Wave 18 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

November 2019 - December 2019
N = 37,825
Mode: Online survey

November-December 2019 campaign 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 18. 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
Age
Age completed formal education
Age group
An independent candidate
And have you already voted (by post)?
And which party came second in your constituency in the 2017 General Election?
Anything recently changed your view of main political parties?
Applied for postal vote
Are you a parent or guardian?
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
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
Boris Johnson
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
Certainty of vote intention in general election
Certainty of vote intention in general election (squeezed)
Certainty of vote intention in general election (unsqueezed)
Conservative's Brexit Preference
Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
Conservatives united or divided
Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
Country
Country of Birth
Days respondent discusses politics
Decided on General Election vote
Did you see or hear all or part of the nationally televised debate between Bori
Did you see or hear all or part of the nationally televised debate on climate c
Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
Do you think that the election campaign will bring together people who have dif
Do you use Facebook?
Do you use Twitter?
Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
Does your local MP support or oppose Brexit?
Economy doing better or worse
Education doing better or worse
Education level
Education level (with add. info)
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)
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
Facebook political info: Candidates or parties
Facebook political info: Someone you know personally
Facebook political info: Someone you know personally
Family Tried to Convince You How to Vote
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Brexit Party
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Conservatives
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Green Party
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Independent Candidate
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Labour
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Lib Dems
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Other
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: Plaid Cymru
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: SNP
Family Tried to Convince You to Vote: UKIP
Family Try Convince: Email
Family Try Convince: Face to Face
Family Try Convince: Mail
Family Try Convince: None
Family Try Convince: Social Network/Web
Family Try Convince: Telephone
Family Try Convince: Text/SMS
Friends Tried to Convince You How to Vote
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Brexit Party
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Conservatives
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Green Party
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Independent Candidate
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Labour
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Lib Dems
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Other
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: Plaid Cymru
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: SNP
Friends Tried to Convince You to Vote: UKIP
Friends Try Convince: Email
Friends Try Convince: Face to Face
Friends Try Convince: Mail
Friends Try Convince: None
Friends Try Convince: Social Network/Web
Friends Try Convince: Telephone
Friends Try Convince: Text/SMS
Gender
General election postal vote retro
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)
Given any money to a political party, organization or cause
Gone too far: cuts to local services in my area
Gone too far: cuts to NHS spending
Gone too far: cuts to public spending
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
Gross household income
Gross personal income
Have you worked in a paid job in the past?
Highest Qualification
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 much local election information have you heard in last 7 days?
How much national election information have you heard in last 7 days?
How well is Labour's campaign going?
How well is the Brexit Party's campaign going?
How well is the Conservative Party's campaign going?
How well is the Liberal Democrat's campaign going?
In favour of a second EU referendum?
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
It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election
Job chose in previous Q describes what you do?
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour united or divided
Labour's Brexit Preference
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
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
Listened to or watched a party election broadcast
Measures to protect the environment
Most people I know usually vote in general elections
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)
None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
None Tried to Convince You How to Vote
ns-sec analytic categories
ns-sec sub-categories
Number of people in household
O*Net Job Zone Occupation Code
Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Brexit Party
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Conservatives
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Green Party
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Independent Candidate
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Labour
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Lib Dems
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Other
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: Plaid Cymru
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: SNP
Other Tried to Convince You to Vote: UKIP
Other Try Convince: Email
Other Try Convince: Face to Face
Other Try Convince: Mail
Other Try Convince: None
Other Try Convince: Social Network/Web
Other Try Convince: Telephone
Other Try Convince: Text/SMS
Others Tried to Convince You How to Vote
Parties and politicians in the UK are more concerned with fighting each other th
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
People at Work Tried to Convince You How to Vote
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Brexit Party
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Conservatives
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Green Party
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Independent Candidate
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Labour
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Lib Dems
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Other
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: Plaid Cymru
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: SNP
People in Work Tried to Convince You to Vote: UKIP
People in Work Try Convince: Email
People in Work Try Convince: Face to Face
People in Work Try Convince: Mail
People in Work Try Convince: None
People in Work Try Convince: Social Network/Web
People in Work Try Convince: Telephone
People in Work Try Convince: Text/SMS
Perceived Likelihood of Hung Parliament?
Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
Plaid Cymru united or divided
Plaid Cymru's Brexit Preference
Potential referendum choice: remain or government's deal?
Private companies running public services
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
Read a campaign leaflet/letter, text message or email from a political party
Read any newspapers in last 3 days?
Read Daily Mail/Sunday Mail Day Before Yesterday
Read Daily Mail/Sunday Mail in last 3 days?
Read Daily Mail/Sunday Mail None
Read Daily Mail/Sunday Mail Today
Read Daily Mail/Sunday Mail Yesterday
Read Daily Record/Sunday Mail Day Before Yesterday
Read Daily Record/Sunday Mail None
Read Daily Record/Sunday Mail Today
Read Daily Record/Sunday Mail Yesterday
Read Daily Star Day Before Yesterday
Read Daily Star None
Read Daily Star Today
Read Daily Star Yesterday
Read Daily Telegraph Day Before Yesterday
Read Daily Telegraph in last 3 days?
Read Daily Telegraph None
Read Daily Telegraph Today
Read Daily Telegraph Yesterday
Read Evening Standard Day Before Yesterday
Read Evening Standard Day None
Read Evening Standard in last 3 days?
Read Evening Standard Today
Read Evening Standard Yesterday
Read Express Day Before Yesterday
Read Express None of These
Read Express Today
Read Express Yesterday
Read Financial Times Day Before Yesterday
Read Financial Times in last 3 days?
Read Financial Times None
Read Financial Times Today
Read Financial Times Yesterday
Read Guardian/Observer Day Before Yesterday
Read Guardian/Observer in last 3 days?
Read Guardian/Observer None
Read Guardian/Observer Today
Read Guardian/Observer Yesterday
Read Independent in last 3 days?
Read Metro Day Before Yesterday
Read Metro None
Read Metro Today
Read Metro Yesterday
Read Mirro/Daily Record in last 3 days?
Read Mirror/Daily Record Day Before Yesterday
Read Mirror/Daily Record None
Read Mirror/Daily Record Today
Read Mirror/Daily Record Yesterday
Read No Newspapers in last 3 days?
Read Other Local Dail Morning Day Before Yesterday
Read Other Local Dail Morning None
Read Other Local Dail Morning Today
Read Other Local Dail Morning Yesterday
Read Other Local Daily Morning Newspaper in last 3 days?
Read Other Newspaper Day Before Yesterday
Read Other Newspaper in last 3 days?
Read Other Newspaper None
Read Other Newspaper Today
Read Other Newspaper Yesterday
Read Record/Sunday Mail in last 3 days?
Read The Daily Star in last 3 days?
Read The Express in last 3 days?
Read The Herald (Glasgow) Day Before Yesterday
Read The Herald (Glasgow) in last 3 days?
Read The Herald (Glasgow) Today
Read The Herald (Glasgow) Yesterday
Read The Herald (Glasgow)y None
Read The i Day Before Yesterday
Read The i in last 3 days?
Read The i None
Read The i Today
Read The i Yesterday
Read The Independent Day Before Yesterday
Read The Independent None
Read The Independent Standard Today
Read The Independent Yesterday
Read The Metro in last 3 days?
Read The Scotsman Day Before Yesterday
Read The Scotsman in last 3 days?
Read The Scotsman None
Read The Scotsman Today
Read The Scotsman Yesterday
Read The Sun Day Before Yesterday
Read The Sun in last 3 days?
Read The Sun None
Read The Sun Today
Read The Sun Yesterday
Read The Times Day Before Yesterday
Read The Times in last 3 days?
Read The Times None
Read The Times Today
Read The Times Yesterday
Read The Western Mail/Wales on Sunday in last 3 days?
Read Western Mail/Wales on Sunday Day Before Yesterday
Read Western Mail/Wales on Sunday None
Read Western Mail/Wales on Sunday Today
Read Western Mail/Wales on Sunday Yesterday
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
Region
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Saw/heard fifth 2016 EU Ref TV debate
Saw/heard fourth 2016 EU Ref TV debate
Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
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
Scottishness: Brexit Party
Scottishness: Conservatives
Scottishness: Greens
Scottishness: Labour
Scottishness: Liberal Democrats
Scottishness: SNP
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
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
Social Grade
Strength of party identification
Tax-spend tradeoff: Conservatives
Tax-spend tradeoff: Labour
Tax-spend tradeoff: Self
Thinking back to the 2017 General Election on June 8th, a lot of people didn
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
Tone: Brexit Party
Tone: Conservatives
Tone: Greens
Tone: Labour
Tone: Liberal Democrats
Tone: Plaid Cymru
Tone: SNP
Tried to persuade somebody which party they should vote for
Tried to persuade somebody which party they should vote for
Tried to persuade somebody which party they should vote for
Trust MPs in general
Twitter political info: Candidates or parties
Twitter political info: Other people (e.g. commentators, journalists etc)
Twitter political info: Someone you know personally
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
Visit Tactical Vote Website During Campaign?
Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: Brexit
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: Conservatives
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: Greens
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: Labour
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: Lib Dems
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: Other
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: Plaid Cymru
Vote Share Prediction Constituency: SNP
Vote Share Prediction Overall: Brexit Party
Vote Share Prediction Overall: Conservatives
Vote Share Prediction Overall: Greens
Vote Share Prediction Overall: Labour
Vote Share Prediction Overall: Lib Dems
Vote Share Prediction Overall: Other
Vote Share Prediction Overall: Plaid Cymru
Vote Share Prediction Overall: SNP
Watched 15mins news/politics on: BBC 1
Watched 15mins news/politics on: BBC 2
Watched 15mins news/politics on: BBC News 24
Watched 15mins news/politics on: Channel 4
Watched 15mins news/politics on: Channel 5
Watched 15mins news/politics on: ITV
Watched 15mins news/politics on: None of these
Watched 15mins news/politics on: Sky News
Watched first debate
Watched second debate
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
Welsh Greens
Welsh Regional Vote 2016
Welshness: Brexit Party
Welshness: Plaid Cymru
Welshness: Welsh Conservatives
Welshness: Welsh Labour
Welshness: Welsh Liberal Democrats
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 of the following best describes your sexuality?
Which party did you vote for in the 2017 General Election?
Which party won in your constituency in the 2017 General Election?
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
Working status
Would economy be doing better/worse under Labour
Would NHS be doing better /worse under Labour
Would schools 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)

Additional information

Study team: Ed Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Geoff Evans, Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2020-03-06
Last modified: 2024-03-22
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-18-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-18-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2019-11-13/2019-12-12