News - BES Resources
Here you will find a range of resources we think may be helpful in understanding British elections and in analysing BES data. We will be adding podcasts, powerpoint presentations and further information to make the analysis of BES data as straightforward as possible.
The following links may be helpful in accessing statistical software commonly used to analyse social science data:
• stata
• SPSS
• Installing R
• RStudio
Press release: Most volatile British electorate in modern times
Across three elections from 2010-17 almost half UK electorate (49%) didn’t vote for same party; 2015 and 2017 general elections saw highest levels of voter volatility in modern times; “Electoral shocks” like Brexit, 2008 crash and immigration determine vote choice and have greater impacts in…
BES Internet Panel Wave 15 Data Released
The British Election Study is pleased to announce the release of wave 15 of the British Election Study Internet Panel. Wave 15 was conducted in March 2019, immediately before the original Brexit deadline. In total 30,842 respondents took wave 15 of the British Election Study….
British Election Study 2019-2023
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the next round of British Election Study funding by the Economic and Social Research Council. The 2019-2023 British Election Study, Voters and the British Political System in the Context of Brexit, will consist of a…
UK Data Service version of 2017 face-to-face released
We are pleased to announce the release of the UK Data Service (UKDS) deposited version of the 2017 BES face-to-face survey. As well as all variables released in previous versions of the 2017 face-to-face, the UKDS version contains a small number of additional variables that…
Request for feedback on suggestions for Wave 15 of the BES panel
As part of a recent BES extension provided by the ESRC, which runs to end March 2019, the BES is able to field an additional wave, which we’ll be doing soon as a pre-Brexit wave (or during, depending on fieldwork and political events). This will…
BES Internet Panel Wave 14 Data Released + MII and NS-SEC Updates
The British Election Study is pleased to announce the release of wave 14 of the British Election Study Internet Panel. Wave 14 was conducted in May 2018, after the local election. In total 31,063 respondents took wave 14 of the British Election Study. 20,393 of…
British Election Study 2017 Face-to-face survey v1.0: Release note
This note accompanies the release of the 2017 British Election Study face to face survey (version 1.0). Dataset and documentation The dataset and additional documentation are available to download here. Citation Fieldhouse, E., J. Green., G. Evans., H. Schmitt, C. van der Eijk, J. Mellon and…
2017 Election BES Internet Panel Data Released
The British Election Study is pleased to announce the release of the 2017 election waves of the British Election Study Internet Panel. This major release of new data consists of three new waves of our internet panel (waves 11, 12, and 13), and an accompanying…
BES Wave 10 Internet Panel Data Released
The British Election Study is pleased to announce the release of the wave 10 of our Internet Panel survey. Wave 10 was conducted in November and December 2016. The combined wave 1-10 internet panel data can be downloaded here and the wave 10 only data…
British Election Study – PhD Opportunity
We are pleased to announce the opportunity of a fully funded PhD position (including fees and maintenance) within Politics at Manchester. “Studying how the economy shapes voting using new ‘big data’ and the British Election Study” This is a CASE award in conjunction with the…
