Wave 6 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

May 2015 - May 2015
N = 30,073
Mode: Online survey

The 2015 post-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 & C. Prosser (2015) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 6. 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
Age
Age completed formal education
Age group
Any regrets about vote in 2015 General Election?
Are you, or have you ever been, a member of any Political party?
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disabilit
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
Attention to Politics
Authoritarian/libertarianism scale
Best leader in the campaign
Best party on most important issue
Bought/refused to buy products for political/ethical reasons?
Church attendance
Coalition governments are more effective than single party governments
Coalition governments are more in tune with the public
Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
Conservatives united or divided
Contacted a politician, government or local government official?
Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
Country
Country of birth
Days respondent discusses politics
Did you help any political party with their campaign?
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?
Do you use Facebook?
Do you use Twitter?
Does England get fair share from Union?
Does Scotland get fair share from Union?
Does Wales get fair share from Union?
Done any work on behalf of a political party or action group?
During election campaign, get news on Facebook?
During election campaign, get news on Twitter?
Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
Education level
Employed in creative and cultural industries
Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
Employed in IT industry
Employers should be allowed to hire workers on zero-hour contracts
EU Referendum postal vote retro
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
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
European Integration scale (ESS version): Conservatives
European Integration scale (ESS version): Greens
European Integration scale (ESS version): Labour
European Integration scale (ESS version): Liberal Democrats
European Integration scale (ESS version): Plaid Cymru
European Integration scale (ESS version): self
European Integration scale (ESS version): SNP
European Integration scale (ESS version): UKIP
Expected financial situation of your household (12 months)
Expected general economic situation in this country (12 months)
Gender
General economic retrospective evaluation: country
General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
Given any money to a political party, organization or cause
Gone on strike or taken industrial action?
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
Green Party contacted by letter/leaflet
Green Party contacted by telephone
Green Party Contacted you in last 4 weeks
Green Party united or divided
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
Have felt angry about Conservatives
Have felt angry about Greens
Have felt angry about UKIP
Have felt fear about Conservatives
Have felt fear about Greens
Have tuition fee increases gone too far?
Hopeful
Hopeful
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?
I understand the important issues at stake in the EU referendum
If regrets vote: How do you wish you had voted?
In the recent General Election, did the candidate that you voted for get electe
Income source: Dependent on parents/other relatives
Income source: Earnings from employment (own or spouse/partner)
Income source: Income support/family credit
Income source: Interest from savings/investments
Income source: Invalidity/sickness/disabled pension or benefits
Income source: Jobseeker's Allowance/unemployment benefits
Income source: Occupational pension(s) from previous employer
Income source: Other source
Income source: Other state benefits
Income source: State retirement or widow's pension(s)
Income source: Student grant/loan
Interest in General Election
Interview Start Time
Is your name on the electoral register?
It doesn't matter which political party is in power
It doesn't matter which political party is in power
It is difficult to understand what happens in gov and politics
It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election
It is more difficult to know who to blame when parties govern in coalition
It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour emotions: Afraid
Labour emotions: Angry
Labour emotions: Hopeful
Labour united or divided
Left-right scale
Left-right value: Big business takes advantage of ordinary poeple Waves 7-9
Left-right value: Government should redistribute incomes Waves 7-9
Left-right value: Management will always try to get the better of employees
Left-right value: Ordinary working people do not get their fair share Waves 7-9
Left-right value: There is one law for the rich and one for the poor Waves 7-9
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 7-9
Lib-Auth value: For some crimes, death penalty most appropriate sentence Waves
Liberal Democrats emotions: Afraid
Liberal Democrats emotions: Angry
Liberal Democrats emotions: Hopeful
Liberal Democrats united or divided
Like more in Parl: Christians
Like more in Parl: Disabled people
Like more in Parl: Ethnic minorities
Like more in Parl: LGBT people
Like more in Parl: Muslims
Like more in Parl: People from area they represent
Like more in Parl: People with University degrees
Like more in Parl: Women
Like more in Parl: Working-class people
Like more in Parl: Young people
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: United Kingdom Independence Party
Like/dislike: Wood
Main source of income for you/household
MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
MII manual coding
Most people I know usually vote in general elections
None of these
None of these
None of these
None of these
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
Opinion on how to reduce deficit in next 3 years
Opinion on necessity of deficit reduction in next 3 years
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
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: work on behalf of party/campaign/action group
Parties and politicians are more concerned with fighting each other than furthe
Parties cannot deliver on their promises when they govern in coalition
Party Campaign Help: Delivering Leaflets
Party Campaign Help: Doorstep Canvassing
Party Campaign Help: Helping at Campaign Office
Party Campaign Help: Taking Numbers at Polling Stations
Party Campaign Help: Telephoning Electors
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
People should vote for the party they like, even if it will not win
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
Plaid Cymru emotions: Afraid
Plaid Cymru emotions: Angry
Plaid Cymru emotions: Hopeful
Plaid Cymru emotions: None of these
Plaid Cymru united or divided
Politicians don't care what people like me think
Preferences for English powers | English votes on English laws
Preferred seat distribution: majority or proportional
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
Proud
Proud
Proud
Proud
Proud
Proud
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
Reported turnout in 2014 local elections
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent filled in registration form, or someone else
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 the current system of registration
Satisfaction with UK democracy
Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
Schools should teach children to obey authority
Scotland Q only: Expectations about Scottish powers
Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
Scotland Q only: Preferences for Scottish powers
Scotland Q only: Vote intention for Scottish Parliament | constituency
Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Defence
Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: NHS
Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Police
Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Schools
Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Tax
Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Welfare benefits
Scottish Constituency Vote 2011
Scottish Constituency Vote 2016
Scottish referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
Scottish referendum vote (earliest recorded)
Scottish regional vote
Scottish Regional Vote 2011
Scottish Regional Vote 2016
Scottishness: Conservatives
Scottishness: Greens
Scottishness: Labour
Scottishness: SNP
Should immigration level increase/decrease?
Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
Signed a petition not on the Internet?
Signed a petition on the Internet?
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 emotions: Afraid
SNP emotions: Angry
SNP emotions: Hopeful
SNP emotions: None of these
SNP emotions: Proud
SNP visited home
Social Grade
Strength of party identification
Stronger in contacted you in last 4 weeks
Taken part in a public demonstration?
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
Tone: Conservatives
Tone: Greens
Tone: Labour
Tone: Liberal Democrats
Tone: Plaid Cymru
Tone: SNP
Tone: UKIP
Trust MPs in general
UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
UKIP emotions: Afraid
UKIP emotions: Hopeful
UKIP emotions: None of these
UKIP united or divided
Understands the important political issues facing our country
Vote intention: Local Elections
Vote leave contacted you in last 4 weeks
VoteMethod: Polling station alone
VoteMethod: Polling station with someone who did not vote
VoteMethod: Polling station with someone who voted
VoteMethod: Postal vote
VoteMethod: Proxy vote (someone else for me)
Voting for small parties is wasting a vote
Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
Wales Q only: Vote intention for Welsh Assembly | constituency
Wales Q only: Which insitution should decide: Tax
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Defence
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Justice
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: NHS
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Police
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Schools
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Welfare
Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
Welfare too high or too low?
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?
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?
Which parties helped: Conservatives
Which parties helped: Greens
Which parties helped: Labour
Which parties helped: Liberal Democrats
Which parties helped: Other
Which parties helped: Plaid Cymru
Which parties helped: SNP
Which parties helped: UKIP
Which party are you a member of?
Which party were you most recently a member of?
Worst leader in the campaign
Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values

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: 2015-07-14
Last modified: 2024-02-12
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/post-election-wave-6-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/post-election-wave-6-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2015-05-08/2015-05-26