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Wave 16 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

  • May 2019 - June 2019
  • N = 37,959
  • Mode: Online survey

May-June 2019 wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel.

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green, G. Evans, J. Mellon & C. Prosser (2019) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 16. 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
  • 2019 GE turnout
  • 2019 GE vote choice
  • Achieve reduced immigration: Brexit Party
  • Achieve reduced immigration: TIG/Change UK
  • After Leave: The UK parliament will have more power
  • After leaving the EU, how much control will Britain have over immigration?
  • Age
  • Age completed formal education
  • Age group
  • Allowing Britain to control immigration from the EU
  • Any regrets about how you voted in the EU referendum?
  • Approve: UK government
  • Are you a member or registered supporter of any political party?
  • Are you a parent or guardian?
  • Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
  • Attention to Politics
  • Authoritarian/libertarianism scale
  • Automation effects: Country
  • Automation effects: Yourself
  • Bedford Mayoral Election: First Choice
  • Bedford Mayoral Election: Second Choice
  • Best party on most important issue
  • Best way to run country: strong leader, ignore parliament/elections
  • Brexit Party contacted by email
  • Brexit Party contacted by letter/leaflet
  • Brexit Party contacted by social media
  • Brexit Party contacted by telephone
  • Brexit Party contacted in other ways
  • Brexit Party contacted in street
  • Brexit Party contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Brexit Party united or divided
  • Brexit Party visited home
  • Brexit Party: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Brexit priority: access to single market versus controlling immigration
  • Britain should leave the EU because that is what people voted for
  • British identity scale
  • Church attendance
  • Climate change beliefs
  • Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Conservatives united or divided
  • Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
  • Copeland Mayoral Election: First Choice
  • Copeland Mayoral Election: Second Choice
  • Cost of Living getting higher or lower
  • Country
  • Country of Birth
  • Crime levels getting higher or lower
  • Customs union knowledge: Countries restricted in making trade deals outside CU
  • Customs union knowledge: CU members all charge same tariffs for non-EU imports
  • Customs union knowledge: Membership of CU requires free movement of people
  • Customs union knowledge: No customs duties paid on goods between members?
  • Deal priority: Allowing Britain to make trade deals with other countries
  • Deal priority: Keeping access to EU markets for British firms
  • Deal priority: Keeping open border between NI and Ireland
  • Deal priority: Keeping open border between NI and UK
  • Deal priority: Not having to follow EU rules/regulations
  • Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
  • Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
  • Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
  • Does your local MP support or oppose Brexit?
  • 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)
  • Effect of leaving EU on: Scottish economic situation
  • 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: NHS
  • 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: Welsh economic situation
  • Effects of leaving EU on: working conditions for British workers
  • English identity scale
  • Equal opportunities for ethnic minorities gone too far | not far enough
  • Equal opportunities for women gone too far |not far enough
  • Equal opportunities to gays and lesbians gone too far | not far enough
  • EU ID: Criticism of my side feels like a personal insult
  • 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 Knowledge: Are there 15 member states?
  • EU Knowledge: ECHR only has jurisdiction over EU members
  • EU Knowledge: Same number of representatives elected to European Parl per membe
  • EU Knowledge: Switzerland a member?
  • EU referendum identity
  • EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
  • EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
  • European election non voter: Which party would you have probably voted for?
  • European election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election wave)
  • European identity scale
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Brexit Party
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Conservatives
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Greens
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Jeremy Corbyn
  • 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): Theresa May
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): TIG/Change UK
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): UKIP
  • Gender
  • General economic retrospective evaluation: country
  • General Election turnout 2015 (earliest recorded)
  • General Election turnout 2017 (earliest recorded)
  • General Election vote 2015 (earliest recorded)
  • General Election vote 2017 (earliest recorded)
  • General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
  • 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
  • Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
  • Highest Qualification
  • How is the UK Government handling the process of leaving the EU?
  • How likely robots/computers will do much of current human work in 30 years?
  • How likely to win in constituency: TIG/Change UK
  • How many employees did your parent have?
  • How many of the people in your household are under 18?
  • How much does the UK Govt's deal honour the result of the EU referendum?
  • How well do you think the process of leaving the EU is going?
  • How well would Labour handle leaving the EU?
  • I feel proud to be British
  • Immigration bad or good for economy
  • Immigration enriches or undermines cultural life
  • Immigration levels getting higher or lower
  • In favour of a second EU referendum?
  • Interview Start Time
  • Is the deal negotiated by the UK Govt with the EU good/bad?
  • It doesn't matter which political party is in power
  • It is often difficult for me to understand what is going on in government and po
  • It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics and public affairs
  • Job chose in previous Q describes what you do?
  • Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Labour united or divided
  • Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Leaving with no deal good/bad for Britain: over next 10 years?
  • Leaving with no deal good/bad for Britain: over next six months?
  • 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: Brexit Party
  • 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: TIG/Change UK
  • Left/right position: UKIP
  • Leicester Mayoral Election: First Choice
  • Leicester Mayoral Election: Second Choice
  • Lib Dems contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Lib Dems: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • 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 united or divided
  • Like/dislike Brexit Party
  • Like/dislike Heidi Allen
  • Like/dislike Jonathan Bartley
  • Like/dislike Siân Berry
  • Like/dislike TIG/Change UK
  • Like/dislike: Adam Price
  • Like/dislike: Conservatives
  • Like/dislike: Gerard Batten
  • Like/dislike: Green Party
  • Like/dislike: Jeremy Corbyn
  • Like/dislike: Labour
  • Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
  • Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
  • Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
  • Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
  • Like/dislike: Sturgeon
  • Like/dislike: Theresa May
  • Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
  • Like/dislike: Vince Cable
  • Likelihood to vote in general election
  • Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: Brexit Party
  • 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
  • Local economic situation: 15-20 yrs ago
  • Local economic situation: now
  • Mansfield Mayoral Election: First Choice
  • Mansfield Mayoral Election: Second Choice
  • Middlesbrough Mayoral Election: First Choice
  • Middlesbrough Mayoral Election: Second Choice
  • MPs look after Constituency interests
  • NHS doing better or worse
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Brexit Party
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Conservatives
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Greens
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Labour
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Liberal Democrats
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Plaid Cymru
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: SNP
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: TIG/Change UK
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: UKIP
  • No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Yourself
  • None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: First Choice
  • North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: Second Choice
  • Number of people in household
  • Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Parliament should cancel Brexit without a second referendum
  • Party ID if no party to first ID question
  • Party identification
  • Party Identification 4pt: Party you feel closest to?
  • Party Identification 5pt: Party you are attached to?
  • Party Identification ANES Q
  • Party Identification BSA Q
  • Party Identification CSES Q
  • People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
  • Perceived difference between Conservative and Labour parties
  • Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
  • Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Plaid Cymru united or divided
  • Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Politicians don't care what people like me think
  • Potential referendum choice: government's deal or no deal?
  • Potential referendum choice: remain or government's deal?
  • Potential referendum choice: remain or no deal?
  • Probability of voting for Brexit Party
  • 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 TIG/Change UK
  • Probability of voting for UKIP
  • Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
  • Recall of European election turnout
  • Redistribution scale: Brexit Party
  • Redistribution scale: Conservatives
  • Redistribution scale: Greens
  • Redistribution scale: Labour
  • Redistribution scale: Liberal Democrats
  • Redistribution scale: Plaid Cymru
  • Redistribution scale: Self
  • Redistribution scale: SNP
  • Redistribution scale: TIG/Change UK
  • Redistribution scale: UKIP
  • Referendums are a good way to make important political decisions
  • Region
  • Respondent belonging to any religion?
  • Respondent freshly sampled this wave?
  • Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
  • Respondent's work status
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: Conservative MPs
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: DUP
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: EU
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: JeremyCorbyn
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: Labour MPs
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: None
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: Other
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: Parliament
  • Responsible for process of leaving EU: Theresa May
  • Satisfaction with English democracy
  • Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
  • Satisfaction with UK democracy
  • Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
  • Schools should teach children to obey authority
  • Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
  • Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
  • Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
  • 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
  • Self: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
  • SNP contacted by email
  • SNP contacted by letter/leaflet
  • SNP contacted by social media
  • SNP contacted by telephone
  • SNP contacted in other ways
  • SNP contacted in street
  • SNP contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • SNP united or divided
  • SNP visited home
  • SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Social Grade
  • Strength of identification with EU referendum side
  • Strength of party identification
  • Subjective social class
  • Support/oppose UK staying in a customs union if UK leaves the EU
  • There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
  • Thinking about the outcomes of general elections, which of these statements is m
  • TIG/Change UK contacted by email
  • TIG/Change UK contacted by letter/leaflet
  • TIG/Change UK contacted by social media
  • TIG/Change UK contacted by telephone
  • TIG/Change UK contacted in other ways
  • TIG/Change UK contacted in street
  • TIG/Change UK contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • TIG/Change UK united or divided
  • TIG/Change UK visited home
  • TIG/Change UK: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Trust MPs in general
  • Trust own MP
  • 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
  • View on abortion if family has very low income and cannot afford more children
  • View on abortion if strong chance of serious defect in baby
  • Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
  • Vote method Europe: Visited polling station on my own
  • Vote method Europe: Visited polling station with another person who did NOT vot
  • Vote method Europe: Visited polling station with another person who voted
  • Vote method Europe: Voted by post
  • Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
  • Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
  • Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
  • Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
  • Welsh Regional Vote 2016
  • What about the local elections on the same day? Did you manage to vote in your l
  • What is the highest educational or work-related qualification you have?
  • What is your current marital or relationship status?
  • What subject did you most recently study at University?
  • What subject do you currently study at University?
  • Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
  • Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
  • Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
  • Which party are you a member of?
  • Which party are you a registered supporter of?
  • Which party did you vote for in the local elections?
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: Conservative
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: Green Party
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: Labour
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: Liberal Democrat
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: None of these
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: Plaid Cymru
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: Scottish National Party (SNP)
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
  • You will be out of a job and looking for work
  • Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values
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