Wave 5 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel
Updated release version of the 2015 campaign 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 (2015) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 5. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-8202-2You need to log in to download BES files. Sign in or register for a free account
- 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
- Age
- Age completed formal education
- Age group
- And have you already voted (by post)?
- Another party or candidate
- Applied for postal vote
- Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
- Authoritarian/libertarianism scale
- Best leader in the campaign
- Best party on most important issue
- Cares for pre-school age children
- Cares for school age children
- Cares for sick, disabled or elderly adults
- Certainty of vote intention in general election
- Certainty of vote intention in general election (squeezed)
- Certainty of vote intention in general election (unsqueezed)
- Conservative party or candidate
- Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Constituency vote intention
- Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
- Country
- Country of birth
- daily weight
- Days respondent discusses politics
- Decided on General Election vote
- Did your parent have employees?
- Did your parent supervise the work of any other people?
- Difference between Conservative and Labour parties
- Dimension of MII
- Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
- Do you use Facebook?
- Do you use Twitter?
- During election campaign, get news on Twitter?
- Education level
- Employed in creative and cultural industries
- Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
- Employed in IT industry
- EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
- EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
- Facebook political info: Candidates or parties
- Facebook political info: Someone you know personally
- Facebook political info: Someone you know personally
- Gender
- General election postal vote retro
- General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
- General election vote intention (squeezed)
- General election vote intention (unsqueezed)
- Generally speaking, how willing are you to take risks?
- Gone too far: Equal opportunities for ethnic minorities Waves 1-5
- Gone too far: Equal opportunities for gays and lesbians Waves 1-5
- Gone too far: Equal opportunities for women Waves 1-5
- Good/bad job in govt: Conservatives
- Good/bad job in govt: Greens
- Good/bad job in govt: Labour
- Good/bad job in govt: Lib Dems
- Good/bad job in govt: Plaid Cymru
- Good/bad job in govt: SNP
- Good/bad job in govt: UKIP
- Green Party contacted by letter/leaflet
- Green Party contacted by telephone
- Green Party Contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Green party or candidate
- Green Party visited home
- Gross household income
- Gross personal income
- Handle most important issue: Conservatives
- Handle most important issue: Labour
- Handle most important issue: Liberal Democrat
- Handle most important issue: Plaid Cymru
- Handle most important issue: SNP
- 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?
- Interest in General Election
- Interview Start Time
- Join coalition with Conservatives: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
- Join coalition with Labour: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
- Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Labour party or candidate
- Left-right scale
- Left-right value: Big business takes advantage of ordinary poeple Waves 1-5
- Left-right value: Government should redistribute incomes Waves 1-5
- Left-right value: Management always try to get the better of employees Waves 1-5
- Left-right value: Ordinary working people do not get their fair share Waves 1-5
- Left-right value: There is one law for the rich and one for the poor Waves 1-5
- Left/right position: Conservative
- 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 Dems contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Lib-Auth value: Censoring necessary to uphold moral standards Waves 1-5
- Lib-Auth value: For some crimes, death penalty most appropriate sentence Waves 1
- Lib-Auth value: Lawbreakers should be given stiffer sentences Waves 1-5
- Lib-Auth value: Schools should teach children to obey authority Waves 1-5
- Lib-Auth value: Young people today don't respect traditional British values Wave
- Liberal Democrat party or candidate
- Like/dislike: Bennett
- Like/dislike: British National Party (BNP)
- Like/dislike: Conservatives
- Like/dislike: David Cameron
- Like/dislike: Ed Miliband
- Like/dislike: Green Party
- Like/dislike: Labour
- Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
- Like/dislike: Nick Clegg
- Like/dislike: Nicola Sturgeon
- Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
- Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
- Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
- Like/dislike: Scottish National Party (outside Scotland)
- Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
- Like/dislike: Wood
- Likelihood to vote in general election
- Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: Conservatives
- Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: Green Party
- Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: Labour
- Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: Lib Dems
- Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: Plaid Cymru
- Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: SNP
- Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: UKIP
- Likely to win majority: Conservatives
- Likely to win majority: Labour
- MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
- MII manual coding
- No caring responsibilities
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: All Above
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Conservatives
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Green
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Labour
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Lib Dems
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Plaid
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: SNP
- No Chance at Being Part of the Next UK Govt: UKIP
- 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
- Other leave campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Other remain campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Other than on Twitter and Facebook, have you visited the website of a candidate
- Parent's education level
- Parent's highest level of education
- Parent's ns-sec analytic categories
- Parent's ns-sec sub-categories
- Participation: Displayed referendum campaign poster
- Participation: Given money to party/organization/cause
- Participation: Listened to or watched referendum campaign broadcast
- Participation: Read campaign leaflet/letter/text/email
- Participation: Tried to persuade someone which way to vote
- Participation: work on behalf of party/campaign/action group
- Parties and politicians are more concerned with fighting each other than furthe
- Party ID if no party to first ID question
- Party identification
- Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Plaid Cymru party or candidate
- Preferences Ranked: Conservative Coalition
- Preferences Ranked: Conservative Majority
- Preferences Ranked: Labour Led Coalition
- Preferences Ranked: Labour Majority
- Preferences Ranked: Other Government
- Probability of voting for BNP
- 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
- Region
- Respondent belonging to any religion?
- Respondent was under 18 at time of wave 8
- Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
- Respondent's work status
- Saw/heard first 2016 EU Ref TV debate
- Saw/heard second 2016 EU Ref TV debate
- Saw/heard third 2016 EU Ref TV debate
- Scottish Constituency Vote 2011
- Scottish Constituency Vote 2016
- Scottish referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
- Scottish referendum vote (earliest recorded)
- Scottish Regional Vote 2011
- Scottish Regional Vote 2016
- Shared political content on another website/online platform
- Shared political content on Facebook
- Shared political content on Twitter
- Shared political content through email
- Shared political content through instant messaging
- Signed up online to help a party or candidate
- 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 party or candidate
- SNP visited home
- Social Grade
- Strength of party identification
- Stronger in contacted you in last 4 weeks
- 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
- Tone: Conservatives
- Tone: Greens
- Tone: Labour
- Tone: Liberal Democrats
- Tone: Plaid Cymru
- Tone: SNP
- Tone: UKIP
- Twitter political info: Other people (e.g. commentators, journalists etc)
- Twitter political info: Someone you know personally
- UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
- UKIP party or candidate
- Vote leave contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
- Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
- 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 type of organisation did your parent work in?
- Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
- Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
- Which parties helped: Conservatives
- Willing to Join Coalition with Conservatives: Greens
- Willing to Join Coalition with Conservatives: Lib Dems
- Willing to Join Coalition with Conservatives: Plaid
- Willing to Join Coalition with Conservatives: SNP
- Willing to Join Coalition with Labour: Greens
- Willing to Join Coalition with Labour: Lib Dems
- Willing to Join Coalition with Labour: Plaid
- Willing to Join Coalition with Labour: SNP
- Worst leader in the campaign