Wave 17 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel
November 2019 (pre-2019 election) wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel.
Fieldhouse, E., J. Green, G. Evans, J. Mellon & C. Prosser (2020) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 17. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-8810-1You 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
- 2019 GE turnout
- 2019 GE vote choice
- Achieve reduced immigration: Brexit Party
- 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
- An independent candidate
- 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
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: 2017 Results
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Internet
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Local Newspaper Coverage
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Local Results
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: National Newspaper Coverage
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: National Opinion Polls
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: None
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Other
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Party Canvassers
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Party Leaflets
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Party Social Media
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Tactical Voting Websites
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: Talking to Locals
- Based Constituency Win Opinion: TV/Radio Coverage
- Best party on most important issue
- Best Prime Minister
- Best way to run country: strong leader, ignore parliament/elections
- Boris Johnson
- Brexit
- Brexit
- Brexit
- Brexit
- Brexit
- 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's Brexit Preference
- Brexit Party: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Brexit priority: access to single market versus controlling immigration
- Britain should stop all government spending on overseas aid
- British identity scale
- Certainty of vote intention in general election
- Church attendance
- Climate change beliefs
- Coalition governments are more effective than single party governments
- Conservative's Brexit Preference
- 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?
- Cost of Living getting higher or lower
- Country
- Country of Birth
- Crime
- Crime
- Crime levels getting higher or lower
- Days respondent discusses politics
- 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
- Dealing with people: generally trust or generally careful
- Decided on General Election vote
- Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
- Do not trust at all| Trust a great deal
- Do not trust at all| Trust a great deal
- 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 environment scale: Brexit Party
- Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Conservatives
- Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Green
- Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Labour
- Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Lib Dems
- Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Plaid Cymru
- Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: SNP
- 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 referendum identity
- EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
- EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
- 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
- Ever trade union member?
- 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)
- General election vote intention (squeezed)
- General election vote intention (unsqueezed)
- 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's Brexit Preference
- Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Gross household income
- Gross personal income
- Happy if NI becomes independent?
- Happy if Wales becomes independent?
- Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
- Highest Qualification
- How happy/disappointed are you that UK voted to leave the EU
- How is the UK Government handling the process of leaving the EU?
- How likely to win in constituency: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
- How many employees did your parent have?
- How many of the people in your household are under 18?
- How should an MP vote if their opinion differs to that of their constituents?
- How should an MP vote if their opinion differs to that of their party?
- How well would Labour handle leaving the EU?
- I feel proud to be British
- Immigration
- Immigration
- 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?
- Income - gross household
- Independent contacted by email
- Independent contacted by leaflet/letter
- Independent contacted by Social Media
- Independent contacted by telephone
- Independent contacted by visit to home
- Independent contacted in other way
- Independent contacted in street
- Interest in General Election
- Interview Start Time
- Is the deal negotiated by the UK Govt with the EU good/bad?
- Is your name on the electoral register?
- It doesn't matter which political party is in power
- It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election
- 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?
- Know Devolution Responsibility: Defence & Foreign Affairs
- Know Devolution Responsibility: NHS
- Know Devolution Responsibility: None of these
- Know Devolution Responsibility: Police
- Know Devolution Responsibility: Schools
- Know Devolution Responsibility: Taxation
- Know Devolution Responsibility: Welfare Benefits
- Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Labour united or divided
- Labour's Brexit Preference
- Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- 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
- Lib Dem's Brexit Preference
- 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 Jonathan Bartley
- Like/dislike Siân Berry
- Like/dislike: Adam Price
- Like/dislike: Boris Johnson
- Like/dislike: Conservatives
- Like/dislike: Green Party
- Like/dislike: Jeremy Corbyn
- Like/dislike: Jo Swinson
- 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: United Kingdom Independence Party
- 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
- Likely to win majority: Brexit Party
- Likely to win majority: Conservatives
- Likely to win majority: Labour
- Likely to win majority: Lib Dems
- MPs from different parties are on parliamentary committees.
- Never went to private school
- NHS doing better or worse
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Brexit
- No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: DUP
- No chance at coalition: All parties have a chance
- No chance at coalition: Conservatives
- No chance at coalition: Green Party
- No chance at coalition: Labour
- No chance at coalition: Liberal Democrats
- No chance at coalition: Plaid Cymru
- No chance at coalition: Scottish National Party (SNP)
- No-one may stand for parliament unless they pay a deposit.
- None of these
- None of these
- None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Number of people in household
- Only taxpayers are allowed to vote in a general election.
- Opinion on necessity of deficit reduction in next 3 years
- 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
- People should vote for the party they like, even if it will not win
- People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
- Perceived difference between Conservative and Labour parties
- Perceived Likelihood of Hung Parliament?
- Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
- Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Plaid Cymru united or divided
- Plaid Cymru's Brexit Preference
- Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Policy support: Abolish Private School
- Policy support: Four day week
- Politicians don't care what people like me think
- Polling stations close at 10.00pm on election day.
- 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
- Potential referendum choice: remain or government's deal?
- Potential referendum choice: remain or no deal?
- Previously union member
- 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 UKIP
- Proportion of people you discuss politics with that share your party choice
- Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
- 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
- Reduce deficit by taxation/spending cuts
- Referendums are a good way to make important political decisions
- Region
- Respondent belonging to any religion?
- Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
- Respondent's work status
- 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: Happy if Scotland becomes independent
- Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
- Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
- 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
- ScotRef Identification
- ScotRefID: Criticism of my side feels like a personal insult
- ScotRefID: Feel connected when meeting supporters of same side
- ScotRefID: interested in what other people think
- ScotRefID: Lot in common with supporters of my side
- ScotRefID: Praise of my side makes me feel good
- ScotRefID: say we instead of they
- 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's Brexit Preference
- SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Social Grade
- Speaks Welsh?
- Strength of party identification
- Subjective social class
- The economy
- The economy
- The environment
- The environment
- The environment
- The environment
- The environment
- The NHS
- The NHS
- The UK uses proportional representation for general elections
- There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
- 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
- Trust MPs in general
- Trust own MP
- UK Govt Responsible for Econ Change in Last 12 Months?
- UK Parl knowledge: Number of MPs in Parliament about 100?
- UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Unacceptable next steps on Brexit: Cancel Brexit without a referendum
- Unacceptable next steps on Brexit: Have a referendum on a deal
- Unacceptable next steps on Brexit: Leave with a deal with no referendum
- Unacceptable next steps on Brexit: Leave with no deal
- Unacceptable next steps on Brexit: None of these are unacceptable
- Understands the important political issues facing our country
- Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
- Voting for small parties is wasting a vote
- Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
- Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
- 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
- Went to private/fee paying primary or middle level school
- Went to private/fee paying secondary school
- What do you think Britain should do next about Brexit?
- What is the highest educational or work-related qualification you have?
- What is your current marital or relationship status?
- 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?
- Who did your father vote for?
- Who did your mother vote for?
- Willing to Join Coalition with Conservatives: Brexit Party
- 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: Brexit Party
- 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
- Would economy be doing better/worse under Labour
- Would NHS be doing better /worse under Labour
- 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)
- You will be out of a job and looking for work
- Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values