Wave 11 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel
2017 election pre-campaign 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 (2017) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 11. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-8202-2You need to log in to download BES files. Sign in or register for a free account
- 2005 GE turnout
- 2005 GE vote choice
- 2010 GE turnout
- 2010 GE vote choice
- 2019 GE turnout
- 2019 GE vote choice
- After Leave: The UK parliament will have more power
- After leaving the EU, how much control will Britain have over immigration?
- Age
- Age completed formal education
- Age group
- Any regrets about how you voted in the EU referendum?
- Approve: UK government
- Are you a parent or guardian?
- Are you, or have you ever been, a member of any Political party?
- Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
- Attention to Politics
- Best party on most important issue
- Best Prime Minister
- Best way to run country: strong leader, ignore parliament/elections
- Binary auth value: More important for child: considerate/well-behaved
- Binary auth value: More important for child: curiosity/good manners
- Binary auth value: More important for child: independence/respect for elders
- Binary auth value: More important for child: obedience/self-reliance
- Brexit priority: access to single market versus controlling immigration
- Britain should re-nationalize the railways
- Britain should stop all government spending on overseas aid
- Certainty of vote intention in general election
- Climate change beliefs
- Coalition governments are more effective than single party governments
- Coalition governments are more in tune with the public than governments formed o
- Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Conservatives united or divided
- Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
- Cost of Living getting higher or lower
- Country
- Country of Birth
- Crime levels getting higher or lower
- Days respondent discusses politics
- Decided on General Election vote
- Decision Making Scale: Cost/Benefit v Reflect Person
- Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
- Dimension of MII
- Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
- Do you support or oppose the decision to call an early general election?
- Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
- Does your local MP support or oppose Brexit?
- Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
- 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 doing better or worse
- Education level
- Education level (with add. info)
- Effect of leaving EU on: Scottish economic situation
- Effects of leaving EU on: big businesses leaving UK
- Effects of leaving EU on: Britain's influence in the world
- Effects of leaving EU on: general economic situation in the UK
- Effects of leaving EU on: immigration to the UK
- Effects of leaving EU on: international trade
- Effects of leaving EU on: my personal financial situation
- Effects of leaving EU on: NHS
- Effects of leaving EU on: risk of terrorism
- Effects of leaving EU on: Scotland leaving the UK
- Effects of leaving EU on: unemployment
- Effects of leaving EU on: Welsh economic situation
- Effects of leaving EU on: working conditions for British workers
- 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 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
- Gender
- General economic retrospective evaluation: 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)
- General election vote intention (squeezed)
- General election vote intention (unsqueezed)
- Going to vote is a lot of effort
- Green Party united or divided
- Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Gross household income
- Gross personal income
- Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
- Highest Qualification
- How fairly was the EU referendum conducted?
- How happy/disappointed are you that UK voted to leave the EU
- How is the UK Government handling the process of leaving the EU?
- 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?
- Immigrants are a burden on the welfare state
- Immigration bad or good for economy
- Immigration enriches or undermines cultural life
- Immigration levels getting higher or lower
- Importance for British: born here
- Importance for British: Christian
- Importance for British: citizen
- Importance for British: customs
- Importance for British: feel British
- Importance for British: lived here most of life
- Importance for British: respect laws
- Importance for British: speak English
- In favour of a second EU referendum?
- Income source: Dependent on parents/other relatives
- Income source: Earnings from employment (own or spouse/partner)
- Income Support or family credit
- Interest from savings or investments
- Interest in General Election
- Interview Start Time
- Invalidity, sickness or disabled pension or benefit(s)
- Is voting a duty or a choice?
- Is your name on the electoral register?
- It doesn't matter which political party is in power
- It is more difficult to know who to blame when parties govern in coalition
- It is often difficult for me to understand what is going on in government and po
- It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics and public affairs
- Jobseeker's Allowance / Unemployment benefit
- Join coalition with Conservatives: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
- Join coalition with Labour: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
- Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Labour united or divided
- Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- 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
- Lib Dems: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Liberal Democrats united or divided
- Like/dislike Tony Blair
- Like/dislike: Caroline Lucas
- Like/dislike: Conservatives
- Like/dislike: Green Party
- Like/dislike: Jeremy Corbyn
- Like/dislike: Labour
- Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
- Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
- Like/dislike: Paul Nuttal
- Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
- Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
- Like/dislike: Sturgeon
- Like/dislike: Theresa May
- Like/dislike: Tim Farron
- 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
- MP second Job: Concerned if making more money from second job
- MP Second Job: Don't mind if they represent my constituency well
- MP Second Job: MPs need work beyond parliament to stay in touch with people
- MP Second Job: Once elected, MP's should be full-time professional politicians
- MP Second Job: Only those declared to the public when elected
- National security scale: Conservatives
- National security scale: Green Party
- National security scale: Labour
- National security scale: Liberal Democrats
- National security scale: Plaid Cymru
- National security scale: SNP
- National security scale: UKIP
- NHS doing better or worse
- 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)
- No chance at coalition: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
- None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Number of people in household
- Occupational pension(s) - from previous employer(s)
- Opinion on necessity of deficit reduction in next 3 years
- Opinion on re-introducing grammar schools
- Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Other source
- Other state benefit
- Parties are more likely to win elections when they stick to their principles
- 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
- Perceived difference between Conservative and Labour parties
- Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
- Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Plaid Cymru united or divided
- Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Politicians don't care what people like me think
- Populism: compromise in politics really selling out principles
- Populism: elected officials talk too much and take too little action
- Populism: people, not politicians, should make most important policy decisions
- Populism: politicians in UK Parliament should follow will of the people
- Populism: rather be represented by citizen than specialised politician
- Post-Brexit, British businesses have same level of access to European markets?
- 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
- Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
- Redistribution scale: Conservatives
- Redistribution scale: Greens
- Redistribution scale: Labour
- Redistribution scale: Liberal Democrats
- Redistribution scale: Plaid Cymru
- Redistribution scale: Self
- Redistribution scale: SNP
- Redistribution scale: UKIP
- Reduce deficit by taxation/spending cuts
- Region
- Respondent belonging to any religion?
- Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
- Respondent's work status
- Satisfaction with English democracy
- Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
- Satisfaction with UK democracy
- Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
- Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
- Scotland Q only: Economic situation under independence
- Scotland Q only: Happy if Scotland becomes independent
- Scotland Q only: I would be better off if Scotland independent
- Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
- Scotland Q only: Scotland would retain EU membership under independence
- 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
- ScotRef Identification
- 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 2011
- Scottish Regional Vote 2016
- Self: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Sense of belonging to ethnicity
- Sense of belonging to local community
- Sense of belonging to middle class
- Sense of belonging to none
- Sense of belonging to working class
- Sense of belonging to [region]
- Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
- Single market access requires: accepting EU regulations
- Single market access requires: accepting free movement
- Single market access requires: continue paying EU
- Single market access requires: none of these
- 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: Allow more or fewer immigrants
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- Social Class?
- Social Grade
- State retirement or widow's pension(s)
- Strength of belief that voting is a duty
- Strength of party identification
- Strong Connection to Group?
- Student grant or loan
- The party I support shouldn't compromise on its values just to get more votes
- There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
- Things in Britain were better in the past
- Thinking about the outcomes of general elections, which of these statements is m
- UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
- UKIP united or divided
- UKIP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Understands the important political issues facing our country
- Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
- Voting for small parties is wasting a vote
- Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
- Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
- Warmth 0-100: Asian people
- Warmth 0-100: Black people
- Warmth 0-100: Christians
- Warmth 0-100: Eastern European immigrants
- Warmth 0-100: Indian immigrants
- Warmth 0-100: Jews
- Warmth 0-100: Middle class people
- Warmth 0-100: Muslims
- Warmth 0-100: non-religious people
- Warmth 0-100: people on benefits
- Warmth 0-100: poor people
- Warmth 0-100: Rich people
- Warmth 0-100: Syrian immigrants
- Warmth 0-100: White people
- Warmth 0-100: Working class people
- We need to fundamentally change the way society works in Britain
- Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
- Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
- Welsh Regional Vote 2016
- 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 of these candidates would you rather have as your MP?
- Which of these candidates would you rather have as your MP?
- Which of these is the main source of income for you (and your wife / husband / p
- Which party are you a member of?
- Which party were you most recently a member of?
- 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 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 successfully reduce immigration: Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Would successfully reduce immigration: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
- You will be out of a job and looking for work