Wave 1 of the 2014-23 British Election Study Internet Panel
The first 2014 wave of the 2014-23 British Election Study Internet Panel (February-March 2014). Updated: Version 25.0 More information
Fieldhouse, E., J. Green., G. Evans., H. Schmitt, C. van der Eijk and J. Mellon (2014) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 1. 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
- Approve: UK government
- Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
- Attention to Politics
- Best party on most important issue
- Blair good or bad for Britain
- British identity scale
- Business and industry supports referendum side
- Certainty about Plaid Cymru's position on EU
- Certainty about SNP's position on EU
- 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 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
- 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?
- Does England get fair share from Union?
- Does Scotland get fair share from Union?
- Does Wales get fair share from Union?
- Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
- Economy doing better or worse
- Education doing better or worse
- Education level
- Employed in creative and cultural industries
- Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
- Employed in IT industry
- English identity scale
- 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): 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): 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 postal vote retro
- General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
- 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 England if Scotland becomes independent
- Good or bad for England if Scotland becomes independent
- Green Party Contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Gross household income
- Gross personal income
- 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 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
- I understand the important issues at stake in the EU 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
- Interview Start Time
- 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 united or divided
- Left/right position: Self
- Lib Dems contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Liberal Democrats united or divided
- 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: Nigel Farage
- Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
- Like/dislike: Salmond
- Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
- Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
- Like/dislike: Wood
- Likelihood to vote in general election
- MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
- MII manual coding
- Most people I know usually vote in general elections
- NHS doing better or worse
- NS-SEC social class analytic categories
- Number of people in household
- O*Net Job Zone Occupation Code
- Other party 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
- Parties cannot deliver on their promises when they govern in coalition
- Party ID if no party to first ID question
- Party identification
- Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
- Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Plaid Cymru united or divided
- Politicians don't care what people like me think
- Politicians only care about people with money
- Preferences for English powers | English votes on English laws
- 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
- Recall of European election turnout
- Recalled vote in European Elections (young person)
- Redistribution scale: Conservatives
- Redistribution scale: Labour
- Redistribution scale: Liberal Democrats
- Redistribution scale: Plaid Cymru
- Redistribution scale: Self
- Redistribution scale: SNP
- Redistribution scale: 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
- Responsible for cost of living: Conservatives in UK government
- Responsible for cost of living: Last Labour government
- Responsible for cost of living: Lib Dems in UK government
- Responsible for cost of living: None
- Responsible for cost of living: Scottish government
- Responsible for cost of living: Welsh government
- Responsible for crime: Conservatives in UK government
- Responsible for crime: Last Labour government
- Responsible for crime: Lib Dems in UK government
- Responsible for crime: None
- Responsible for crime: Scottish government
- Responsible for crime: Welsh government
- Responsible for economy: Conservatives in UK government
- Responsible for economy: Last Labour government
- Responsible for economy: Lib Dems in UK government
- Responsible for economy: None
- Responsible for economy: Scottish government
- Responsible for economy: Welsh government
- Responsible for education: Conservatives in UK government
- Responsible for education: Last Labour government
- Responsible for education: Lib Dems in UK government
- Responsible for education: None
- Responsible for education: Scottish government
- Responsible for education: Welsh government
- Responsible for GB debt: Conservatives in UK gov
- Responsible for GB debt: EU
- Responsible for GB debt: Global financial institutions
- Responsible for GB debt: last Labour gov
- Responsible for GB debt: Lib Dems in UK gov
- Responsible for GB debt: None in list
- Responsible for GB debt: Other
- Responsible for GB debt: Trade Unions
- Responsible for GB debt: UK banks
- Responsible for immigration: Conservatives in UK government
- Responsible for immigration: Last Labour government
- Responsible for immigration: Lib Dems in UK government
- Responsible for immigration: None
- Responsible for immigration: Scottish government
- Responsible for immigration: Welsh government
- Responsible for NHS: Conservatives in UK government
- Responsible for NHS: Last Labour government
- Responsible for NHS: Lib Dems in UK government
- Responsible for NHS: None
- Responsible for NHS: Scottish government
- Responsible for NHS: Welsh government
- 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: Economic situation under independence
- Scotland Q only: Expectation of turnout % in independence referendum
- Scotland Q only: Expectations about Scottish powers
- Scotland Q only: Happy if Scotland stays parts of union (retrospective after W2)
- Scotland Q only: I would be better off if Scotland independent
- Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
- Scotland Q only: Inequality under independence
- Scotland Q only: Intention to turnout in independence referendum
- Scotland Q only: Likelihood of Scotland becoming independent
- Scotland Q only: Preferences for Scottish powers
- Scotland Q only: Scotland would keep using pound under independence
- Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
- Scotland Q only: Should pension costs be shared between Scotland and the UK
- 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 2011
- Scottish Regional Vote 2016
- SNP contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Social Grade
- Strength of party identification
- Thatcher good or bad for Britain
- Too many people these days like to rely on government handouts
- Trust MPs in general
- Trust own MP
- UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
- UKIP united or divided
- Understands the important political issues facing our country
- Vote in Scottish referendum (recalled) [top up respondents]
- Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
- Wales Q only: Good for Wales if Scotland becomes independent
- Wales Q only: Good for Wales if Scotland becomes independent
- 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: Vote intention for Welsh Assembly | regional or party list
- Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
- 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)
- 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 is your marital 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 of the following people is the MP in your UK parliamentary constituency?
- 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