party?
What limit should be placed on donations to groups campaigning in referendums?
What type of organisation did your parent work in?
When should immigrants have same access to benefits and services
When someone is unemployed, it's usually through no fault of their own
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
Would cost of living be getting higher/lower under Labour
Would crime be getting higher/lower under Labour
Would economy be doing better/worse under Labour
Would immigration be geting higher/lower under Labour
Would NHS be doing better /worse under Labour
Would schools be doing better/worse under Labour

Additional information

Study team: Ed Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Geoff Evans, Hermann Schmitt, Cees van der Eijk, Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2016-07-11
Last modified: 2024-02-12
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-7-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-7-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2016-04-14/2016-05-04