The British Election Study team is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Election Provisional Panel Dataset, which includes Wave 26 of the Internet Panel survey.
This is a beta version of the BES panel which is abridged and updated to May 2026 (W26).
Users should be aware that the release of this dataset has been expedited due to the timing of the UK General Election, which means that the dataset has not been subjected to our usual level of checks. Consequently, there may be some small mistakes in labelling or coding, and we advise users to be cautious when performing any analysis when using this dataset. Please consult the codebook when handling the data, and if you notice any mistakes then please contact [email protected]
30,064 respondents took Wave 26 of the British Election Study internet panel. 19,942 of these also took wave 25 with a retention rate of 66%. Wave 26 was conducted by YouGov between 3rd May 2024 and 22nd May 2024. As a result, this wave covers the local/mayoral elections and includes items on voter identification, but was before the 2024 UK General Election was called.
The provisional dataset includes the core panel items present in Wave 26, alongside the same items from previous panel waves. We have also included variables for the old (2010-2019) and new (2024) constituencies (see the documentation for further details). We have provided both long and wide format versions of the dataset, for the ease of our users. A full version will be released later in the summer.
You can find the data here: