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New BES data available
New data from the British Election Study are now available. The data are based on an online sample of over 20,000 people surveyed between 20th February and 9th March 2014. More information about the first survey can be found here. The BES is one of the longest…
UKIP support in the European Parliament election set to translate to the...
The UK Independence Party tends to poll significantly better in European Parliament elections than it does in Westminster general elections. A good result for UKIP in the European Parliament elections is a blow for the three major parties, but the major parties traditionally take comfort…
2015 British Election Study Internet Panel Study Wave 2 and Combined Wave...
The British Election Study is pleased to announce the release of the second wave of the Internet Panel. In total, 30,219 respondents took this survey, 26,870 of these also took wave 1. We are also pleased to release the first combined panel study file of…
British Election Study plans presented at London School of Economics
Professor Jane Green presented plans of the new 2015 British Election Study in a seminar held by British Government@LSE, on 11 September 2013. The seminar was organised by Professor Tony Travers and Professor Simon Hix. Jane’s slides can be downloaded here: LSE slides
2015 BES innovations discussed in Montreal
Professor Ed Fieldhouse presented new innovations in the 2015 British Election Study at a workshop of election specialists hosted by Professor Andre Blais (University of Montreal) in March 2014. Ed highlighted innovations in the 2015 BES: User experiments and proposals (‘playground’ items e.g. certainty scales)…
British Election Study Advisory Board
The British Election Study international Advisory Board includes scholars with considerable experience in running election studies and represents scholars with expertise in Welsh and Scottish politics in the UK. These international and national insights are particularly important given the BES’ focus on international excellence, comparison…
British Election Study on BBC Breakfast News
Professor Jane Green, Co-Investigator on the British Election Study, was interviewed by Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin on BBC Breakfast News following the second leadership debate between Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage. Asked whether she was surprised that…
Analysing Social Media Communication
Members of the BES Scientific Leadership Team participated in a workshop at the MZES, University of Mannheim, March 28-29, 2014. Twitter and Facebook are now widely used forums of social communication. Many people use them for all sorts of purposes, among them the collection of…
‘The Evolution of British Electoral Studies’ by David Butler
David Butler is Emeritus Professor at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. David ran the first British Election Study survey in 1964 with Professor Donald Stokes. He is viewed by many as the inspiration for the subsequent study of British elections. David is a highly respected colleague and…
BES data used by Democratic Audit
Richard Berry and Anthony Mcdonnell from the Democratic Audit use data from the 2011 census, the British Election Study and OECD data on voting patterns to comment on how highly educated young people are less likely to vote than older people with much lower levels…