Wave 21 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

May 2021 - May 2021
N = 30,281
Mode: Online survey

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green, G. Evans, J. Mellon & C. Prosser, J. Bailey (2021) British Election Study Internet Panel Waves 1-21. 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
Approve: UK government
Approve: your local council
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
Best party on most important issue
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 visited home
Brexit Party: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Bristol Mayoral Election: First Choice
Bristol Mayoral Election: Second Choice
British identity scale
Cambridge Mayoral Election: First Choice
Cambridge Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Closing schools to prevent coronavirus infections
Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
Conservatives look after black/asian
Conservatives look after middle class
Conservatives look after people in your local area
Conservatives look after unemployed
Conservatives look after working class
Conservatives united or divided
Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
Country
Country of Birth
Dealing with people: generally trust or generally careful
Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
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 work on your own or do you have employees?
Does London get fair share of govt spending?
Does my local area get fair share of govt spending?
Does my region get fair share of govt spending?
Doncaster Mayoral Election: First Choice
Doncaster Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Economic inequality changing?
Economic situation in last 12 months: ethnic minorities
Economic situation in last 12 months: middle class people
Economic situation in last 12 months: people in local community
Economic situation in last 12 months: people in London
Economic situation in last 12 months: people in region
Economic situation in last 12 months: white British people
Economic situation in last 12 months: working-class people
Economic situation in last 12 months: yourself
Economy doing better or worse
Education level
Education level (with add. info)
Effects of remaining EU: COVID-19 deaths in the UK
Effects of remaining EU: general economic situation in the UK
Effects of remaining EU: international trade
Effects of remaining EU: my personal economic situation
Effects of remaining EU: vaccine distribution in the UK
England
English identity scale
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): 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
Financial situation of your household
Gender
General economic retrospective evaluation: country
General economic situation in this 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)
Globalisation Access to Film, TV, Music, Sport: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Fast & Cheap Communication: Good/Bad?
Globalisation General: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Global Tourism: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Influence of International Orgs (e.g. UN): Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Air Travel: Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Banking: Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Migration: Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Trade: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Multinational brands: Good/Bad?
Gone too far: cuts to local services in my area
Greater Manchester Mayoral Election: First Choice
Greater Manchester Mayoral Election: Second Choice
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 visited home
Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Gross household income
Gross personal income
Has someone you personally know died as a result of coronavirus?
Have you worked in a paid job in the past?
Hesitant to take vaccine: I am against vaccines in general
Hesitant to take vaccine: I do not think it is safe
Hesitant to take vaccine: I do not think it will work
Hesitant to take vaccine: I don't think I need it
Hesitant to take vaccine: None of these
Hesitant to take vaccine: Official advice it may not be safe for me
Hesitant to take vaccine: Other
High risk medical condition: Close family member(s)
High risk medical condition: None of these
High risk medical condition: Someone else you are close to
High risk medical condition: You
Household: among richest or poorest in the UK?
How badly was someone else you are close to affected by coronavirus?
How badly were you affected by coronavirus?
How badly were your family members affected by coronavirus?
How did your partner vote in 2019 UK General Election?
How did your partner vote in the EU referendum in 2016?
How many employees did your parent have?
How many Greens contact by social media, email, text
How many Lib Dems contact by social media, email, text
How many of the people in your household are under 18?
How many people worked for your parent's employer?
How many times Conservatives contact by phone or writing (e.g. leaflets)
How many times Conservatives contact by social media, email, text
How many times Conservatives contact face-to-face
How many times Greens contact by phone or writing (e.g. leaflets)
How many times Greens contact face-to-face
How many times Labour contact by phone or writing (e.g. leaflets)
How many times Labour contact by social media, email, text
How many times Labour contact face-to-face
How many times Lib Dems contact by phone or writing (e.g. leaflets)
How many times Lib Dems contact face-to-face
How many years ago did you first start your relationship with your partner?
How patriotic are these parties? Conservatives
How patriotic are these parties? Labour
How well has the Scot Govt handled lockdown
How well has the Scot Govt handled testing
How well has the Scot Govt handled the provision of PPE for health workers
How well has the Scot Govt handled tracing contacts of positive tests
How well has the Scot Govt handled vaccine rollout
How well has the UK Govt handled testing
How well has the UK Govt handled the coronavirus outbreak?
How well has the UK Govt handled the lockdown?
How well has the UK Govt handled the provision of PPE for health workers
How well has the UK Govt handled tracing contacts of positive tests
How well has the UK Govt handled vaccine rollout
How well has the UK performed overall in dealing with the coronavirus crisis?
How well has the Welsh Govt handled lockdown
How well has the Welsh Govt handled testing
How well has the Welsh Govt handled the provision of PPE for health workers
How well has the Welsh Govt handled tracing contacts of positive tests
How well has the Welsh Govt handled vaccine rollout
How well served is your local community by local services and amenities?
How well would a Labour Govt have handled the coronavirus outbreak?
How well would the UK govt handle new strains of the virus?
I am interested in what other people think about this party.
I like responsibility of handling a situation that requires a lot of thinking
I really enjoy a task that involves coming up with new solutions to problems
I would prefer complex to simple problems
If there were another referendum on EU membership, how do you think you would v
Immigration bad or good for economy
Interview Start Time
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
Job chose in previous Q describes what you do?
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour look after black/asian
Labour look after middle class
Labour look after people in your local area
Labour look after unemployed
Labour look after working class
Labour united or divided
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 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
Life anxious scale
Life happy scale
Life satisfaction scale
Life worthwhile scale
Like/dislike Brexit Party
Like/dislike Ed Davey
Like/dislike Jonathan Bartley
Like/dislike Keir Starmer
Like/dislike Siân Berry
Like/dislike: Adam Price
Like/dislike: Boris Johnson
Like/dislike: Conservatives
Like/dislike: Green Party
Like/dislike: Labour
Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
Like/dislike: Richard Tice
Like/dislike: Salmond
Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
Like/dislike: Sturgeon
Likelihood of turnout: Scottish Parl elections (May 5th)
Likelihood of turnout: London Assembly+Mayoral elections
Likelihood of turnout: Welsh Assembly elections (May 5th)
Likelihood to vote in general election
Liverpool Mayoral Election: First Choice
Liverpool Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Liverpool Region Mayoral Election: First Choice
Liverpool Region Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Local community: among highest or lowest crime in the UK?
Local community: among richest or poorest in the UK?
London Mayor: first choice (post)
London Mayor: second choice (post)
Mayoral election turnout
MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
MII manual coding
NHS doing better or worse
None of these
None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: First Choice
North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: Second Choice
NS-SEC social class analytic categories
Number of people in household
Opinion on necessity of deficit reduction in next 3 years
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
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
People in your local area
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
Personal social status: Earnings
Personal social status: Education
Personal social status: General
Personal social status: Respect from other people
Personal social status: Respect towards job
Personal social status: Wealth
Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Police and Crime Commissioner first choice vote (intention)
Police and Crime Commissioner second choice vote (intention)
Politicians don't care what people like me think
Prefer an intellectual, difficult, and important task
Probability of voting for Alba
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
Rate China's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate Germany's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate Italy's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate South Korea's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate Sweden's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate UK's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate USA's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rather do something that requires little thought than something challenging
Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
Recalled turnout in PCC elections
Received/booked one dose of coronavirus vaccine
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 coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Brexit Party
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Conservatives
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Greens
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Labour
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Liberal Democrats
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Plaid Cymru
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Self
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: SNP
Region
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Responsible for coronavirus: Brexit
Responsible for coronavirus: British public
Responsible for coronavirus: EU
Responsible for coronavirus: Expert advisers
Responsible for coronavirus: NHS
Responsible for coronavirus: None of these
Responsible for coronavirus: Other
Responsible for coronavirus: Scientists/vaccine manufacturers
Responsible for coronavirus: Scottish Govt
Responsible for coronavirus: UK Govt
Responsible for coronavirus: Welsh Govt
Responsible for economy: Brexit
Responsible for economy: British businesses
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: Other
Responsible for economy: Scottish government
Responsible for economy: Welsh government
Salford Mayoral Election: First Choice
Salford Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Satisfaction with English democracy
Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
Satisfaction with UK democracy
Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
Schools should teach children to obey authority
Scotland
Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
Scotland Q only: Happy if Scotland becomes independent
Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
Scotland Q only: Preferences for Scottish powers
Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
Scotland Q only: Vote intention for Scottish Parliament | constituency
ScotRef Agree Q (Squeeze)
ScotRef Identification
ScotRef Remain Q (Squeeze)
ScotRef: Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?
ScotRef: Should Scotland be an independent country?
ScotRef: Should Scotland remain in the UK or leave the UK?
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
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 you in last 4 weeks
SNP look after black/asian
SNP look after middle class
SNP look after unemployed
SNP look after working class
SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Social Grade
Strength of party identification
Subjective social class
Subjective social class (squeeze)
Suspect anyone else you are close to has had coronavirus?
Suspect close family members have had coronavirus?
Suspect you have had coronavirus?
Tax-spend tradeoff: Conservatives
Tax-spend tradeoff: Labour
Tax-spend tradeoff: Self
Tees Valley Mayoral Election: First Choice
Tees Valley Mayoral Election: Second Choice
The coronavirus crisis getting better or worse
There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
Thinking is not my idea of fun
This time last year, how well did UK govt handle coronavirus outbreak?
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Ask people to download track/trace app
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Ban gatherings of two or more
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Ban leaving home for non-essential reason
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Close schools
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Encourage handwashing
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Fine rulebreakers
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Imprison rulebreakers
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: None of these (1)
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: None of these (2)
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Only open essential shops
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Recommend 2m social distance
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Require mask wearing in public
Trust MPs in general
Type of Organisation Current/Most Recent Job?
Vote intention: London Assembly constituency ballot
Vote intention: London Assembly-wide ballot
Wales
Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
Wales Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
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
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
West Midlands Mayoral Election: First Choice
West Midlands Mayoral Election: Second Choice
West of England Mayoral Election: First Choice
West of England Mayoral Election: Second Choice
West Yorkshire Mayoral Election: First Choice
West Yorkshire Mayoral Election: Second Choice
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 kind of organisation do you work for?
What type of organisation did your parent work in?
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: firearms licence
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: military identification card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: none of these
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: photographic drivers licence
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: police identification card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Proof of Age Standards scheme (PASS) card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: travel card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: UK passport
Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
Which party did you vote for in the local elections?
Working status
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 you take a coronavirus vaccine if it is offered to you?
You will be out of a job and looking for work
Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values

Additional information

Study team: Ed Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Geoff Evans, Jonathan Mellon, Christopher Prosser, Jack Bailey
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2022-01-14
Last modified: 2024-03-22
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-21-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-21-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2021-05-07/2021-05-25