Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1987; Cross-Section Survey

Variable Details

VariableV18A
LabelReason 1: why not support other party
Question text 1st reason why not support other party
Responses
100 Positive refs-named Con. leaders 0
101 General 1
102 Mrs. Thatcher 4
103 Local people in Party 0
110 Oth pos refs-general images 1
111 Competence in governing 1
112 Keeps promises, honest 0
113 Strong, decisive 0
114 United Party, not divided 0
115 Caring, concerned 0
116 Unites the Nation 0
117 Party is centre/moderate/not extreme 0
120 Oth pos refs-philosophies or ideas 0
121 Mentions of philosophy/ideas/beliefs 5
122 For free/Private enterprise/Profit 0
123 For indiv opp./Self-reliance/Indiv. choice 0
124 Social welfare, welfare state 0
125 Equality 0
126 Traditional/Patriotic Party 0
127 Right, not leftist 0
128 Fresh, new ideas 0
130 Oth pos refs-Foreign policy 0
131 Foreign policy 0
132 Defence 0
133 Nuclear defence issues 0
134 Falklands 0
135 Stands up to EEC, Common Market 0
139 General domestic policies 0
140 Other domestic issues 0
141 Budget, managing economy 0
142 Unemployment 0
143 Prices, inflation 0
144 Taxes/Cutting taxes/Lower taxes 1
145 Poll tax/Community charge/Rates 0
146 Privatisation 1
147 Shares/share ownership/the City 0
148 National Health Service 0
149 Housing policy 0
150 State education 0
151 State pensions/Family allowance 0
152 Private health care/Education/Pensions 0
153 Crime, law and order 0
154 Strikes, industrial relations 0
155 Trade Unions 0
156 Immigration, ethnic minorities 0
157 Gay/lesbian/homosexual issues 0
158 Women, Women's issues 0
159 Environmental or 'green' issues 0
160 Pos mentions handling oth groups 0
161 Me, I am better off 2
162 All people, vast majority 0
163 Working people/the less well-off/the poor 2
164 Middle class/better-off 0
165 Trade Unions/Unionists 0
166 The unemployed 0
167 Those running industry/business 0
168 Those in City, financial services 0
169 Self-employed/small businessmen 0
170 Homeowners 0
171 Council tenants/the homeless 0
172 Shareowners 0
173 Taxpayers 0
174 Pensioners/older people 0
175 Young people 0
176 People in this part of country 0
177 Straight people/heterosexual 0
178 Ethnic minorities/Blacks/Asians 0
179 Public sector workers 0
180 Other responses-Party politics 0
181 Always been Conservative 21
182 Unknown label 0
183 Family/Parents etc. Conservatives 8
184 Active in local Conservative Party 0
185 Better not to switch parties 0
186 Vote for Party that could win 0
187 Tactical vote for Conservatives 0
188 Cons no chance-but voted for them anyway 0
189 Want Cons have more seats 0
190 Cons fought better campaign 0
196 No codes-Inadequate probing 0
197 No codes-Bad handwriting 0
198 No codes-Other answer 1
200 Negative refs-named Con. leaders 1
201 General 8
202 Mrs. Thatcher 103
203 Local people in Party 0
210 Oth negative mentions of party 5
211 Competence in governing 11
212 Can't keep promises/dishonest 9
213 Weak, indecisive 1
214 Divided Party, not divided 1
215 Uncaring, unconcerned 19
216 Divides the Nation 9
217 Party is extreme/hard-line/not moderate 9
220 Oth negative mentions-philosophies or ideas 0
221 Dislike overall philosophy 40
222 Free/Private enterprise/Profit 11
223 Too individualistic 2
224 Social welfare, welfare state 3
225 Inequality 2
226 Traditional/Patriotic Party 0
227 Are to Right, not leftist 7
228 Have no new ideas 1
230 Oth negative refs-Foreign policy 1
231 Foreign policy 0
232 Defence 8
233 Nuclear defence issues 10
234 Falklands 0
235 Stand on EEC, Common Market 0
239 General domestic policies 2
240 Other domestic issues 0
241 Budget, managing economy 5
242 Unemployment 21
243 Prices, inflation 5
244 Taxes 1
245 Poll tax/Community charge/Rates 12
246 Privatisation 17
247 Shares/Share ownership/The City 0
248 National Health Service 16
249 Housing policy 3
250 State education 10
251 State pensions/Family allowance 2
252 Private health care/Education/Pensions 1
253 Crime, law and order 0
254 Strikes, industrial relations 0
255 Trade Unions 3
256 Immigration, ethnic minorities 0
257 Gay/lesbian/homosexual issues 0
258 Women, Women's issues 0
259 Environmental or 'green' issues 0
260 Negative mentions handling oth groups 1
261 Me, I am worse off 22
262 All people, vast majority 1
263 Working people/the less well-off/the poor 73
264 Middle class/better-off 101
265 Trade Unions/Unionists 0
266 The unemployed 5
267 Those running industry/business 2
268 Those in City, financial services 0
269 Self-employed/small businessmen 1
270 Homeowners 0
271 Council tenants/the homeless 0
272 Shareowners 0
273 Taxpayers 0
274 Pensioners/older people 7
275 Young people 3
276 People in this part of country 6
277 Gays/lesbians/homosexuals 0
278 Ethnic minorities/Blacks/Asians 0
279 Public sector workers 1
280 Other responses-Party politics 1
281 Used to be Conservative 0
282 Always hated/disliked Conservatives 12
283 Family etc. hate Conservatives 4
284 Dislikes local Con. Party 1
285 Time for a change 4
286 Win anyway-didn't need vote 1
287 Tactical vote against Conservatives 0
288 Cons no chance-so did not vote for it 0
289 Want Cons have fewer seats 0
290 Cons fought bad campaign 1
295 Never though about voting Cons 5
296 No codes-Inadequate probing 0
297 No codes-Bad handwriting 0
298 No codes-Other answer 5
300 Positive refs-named Labour leaders 0
301 General 0
302 Neil Kinnock 2
303 Local people in Party 0
310 Oth pos refs-general images 2
311 Competence in governing 0
312 Keeps promises, honest 0
313 Strong, decisive 0
314 United Party, not divided 0
315 Caring, concerned 0
316 Unites the Nation 0
317 Party is centre/moderate/not extreme 0
320 Oth pos refs-philosophies or ideas 0
321 Likes overall philosophy/beliefs 2
322 For socialism 1
323 For fairness/justice 0
324 Social welfare, welfare state 0
325 Equality 0
326 Traditional/Patriotic Party 0
327 Left, not right-wing' 0
328 Fresh, new ideas 0
329 Militant 0
330 Oth pos refs-Foreign policy 0
331 Foreign policy 0
332 Defence 0
333 Nuclear defence issues 0
334 Falklands 0
335 Policy on EEC, Common Market 0
339 General domestic policies 0
340 Other domestic issues 0
341 Budget, managing economy 0
342 Unemployment 0
343 Prices, inflation 0
344 Taxes 0
345 Poll tax/Community charge/Rates 0
346 Nationalisation 0
347 Shares/share ownership/the City 0
348 National Health Service 0
349 Housing policy 0
350 State education 0
351 State pensions/Family allowance 0
352 Private health care/Education/Pensions 0
353 Crime, law and order 0
354 Strikes, industrial relations 0
355 Trade Unions 0
356 Immigration, ethnic minorities 0
357 Gay/lesbian/homosexual issues 0
358 Women, Women's issues 0
359 Environmental or 'green' issues 0
360 Pos mentions handling oth groups 0
361 Me, I am better off 1
362 All people, vast majority 0
363 Working people/the less well-off/the poor 2
364 Middle class/better-off 0
365 Trade Unions/Unionists 0
366 The unemployed 1
367 Those working in industry/business 0
368 Those working in City/finance 0
369 Self-employed/small businessmen 0
370 Homeowners 0
371 Council tenants/the homeless 0
372 Shareowners 0
373 Taxpayers 0
374 Pensioners/older people 0
375 Young people 0
376 People in this part of country 0
377 Gays/lesbians/homosexuals 0
378 Ethnic minorities/Blacks/Asians 0
379 Public sector workers 0
380 Other responses-Party politics 0
381 Always been Labour 47
382 Unknown label 0
383 Family/Parents etc. Labour 9
384 Active in local Labour Party 0
385 Time for a change 1
386 Vote for Party that could win 1
387 Tactical vote for Labour 0
388 Labour no chance-but voted for them anyway 0
389 Want Labour have more seats 0
390 Lab fought better campaign 1
396 No codes-Inadequate probing 0
397 No codes-Bad handwriting 0
398 No codes-Other answer 0
400 Negative refs-named Lab. leaders 2
401 General 21
402 Neil Kinnock 61
403 Local people in Party 0
410 Oth negative mentions of party 2
411 Competence in governing 42
412 Can't keep promises/dishonest 14
413 Weak, indecisive 11
414 Divided Party, not divided 34
415 Uncaring, unconcerned 0
416 Divides the Nation 0
417 Party is extreme/hard-line/not moderate 16
420 Oth negative mentions-Philosophies or ideas 0
421 Dislike overall philosophy 87
422 For socialism 13
423 Not concerned with rights 6
424 Social welfare, welfare state 5
425 Equality 8
426 Against tradition, unpatriotic 2
427 Are to Left, not right-wing 90
428 Have no new ideas 4
429 Militant 20
430 Oth negative refs-Foreign policy 0
431 Foreign policy 2
432 Defence 64
433 Nuclear defence issues 56
434 Falklands 0
435 Policy on EEC, Common Market 0
439 General domestic policies 1
440 Other domestic issues 0
441 Budget, managing economy 25
442 Unemployment 2
443 Prices, inflation 0
444 Taxes/cutting taxes/lower taxes 6
445 Poll tax/Community charge/Rates 0
446 Nationalisation 16
447 Shares/share ownership/the City 0
448 National Health Service 2
449 Housing policy 1
450 State education 7
451 State pensions/Family allowance 0
452 Private health care/Education/Pensions 1
453 Crime, law and order 2
454 Strikes, industrial relations 9
455 Trade Unions 61
456 Immigration, ethnic minorities 6
457 Gay/lesbian/homosexual issues 0
458 Women, Women's issues 0
459 Environmental or 'green' issues 0
460 Negative mentions handling oth groups 0
461 Me, I am worse off 9
462 All people, vast majority 1
463 Working people/the less well-off/the poor 4
464 Middle class/better-off 3
465 Trade Unions/Unionists 1
466 The unemployed 2
467 Those working industry/business 1
468 Those working in City/financial services 0
469 Self-employed/small businessmen 2
470 Homeowners 1
471 Council tenants/the homeless 0
472 Shareowners 0
473 Taxpayers 0
474 Pensioners/older people 0
475 Young people 0
476 People in this part of country 2
477 Gays/lesbians/homosexuals 0
478 Ethnic minorities/Blacks/Asians 0
479 Public sector workers 0
480 Other responses-Party politics 0
481 Used to be Labour 2
482 Always hated/disliked Labour 11
483 Family etc. hate Labour 1
484 Dislikes local Lab. Party 0
485 Time for a change 0
486 Win anyway-didn't need vote 0
487 Tactical vote against Labour 0
488 Labour no chance-so did not vote for it 2
489 Want Lab have fewer seats 0
490 Labour fought bad campaign 2
494 Unknown label 0
495 Never though about voting Labour 0
496 No codes-Inadequate probing 0
497 No codes-Bad handwriting 0
498 No codes-Other answer 7
500 SDP leaders-Positive refs 0
501 General 0
502 David Owen 4
503 Local people in Party 0
504 Liked two leaders 0
510 Oth pos refs-general images 0
511 Competence in governing 0
512 Keeps promises, honest 0
513 Strong, decisive 0
514 United Party, not divided 0
515 Caring, concerned 0
516 Unites the Nation 0
517 Party is centre/moderate/not extreme 2
518 Alliance like Conservatives 1
519 Alliance like Labour 0
520 Oth pos refs-philosophies or ideas 0
521 Likes overall philosophy/beliefs 3
522 For free/private enterprise 0
523 For individual opportunity 0
524 Social welfare, welfare state 0
525 Equality 0
526 Traditional/Patriotic Party 0
527 Right, not left-wing 0
528 Fresh, new ideas 0
529 Neither left nor right 0
530 Oth pos refs-Foreign policy 0
531 Foreign policy 0
532 Defence 0
533 Keep nuclear weapons 0
534 Falklands 0
535 Policy on EEC, Common Market 0
539 General domestic policies 0
540 Other domestic issues 0
541 Budget, managing economy 0
542 Unemployment 0
543 Prices, inflation 0
544 Taxes/cutting taxes/lower taxes 0
545 Poll tax/Community charge/Rates 0
546 For Privatisation 0
547 Share ownership 0
548 National Health Service 0
549 Housing policy 0
550 State education 0
551 State pensions/Family allowance 0
552 Private health care/Education/Pensions 0
553 Crime, law and order 0
554 Strikes, industrial relations 0
555 Trade Unions 0
556 Immigration, ethnic minorities 0
557 Gay/lesbian/homosexual issues 0
558 Women, Women's issues 0
559 Environmental or 'green' issues 0
560 Pos mentions handling oth groups 0
561 Me, I am better off 0
562 All people, vast majority 0
563 Working people/the less well-off/the poor 0
564 Middle class/better-off 0
565 Trade Unions/Unionists 0
566 The unemployed 0
567 Those working in industry/business 0
568 Those working in City/finance 0
569 Self-employed/small businessmen 0
570 Homeowners 0
571 Council tenants/the homeless 0
572 Shareowners 0
573 Taxpayers 0
574 Pensioners/older people 0
575 Young people 0
576 People in this part of country 0
577 Gays/lesbians/homosexuals 0
578 Ethnic minorities/Blacks/Asians 0
579 Public sector workers 0
580 Other responses-Party politics 0
581 Always been Alliance/Liberal 6
583 Family/Parents etc. Alliance 1
584 Active in local SDP/Liberal Party 0
585 Time for a change 1
586 Vote for Party that could win 0
587 Tactical vote for Alliance 0
588 Alliance no chance-but voted for them anyway 0
589 Want Alliance have more seats 0
590 Alliance better campaign 0
591 Likes SDP 0
593 Liked coalition-two parties 0
596 No codes-Inadequate probing 0
597 No codes-Bad handwriting 0
598 No codes-Other answer 1
600 SDP leaders-negative refs 1
601 General 15
602 David Owen 6
603 Local people in Party 0
604 Disliked two leaders 47
610 Oth negative mentions of party 8
611 (In)Competence in governing 20
612 Can't keep promises/dishonest 3
613 Weak, indecisive 63
614 Divided Party, not divided 49
615 Uncaring, unconcerned 1
616 Divides the Nation 0
617 Party too moderate 34
618 Alliance like Conservatives 14
619 Alliance like Labour 6
620 Oth negative mentions-Philosophies or ideas 0
621 Dislike overall philosophy 25
622 For private enterprise 1
623 Individual opp-too much 0
624 Social welfare, welfare state 0
625 Equality 0
626 Against tradition, unpatriotic 0
627 Are to Right, not left-wing 1
628 Have no new ideas 87
629 Negative-Alliance left nor right 0
630 Oth negative refs-Foreign policy 0
631 Foreign policy 0
632 Defence 3
633 Favour Nuclear weapons-negative mentions 1
634 Falklands 0
635 Policy on EEC, Common Market 0
636 Alliance split-nuclear defence 3
639 General domestic policies 0
640 Other domestic issues 0
641 Budget, managing economy 0
642 Unemployment 0
643 Prices, inflation 0
644 Taxes/cutting taxes/lower taxes 0
645 Poll tax/Community charge/Rates 0
646 Privatisation 0
647 Alliance on share ownership 0
648 National Health Service 0
649 Housing policy 0
650 State education 0
651 State pensions/Family allowance 0
652 Private health care/Education/Pensions 0
653 Crime, law and order 1
654 Strikes, industrial relations 0
655 Trade Unions 0
656 Immigration, ethnic minorities 1
657 Gay/lesbian/homosexual issues 0
658 Women, Women's issues 0
659 Environmental or 'green' issues 0
660 Negative mentions grps Alliance supports 0
661 Me, would be worse off 1
662 All people, vast majority 0
663 Not favour working class/less well-off/poor 5
664 Too much favour middle class/better-off 2
665 Trade Unions/Unionists 0
666 The unemployed 0
667 Those working industry/business 0
668 Those working in City/financial services 0
669 Self-employed/small businessmen 0
670 Homeowners 0
671 Council tenants/the homeless 0
672 Shareowners 0
673 Taxpayers 0
674 Pensioners/older people 0
675 Young people 0
676 People in this part of country 1
677 Gays/lesbians/homosexuals 0
678 Ethnic minorities/Blacks/Asians 0
679 Public sector workers 0
680 Other responses-Party politics 4
681 Used to be Alliance 0
682 Always hated/disliked Alliance 3
683 Family etc. hate Alliance (SDP or Liberal) 1
684 Dislikes local SDP/Liberal party 0
685 Time for a change in Alliance 0
686 Win anyway-didn't need vote 0
687 Tactical vote against Alliance 0
688 Alliance no chance-so did not vote for it 31
689 Want Alliance have fewer seats 3
690 Fought bad campaign 3
691 Dislikes SDP 3
693 Merge two parties 4
695 Never though about voting Alliance 23
696 No codes-Inadequate probing 2
697 No codes-Bad handwriting 0
698 No codes-Other answer 8
700 Liberal leaders-Positive refs 0
702 David Steel 1
722 For socialism/social democracy 0
723 For fairness/justice 0
727 Left, not right-wing 0
733 Get rid of nuclear weapons 0
746 For Nationalisation 0
791 Likes Liberal Party 1
800 Liberal leaders-negative refs 0
802 David Steel 2
822 For socialism 1
823 Fairness-too much concern for 0
827 Are to Left, not right-wing 0
833 Oppose nuclear weapons-negative mentions 1
846 Nationalisation 0
863 Too much favour working class/less well-off/poor 0
891 Dislikes Liberal party 1
901 Pro-SNP:looks after Scotland's interests 0
902 Pro-SNP:any reason 0
903 Anti-SNP:any reason 0
921 Pro-Plaid Cymru:looks after Welsh interests 1
922 Pro-Plaid Cymru:any reason 0
923 Anti-Plaid Cymru:any reason 0
941 Positive support-any other party 0
942 Negative support-any other party 0
996 No codes-bad probing 0
997 No codes-illegible handwriting 0
998 Other answers-vague/irrelevant 30
999 Not answered 19
Sysmiss 3956
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1987; Cross-Section Survey
UniverseElectors in Great Britain;National
SamplingNationally representative probability sample drawn from the Electoral Registers of England, Wales and Scotland (south of the Caledonian Canal)
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study