Wave 26 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

May 2024 - May 2024
N = 30,064

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green, G. Evans, J. Mellon, C. Prosser, J. Bailey, J. Griffiths, S. Perrett. (2023) British Election Study Internet Panel Waves 1-26. 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
Age
Age completed formal education
Age group
An independent candidate
Any regrets about how you voted in the EU referendum?
Approve: UK government
Approve: your local council
Are they an employee or self-employed/an independent contractor?
Are you a member of a trade union?
Are you a parent or guardian?
Are you likely to inherit any money or property in the future?
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
Assembly wide vote (post)
Attention to Politics
Authoritarian/libertarianism scale
BBC children's TV shows should portray more families with same-sex parents
Best party on most important issue
Borrow from friends or family
Bought - or refused to buy – any products for political or ethical reasons?
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 visited home
Brexit Party: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Britain should re-nationalize the railways
British identity scale
Certainty of vote intention in general election
Climate change beliefs
CODED score for agreeableness derived from mini IPIP
CODED score for conscientiousness derived from mini IPIP
CODED score for extraversion derived from mini IPIP
CODED score for neuroticism derived from mini IPIP
CODED score for openness derived from mini IPIP
Competence: Starmer
Competence: Sunak
Conservative contact in street: Frequency
Conservative contact Other ways: Frequency
Conservative contact social media: Frequency
Conservative contact via email: Frequency
Conservative contact via home visit: Frequency
Conservative contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Conservative contact via telephone call: Frequency
Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
Conservatives united or divided
Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Contacted a politician, government or local government official?
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
Curriculums should include fewer white male and more female/non-white authors
Did you go to the polling station to try vote in the local elections?
Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
Did your parent have employees?
Did your parent supervise the work of any other people?
Did your partner have employees?
Did your partner supervise the work of any other people?
Dimension of MII
Do they supervise or are they responsible for the work of any other people?
Do they work on their own or do they have employees?
Do you and/or your partner (if applicable) have any savings?
Do you expect to be able to purchase a home in the next 5 to 10 years?
Do you have any regrets about how you voted in the general election?
Do you have any regrets about not voting in the EU referendum?
Do you have any regrets about not voting in the general election in 2019?
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
Done any work on behalf of a political party or action group?
Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Brexit Party
Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Conservatives
Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Green
Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Labour
Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Lib Dems
Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: Plaid Cymru
Economic growth/Protecting environment scale: SNP
Economic growth/Protecting the environment scale
Economy doing better or worse
Education level
Education level (with add. info)
Eligible for UK general elections?
English identity scale
EU Referendum Turnout
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
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): 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
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)
Given any money to a political party, organization or cause
Gone on strike or taken industrial action?
Gone too far: cuts to local services in my area
Gone too far: cuts to NHS spending
Gone too far: cuts to public spending
Green contact in street: Frequency
Green contact Other ways: Frequency
Green contact social media: Frequency
Green contact via email: Frequency
Green contact via home visit: Frequency
Green contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Green contact via telephone call: Frequency
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 visited home
Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Gross household income
Gross personal income
Have they worked in a paid job in the past?
Have you *ever* been a member of a trade union?
Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
Have you worked in a paid job in the past?
Holds any valid voter ID
How closely do Labour look after Atheists?
How closely do Labour look after Christians?
How closely do Labour look after Jews?
How closely do Labour look after Muslims?
How closely do the Conservatives look after Atheists?
How closely do the Conservatives look after Christians?
How closely do the Conservatives look after Jews?
How closely do the Conservatives look after Muslims?
How did you vote?
How many employees did your parent have?
How many employees did your partner have?
How many of the people in your household are under 18?
How many people do they employ at the place they work?
How many people work for their employer at the place where they work?
How many people worked for their employer at the place where they worked most r
How many people worked for your parent's employer?
How much money could family member give you for a major purchase such as a hous
How well do you think that the job you chose in the previous question describes
How well do you think that the job you chose in the previous question describes
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 has the UK Govt handled the invasion of Ukraine?
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 am interested in what other people think about this party.
I could not come up with £300 right now
I have a lot in common with other supporters of this party.
If there were another referendum on EU membership, how do you think you would v
Immigration bad or good for economy
Immigration levels getting higher or lower
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more asylum seekers into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more families of residents into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more foreign students into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more workers from EU into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more workers from non-EU into Britain
Independent contact in street: Frequency
Independent contact Other ways: Frequency
Independent contact social media: Frequency
Independent contact via email: Frequency
Independent contact via home visit: Frequency
Independent contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Independent contact via telephone call: Frequency
Independent contacted by email
Independent contacted by leaflet/letter
Independent contacted by Social Media
Independent contacted by telephone
Independent contacted by visit to home
Independent contacted in other way
Independent contacted in street
Integrity: Starmer
Integrity: Sunak
Interview Start Time
Is your name on the electoral register?
It doesn't matter which political party is in power
It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election
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 contact in street: Frequency
Labour contact Other ways: Frequency
Labour contact social media: Frequency
Labour contact via email: Frequency
Labour contact via home visit: Frequency
Labour contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Labour contact via telephone call: Frequency
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour handled Britain's response to conflict in Gaza
Labour united or divided
Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
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
Lib Dems contact in street: Frequency
Lib Dems contact Other ways: Frequency
Lib Dems contact social media: Frequency
Lib Dems contact via email: Frequency
Lib Dems contact via home visit: Frequency
Lib Dems contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Lib Dems contact via telephone call: Frequency
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
Like/dislike Brexit Party
Like/dislike Ed Davey
Like/dislike Keir Starmer
Like/dislike: Adrian Ramsay
Like/dislike: Carla Denyer
Like/dislike: Conservatives
Like/dislike: Green Party
Like/dislike: Humza Yousaf
Like/dislike: John Swinney
Like/dislike: Labour
Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
Like/dislike: Lorna Slater
Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
Like/dislike: Patrick Harvie
Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
Like/dislike: Rhun ap Iorwerth
Like/dislike: Richard Tice
Like/dislike: Rishi Sunak
Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
Like/dislike: Vaughan Gething
Likelihood of turnout: London Assembly+Mayoral elections
Likelihood to vote in general election
Mayoral election turnout
Measures to protect the environment
MII (LLM-coded/collapsed)
Most Important Issue: LLM Coded
Needed to borrow money for groceries/bills/day-to-day items
Never went to private school
NHS doing better or worse
None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
Not worried at all | Very worried
NS-SEC social class analytic categories
Number of people in household
Other contact Other ways: Frequency
Other contact social media: Frequency
Other contact via email: Frequency
Other contact via home visit: Frequency
Other contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Other contact via telephone call: Frequency
Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
Parent's education level
Parent's highest level of education
Parent's ns-sec analytic categories
Parent's ns-sec sub-categories
Partner's ns-sec analytic categories
Partner's ns-sec sub-categories
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
People should have choice to access quicker healthcare if they pay privately
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
Plaid Cymru contact social media: Frequency
Plaid Cymru contact via email: Frequency
Plaid Cymru contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Please pick the approximate value of your home:
Please pick the approximate value of your household savings:
Police and Crime Commissioner first choice vote (intention)
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
Private companies provide healthcare more efficiently than the NHS
Private companies running public services
Private healthcare benefits everyone because it reduces the burden on the taxpa
Private healthcare unfair because only rich people can afford it
Private sector or public sector better for utilities?
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
Put it on a credit card and pay it off over time
Recalled turnout in PCC elections
Recalled vote in 2019 General Election (May 2024)
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
Reform UK contact in street: Frequency
Reform UK contact Other ways: Frequency
Reform UK contact social media: Frequency
Reform UK contact via email: Frequency
Reform UK contact via home visit: Frequency
Reform UK contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
Reform UK contact via telephone call: Frequency
Region
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Schools doing better or worse
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
Sell something
Should be provided by public or private sector? Domestic utilities
Should be provided by public or private sector? Hospitals
Should be provided by public or private sector? Schools
Should be provided by public or private sector? Train services
Signed a petition not on the Internet?
Signed a petition on the Internet?
SNP contact in street: Frequency
SNP contact social media: Frequency
SNP contact via email: Frequency
SNP contact via home visit: Frequency
SNP contact via letter/leaflet: Frequency
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
Speaks Welsh?
Statues should not be taken down, even if figure profited from slavery
Strength of party identification
Subjective social class
Subjective social class (squeeze)
Sympathy in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Take out a loan
Taken part in a public demonstration?
Tax-spend tradeoff: Conservatives
Tax-spend tradeoff: Labour
Tax-spend tradeoff: Self
There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
Thinking back to the last UK General Election on May 7th 2015, a lot of people
Too many people are easily offended these days over others' language
Transgender women should be allowed to compete in female-sex sport
Trust MPs in general
Turned away: Another reason
Turned away: Couldn't find name on electoral register
Turned away: Didn't have valid voter identification
Turned away: My voter identification was not accepted
Turned away: None of these
Turned away: Polling station was not open
Type of Organisation Current/Most Recent Job?
UK Govt handled Britain's response to conflict in Gaza
Understands the important political issues facing our country
Use savings / current account
Vote intention: London Assembly constituency ballot
Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
Wales Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
Warmth 0-100: Christians
Warmth 0-100: Jews
Warmth 0-100: Muslims
Warmth 0-100: non-religious people
Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
Welsh Regional Vote 2016
Went to private/fee paying primary or middle level school
Went to private/fee paying secondary school
Were they an employee or self-employed/an independent contractor?
Were you asked for voter identification before you voted?
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 the main reason you did not vote?
What is your current marital or relationship status?
What is your marital status?
What kind of organisation do you work for?
What type of organisation did your parent work in?
When I meet someone who supports this party, I feel connected with this person.
When I speak about this party, I usually say "we" instead of "they".
When people criticize this party, it feels like a personal insult.
When people praise this party, it makes me feel good.
When you were growing up, who did your father vote for?
When you were growing up, who did your mother vote for?
Which candidate did you vote for in the East Midlands Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the North East Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the South Yorkshire Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the Tees Valley Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the West Midlands Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the West Yorkshire Mayoral Election?
Which candidate did you vote for in the York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Electi
Which candidates did you vote for in the London Mayoral Election?
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: 60+ SmartPass (NI)
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: 60+ Welsh Concessionary Travel Card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Biometric immigration document
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Blue Badge
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Disabled Person's Bus Pass
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Disabled Person’s Welsh Travel Card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Electoral ID Card issued in NI
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Freedom Pass
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Half Fare SmartPass (NI)
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: MoD Form 90 (Defence ID Card)
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: National ID card issued by an EEA state
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: none of these
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: none on page 1
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: none on page 2
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: none on page 3
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Older Person's Bus Pass
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Oyster 60+ Card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: photographic driving licence
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Proof of Age Standards scheme (PASS) card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Registered Blind SmartPass (NI)
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Scottish National Entitlement Card
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Senior SmartPass (NI)
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: UK passport
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Voter Authority Cert/Anon Elector's Doc
Which forms of photo ID do you hold: War Disablement SmartPass (NI)
Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
Which of the types of organisation do they work or did they work for in their c
Which of these applies to your home?
Which party did you vote for in the local elections?
Which way did you vote in the EU referendum?
Will the inheritance be a major change to your financial circumstances?
Working status
Working status of your partner?
Workplaces should end mandatory diversity training
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, Christopher Prosser, Jack Bailey, James Griffiths, Stuart Perrett
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2024-08-23
Last modified: 2025-01-10
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-26-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-26-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2024-05-03/2024-05-22