Wave 16 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

May 2019 - June 2019
N = 37,959
Mode: Online survey

May-June 2019 wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel.

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green, G. Evans, J. Mellon & C. Prosser (2019) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 16. 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
2019 GE turnout
2019 GE vote choice
Achieve reduced immigration: Brexit Party
Achieve reduced immigration: TIG/Change UK
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
Allowing Britain to control immigration from the EU
Any regrets about how you voted in the EU referendum?
Approve: UK government
Are you a member or registered supporter of any political party?
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
Automation effects: Country
Automation effects: Yourself
Bedford Mayoral Election: First Choice
Bedford Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Best party on most important issue
Best way to run country: strong leader, ignore parliament/elections
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 united or divided
Brexit Party visited home
Brexit Party: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Brexit priority: access to single market versus controlling immigration
Britain should leave the EU because that is what people voted for
British identity scale
Church attendance
Climate change beliefs
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?
Copeland Mayoral Election: First Choice
Copeland Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Cost of Living getting higher or lower
Country
Country of Birth
Crime levels getting higher or lower
Customs union knowledge: Countries restricted in making trade deals outside CU
Customs union knowledge: CU members all charge same tariffs for non-EU imports
Customs union knowledge: Membership of CU requires free movement of people
Customs union knowledge: No customs duties paid on goods between members?
Deal priority: Allowing Britain to make trade deals with other countries
Deal priority: Keeping access to EU markets for British firms
Deal priority: Keeping open border between NI and Ireland
Deal priority: Keeping open border between NI and UK
Deal priority: Not having to follow EU rules/regulations
Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
Does your local MP support or oppose Brexit?
Economic growth/Protecting the environment scale
Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
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
English identity scale
Equal opportunities for ethnic minorities gone too far | not far enough
Equal opportunities for women gone too far |not far enough
Equal opportunities to gays and lesbians gone too far | not far enough
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 Knowledge: Are there 15 member states?
EU Knowledge: ECHR only has jurisdiction over EU members
EU Knowledge: Same number of representatives elected to European Parl per membe
EU Knowledge: Switzerland a member?
EU referendum identity
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
European election non voter: Which party would you have probably voted for?
European election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election wave)
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): Jeremy Corbyn
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): Theresa May
European Integration scale (1990s version): TIG/Change UK
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)
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 united or divided
Green Party visited home
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 is the UK Government handling the process of leaving the EU?
How likely robots/computers will do much of current human work in 30 years?
How likely to win in constituency: TIG/Change UK
How many employees did your parent have?
How many of the people in your household are under 18?
How much does the UK Govt's deal honour the result of the EU referendum?
How well do you think the process of leaving the EU is going?
How well would Labour handle leaving the EU?
I feel proud to be British
Immigration bad or good for economy
Immigration enriches or undermines cultural life
Immigration levels getting higher or lower
In favour of a second EU referendum?
Interview Start Time
Is the deal negotiated by the UK Govt with the EU good/bad?
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
It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics and public affairs
Job chose in previous Q describes what you do?
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour united or divided
Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Leaving with no deal good/bad for Britain: over next 10 years?
Leaving with no deal good/bad for Britain: over next six months?
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
Left/right position: TIG/Change UK
Left/right position: UKIP
Leicester Mayoral Election: First Choice
Leicester Mayoral Election: Second Choice
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
Liberal Democrats united or divided
Like/dislike Brexit Party
Like/dislike Heidi Allen
Like/dislike Jonathan Bartley
Like/dislike Siân Berry
Like/dislike TIG/Change UK
Like/dislike: Adam Price
Like/dislike: Conservatives
Like/dislike: Gerard Batten
Like/dislike: Green Party
Like/dislike: Jeremy Corbyn
Like/dislike: Labour
Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
Like/dislike: Sturgeon
Like/dislike: Theresa May
Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
Like/dislike: Vince Cable
Likelihood to vote in general election
Likelihood Win Local Constituency in GE: Brexit Party
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
Local economic situation: 15-20 yrs ago
Local economic situation: now
Mansfield Mayoral Election: First Choice
Mansfield Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Middlesbrough Mayoral Election: First Choice
Middlesbrough Mayoral Election: Second Choice
MPs look after Constituency interests
NHS doing better or worse
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Brexit Party
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Conservatives
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Greens
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Labour
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Liberal Democrats
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Plaid Cymru
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: SNP
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: TIG/Change UK
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: UKIP
No Deal/Cancel Brexit scale: Yourself
None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: First Choice
North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: Second Choice
Number of people in household
Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
Parliament should cancel Brexit without a second referendum
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
Party Identification 4pt: Party you feel closest to?
Party Identification 5pt: Party you are attached to?
Party Identification ANES Q
Party Identification BSA Q
Party Identification CSES Q
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
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
Potential referendum choice: government's deal or no deal?
Potential referendum choice: remain or government's deal?
Potential referendum choice: remain or no deal?
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
Probability of voting for TIG/Change UK
Probability of voting for UKIP
Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
Recall of European election turnout
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
Redistribution scale: TIG/Change UK
Redistribution scale: UKIP
Referendums are a good way to make important political decisions
Region
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent freshly sampled this wave?
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Responsible for process of leaving EU: Conservative MPs
Responsible for process of leaving EU: DUP
Responsible for process of leaving EU: EU
Responsible for process of leaving EU: JeremyCorbyn
Responsible for process of leaving EU: Labour MPs
Responsible for process of leaving EU: None
Responsible for process of leaving EU: Other
Responsible for process of leaving EU: Parliament
Responsible for process of leaving EU: Theresa May
Satisfaction with English democracy
Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
Satisfaction with UK democracy
Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
Schools should teach children to obey authority
Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
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
Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
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
Social Grade
Strength of identification with EU referendum side
Strength of party identification
Subjective social class
Support/oppose UK staying in a customs union if UK leaves the EU
There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
Thinking about the outcomes of general elections, which of these statements is m
TIG/Change UK contacted by email
TIG/Change UK contacted by letter/leaflet
TIG/Change UK contacted by social media
TIG/Change UK contacted by telephone
TIG/Change UK contacted in other ways
TIG/Change UK contacted in street
TIG/Change UK contacted you in last 4 weeks
TIG/Change UK united or divided
TIG/Change UK visited home
TIG/Change UK: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Trust MPs in general
Trust own MP
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
View on abortion if family has very low income and cannot afford more children
View on abortion if strong chance of serious defect in baby
Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
Vote method Europe: Visited polling station on my own
Vote method Europe: Visited polling station with another person who did NOT vot
Vote method Europe: Visited polling station with another person who voted
Vote method Europe: Voted by post
Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
Welsh Regional Vote 2016
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 subject did you most recently study at University?
What subject do you currently study at University?
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
Which party are you a member of?
Which party are you a registered supporter of?
Which party did you vote for in the local elections?
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
Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values

Additional information

Study team: Ed Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Geoff Evans, Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2019-10-17
Last modified: 2024-03-22
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-16-of-the-2014-2019-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-16-of-the-2014-2019-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2019-05-24/2019-06-18