Wave 4 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

March 2015 - March 2015
N = 31,328
Mode: Online survey

The March 2015 wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel. Version 25.0.

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green., G. Evans., H. Schmitt, C. van der Eijk, J. Mellon and C. Prosser (2015) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 4. 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
2015 GE turnout
2015 GE vote choice
2017 GE turnout
2017 GE vote choice
2019 GE turnout
2019 GE vote choice
Achieve Reduce Immig: Conservatives
Achieve Reduce Immig: Greens
Achieve Reduce Immig: Labour
Achieve Reduce Immig: Liberal Democrats
Achieve Reduce Immig: None
Achieve Reduce Immig: Plaid
Achieve Reduce Immig: SNP
Achieve Reduce Immig: UKIP
Age
Age completed formal education
Age group
Another party or candidate
Approve: UK government
Are you an employee or self-employed/an independent contractor? (W1-4 topup)
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
Attention to Politics
Best party on most important issue
British identity scale
Business and industry supports referendum side
Coalition governments are more effective than single party governments
Coalition governments are more in tune with the public
Conservative party or candidate
Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
Conservatives united or divided
Constituency vote intention
Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
Contacted MP: Satisfied with response?
Contacted MP: Since last General Election?
Cost of Living getting higher or lower
Cost of Living Important to Labour
Cost of Living Important to Liberal Democrats
Cost of Living Important to the Conservatives
Cost of Living Important to UKIP
Country
Country of birth
Crime Important to Labour
Crime Important to Liberal Democrats
Crime Important to the Conservatives
Crime Important to UKIP
Crime levels getting higher or lower
Days respondent discusses politics
Decided on General Election vote
Did you supervise or were you responsible for the work of any other people? (W1
Did your parent have employees?
Did your parent supervise the work of any other people?
Differences in incomes between rich and poor larger or smaller
Dimension of MII
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
Do you supervise or are you responsible for the work of any other people? (W1-4
Do you use Facebook?
Do you use Twitter?
Does England get fair share from Union?
Does Scotland get fair share from Union?
Does the Conservative candidate live in the constituency?
Does the Labour candidate live in the constituency?
Does the Liberal Democrat candidate live in the constituency?
Does the UKIP candidate live in the constituency?
Does Wales get fair share from Union?
During election campaign, get news on Twitter?
Economic growth/Protecting the environment scale
Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
Economy doing better or worse
Economy Important to Labour
Economy Important to Liberal Democrats
Economy Important to the Conservatives
Economy Important to UKIP
Education doing better or worse
Education level
Employed in creative and cultural industries
Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
Employed in IT industry
English identity scale
Ethnic minorities: gap between life expectations and outcomes
Ethnic minorities: MP would help if asked
Ethnic minorities: MP would help if same ethnicity
Ethnic minorities: non-white people discriminated against
EU Referendum postal vote retro
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
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
European Integration scale (1990s version): UKIP
European Integration scale (ESS version): Conservatives
European Integration scale (ESS version): Greens
European Integration scale (ESS version): Labour
European Integration scale (ESS version): Liberal Democrats
European Integration scale (ESS version): Plaid Cymru
European Integration scale (ESS version): self
European Integration scale (ESS version): SNP
European Integration scale (ESS version): UKIP
Facebook political info: Candidates or parties
Facebook political info: Someone you know personally
Facebook political info: Someone you know personally
Gender
General economic retrospective evaluation: country
General election postal vote retro
General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
General election vote intention (squeezed)
General election vote intention (unsqueezed)
Gone too far: cuts to local services in my area
Gone too far: cuts to NHS spending
Gone too far: cuts to public spending
Gone too far: measures to protect environment
Gone too far: private companies running public services
Green Party contacted by letter/leaflet
Green Party contacted by telephone
Green Party Contacted you in last 4 weeks
Green party or candidate
Green Party united or divided
Green Party visited home
Gross household income
Gross personal income
Handle most important issue: Conservatives
Handle most important issue: Labour
Handle most important issue: Liberal Democrat
Handle most important issue: Plaid Cymru
Handle most important issue: SNP
Have felt angry about Conservatives
Have felt angry about Greens
Have felt angry about UKIP
Have felt fear about Conservatives
Have felt fear about Greens
Have you worked in a paid job in the past? (W1-4 topup)
Hopeful
Hopeful
How likely that vote makes difference in constituency
How many employees did your parent have?
How many of the people in your household are under 18?
How many people work for your employer at the place where you work? (W1-4 topup
How many people worked for employer in your most recent job? (W1-4 topup)
How many people worked for your parent's employer?
How successful is the Govt in dealing with national security
How well government handling cost of living
How well government handling crime
How well government handling economy
How well government handling education
How well government handling immigration
How well government handling NHS
How well Labour would handle cost of living
How well Labour would handle crime
How well Labour would handle education
How well labour would handle immigration
How well Labour would handle the economy
How well Labour would handle the NHS
I understand the important issues at stake in the EU referendum
Immigrants are a burden on the welfare state
Immigration bad or good for economy
Immigration enriches or undermines cultural life
Immigration Important to Labour
Immigration Important to Liberal Democrats
Immigration Important to the Conservatives
Immigration Important to UKIP
Immigration levels getting higher or lower
Important MP lives in local constituency
Interest in General Election
Interview Start Time
Is your name on the electoral register?
It doesn't matter which political party is in power
It doesn't matter which political party is in power
It is difficult to understand what happens in gov and politics
It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election
It is more difficult to know who to blame when parties govern in coalition
It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics
Join coalition with Conservatives: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
Join coalition with Labour: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
Keep submarines with nuclear weapons
Know Angela Merkel's Waves 2-4
Know Bashar al-Assad's job Waves 2-4
Know Vladmir Putin's job Waves 2-4
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour emotions: Afraid
Labour emotions: Angry
Labour emotions: Hopeful
Labour party or candidate
Labour united or divided
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
Left/right position: UKIP
Lib Dems contacted you in last 4 weeks
Liberal Democrat party or candidate
Liberal Democrats emotions: Afraid
Liberal Democrats emotions: Angry
Liberal Democrats emotions: Hopeful
Liberal Democrats united or divided
Like/dislike: Bennett
Like/dislike: British National Party (BNP)
Like/dislike: Conservatives
Like/dislike: David Cameron
Like/dislike: Ed Miliband
Like/dislike: Green Party
Like/dislike: Labour
Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
Like/dislike: Nick Clegg
Like/dislike: Nicola Sturgeon
Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
Like/dislike: Wood
Likelihood to vote in general election
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: Conservatives
Likely to win majority: Labour
MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
MII manual coding
Most people I know usually vote in general elections
MP focused on national issues or constituency
MP has local roots or is an outsider
MP Independent-minded or party loyalist
MPs look after Constituency interests
National Security Important to Labour
National Security Important to Liberal Democrats
National Security Important to the Conservatives
National Security Important to UKIP
National security scale: Conservatives
National security scale: Labour
National security scale: Liberal Democrats
National security scale: Plaid Cymru
National security scale: SNP
National security spending
NHS doing better or worse
NHS Important to Labour
NHS Important to Liberal Democrats
NHS Important to the Conservatives
NHS Important to UKIP
No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: All Above
No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Conservatives
No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Green
No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Labour
No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Lib Dems
No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: Plaid
No Chance at Being Part of Next UK Govt: SNP
No Chance at Being Part of the Next UK Govt: UKIP
None of these
None of these
None of these
None of these
None of These Important to Labour
None of These Important to Liberal Democrats
None of These Important to the Conservatives
None of These Important to UKIP
None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
NS-SEC social class analytic categories
Number of people in household
O*Net Job Zone Occupation Code
Opinion on how to reduce deficit in next 3 years
Opinion on necessity of deficit reduction in next 3 years
Other leave campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other remain campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other than on Twitter and Facebook, have you visited the website of a candidate
Parent's education level
Parent's highest level of education
Parent's ns-sec analytic categories
Parent's ns-sec sub-categories
Parties cannot deliver on their promises when they govern in coalition
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
Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
Plaid Cymru emotions: Afraid
Plaid Cymru emotions: Angry
Plaid Cymru emotions: Hopeful
Plaid Cymru emotions: None of these
Plaid Cymru party or candidate
Plaid Cymru united or divided
Politicians don't care what people like me think
Politicians only care about people with money
Preferences for English powers | English votes on English laws
Preferences Ranked: Conservative Coalition
Preferences Ranked: Conservative Majority
Preferences Ranked: Labour Led Coalition
Preferences Ranked: Labour Majority
Preferences Ranked: Other Government
Preferred seat distribution: majority or proportional
Probability of voting for BNP
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
Protect civil liberties or fight terrorism?
Proud
Proud
Proud
Proud
Proud
Proud
Racial prejudice in Britain today
Redistribution scale: Conservatives
Redistribution scale: Green Party
Redistribution scale: Labour
Redistribution scale: Liberal Democrats
Redistribution scale: Plaid Cymru
Redistribution scale: Self
Redistribution scale: SNP
Redistribution scale: UKIP
Region
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent filled in registration form, or someone else
Respondent was under 18 at time of wave 8
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Responsible for cost of living: Conservatives in UK government
Responsible for cost of living: Last Labour government
Responsible for cost of living: Lib Dems in UK government
Responsible for cost of living: None
Responsible for cost of living: Scottish government
Responsible for cost of living: Welsh government
Responsible for crime: Conservatives in UK government
Responsible for crime: Last Labour government
Responsible for crime: Lib Dems in UK government
Responsible for crime: None
Responsible for crime: Scottish government
Responsible for crime: Welsh government
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: Scottish government
Responsible for economy: Welsh government
Responsible for education: Conservatives in UK government
Responsible for education: Last Labour government
Responsible for education: Lib Dems in UK government
Responsible for education: None
Responsible for education: Scottish government
Responsible for education: Welsh government
Responsible for GB debt: Conservatives in UK gov
Responsible for GB debt: EU
Responsible for GB debt: Global financial institutions
Responsible for GB debt: last Labour gov
Responsible for GB debt: Lib Dems in UK gov
Responsible for GB debt: None in list
Responsible for GB debt: Other
Responsible for GB debt: Trade Unions
Responsible for GB debt: UK banks
Responsible for immigration: Conservatives in UK government
Responsible for immigration: Last Labour government
Responsible for immigration: Lib Dems in UK government
Responsible for immigration: None
Responsible for immigration: Scottish government
Responsible for immigration: Welsh government
Responsible for NHS: Conservatives in UK government
Responsible for NHS: Last Labour government
Responsible for NHS: Lib Dems in UK government
Responsible for NHS: None
Responsible for NHS: Scottish government
Responsible for NHS: Welsh government
Risk of poverty: times when won't have enough money
Risk of unemployment
Satisfaction with English democracy
Satisfaction with EU democracy
Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
Satisfaction with the current system of registration
Satisfaction with UK democracy
Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
School Important to Labour
School Important to Liberal Democrats
School Important to the Conservatives
School Important to UKIP
Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
Scotland Q only: Expectations about Scottish powers
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
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
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
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
Should immigration level increase/decrease?
Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
Signed up online to help a party or candidate
SNP contacted by email
SNP contacted by letter/leaflet
SNP contacted by SMS
SNP contacted by telephone
SNP contacted in other ways
SNP contacted in street
SNP contacted you in last 4 weeks
SNP emotions: Afraid
SNP emotions: Angry
SNP emotions: Hopeful
SNP emotions: None of these
SNP emotions: Proud
SNP party or candidate
SNP visited home
Social Grade
Strength of party identification
Stronger in contacted you in last 4 weeks
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
Time follows politics talking to other people
Too many people these days like to rely on government handouts
Trust MPs in general
Trust own MP
Twitter political info: Other people (e.g. commentators, journalists etc)
Twitter political info: Someone you know personally
UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
UKIP emotions: Afraid
UKIP emotions: Hopeful
UKIP emotions: None of these
UKIP party or candidate
UKIP united or divided
Understands the important political issues facing our country
Vote leave contacted you in last 4 weeks
Voting for small parties is wasting a vote
Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
Wales Q only: Vote intention for Welsh Assembly | constituency
Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
Wales Q only: Which insitution should decide: Tax
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Defence
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Justice
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: NHS
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Police
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Schools
Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Welfare
Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
Welfare too high or too low?
Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
Welsh Regional Vote 2016
Were you an employee or self-employed/an independent contractor? (W1-4 topup)
What is the highest educational or work-related qualification you have?
What is the party of your MP?
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?
When someone is unemployed, it's usually through no fault of their own
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
Which of these best describes what you were doing last week? (W1-4 topup)
Which parties helped: Conservatives
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: Greens
Willing to Join Coalition with Labour: Lib Dems
Willing to Join Coalition with Labour: Plaid
Willing to Join Coalition with Labour: SNP
Would cost of living be getting higher/lower under Labour
Would crime be getting higher/lower under Labour
Would economy be doing better/worse under Labour
Would immigration be geting higher/lower under Labour
Would NHS be doing better /worse under Labour
Would schools be doing better/worse under Labour
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: Conservatives
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: Greens
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: Labour
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: Liberal Democrats
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: None
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: Plaid
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: SNP
Would Successfully Reduce Inequality: UKIP
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: Conservatives
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: Greens
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: Labour
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: Liberal Democrats
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: None
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: Plaid
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: SNP
Would Try to Reduce Immigration: UKIP
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: Conservatives
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: Greens
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: Labour
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: Liberal Democrats
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: None
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: Plaid
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: SNP
Would Try to Reduce Inequality: UKIP

Additional information

Study team: Ed Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Geoff Evans, Hermann Schmitt, Cees van der Eijk, Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2015-03-29
Last modified: 2024-02-12
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/preliminary-wave-4-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/preliminary-wave-4-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2015-03-06/2015-03-29