Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Panel Study, 1987-1992

Variable Details

VariableV18A
Label1st reason why not support ... party?
Responses
-1 Skpd,no party coded 3956
100 Named Con leaders 0
101 Con.General good 1
102 Mrs Thatcher good 4
103 Local Con people 0
110 Con other Positive 1
111 Con competence good 1
112 Con keeps promises 0
113 Con strong Decisive 0
114 Con united party 0
115 Con caring,concerned 0
116 Con unites nation 0
117 Con centre pty,moderate 0
120 Con.other ideas +ve 0
121 Con.general ideas 5
122 Con.for free enterprise 0
123 Con.for indv.opp,choice 0
124 Con.social Welfare 0
125 Con.equality 0
126 Con.trad.val patriotic 0
127 Con.are to right,not left 0
128 Con.fresh,new ideas 0
130 Con.other Foreign +ve 0
131 Con.foreign policy +ve 0
132 Con.defence +ve 0
133 Con.nuc.defence +ve 0
134 Con.Falklands +ve 0
135 Con.stand upto EEC +ve 0
139 Con.domestic policy +ve 0
140 Con.other domestic +ve 0
141 Con.budget,economic +ve 0
142 Con.unemployment +ve 0
143 Con.prices,inflat.+ve 0
144 Con.taxes,cuts,lowers +ve 1
145 Con.poll tax,rates +ve 0
146 Con.privatise +ve 1
147 Con.shares,the City +ve 0
148 Con.NHS +ve 0
149 Con.housing policy +ve 0
150 Con.State educ.+ve 0
151 Con.state pensions +ve 0
152 Con.private health +ve 0
153 Con.Crime,law+order +ve 0
154 Con.strikes,ind rel +ve 0
155 Con.Trade unions +ve 0
156 Con.immigration,ethnic +ve 0
157 Con.Gay,lesbian +ve 0
158 Con.women,woman's iss.+ve 0
159 Con.environment +ve 0
160 Con.other groups +ve 0
161 Con.Me better off +ve 2
162 Con.all everyone +ve 0
163 Con.working p.,poor +ve 2
164 Con.middle class +ve 0
165 Con.TU members +ve 0
166 Con.unemployed +ve 0
167 Con.pple run industry +ve 0
168 Con.pple in City +ve 0
169 Con.self-employed +ve 0
170 Con.homeowners +ve 0
171 Con.cnl.tenants,homeless +ve 0
172 Con.shareowners +ve 0
173 Con.taxpayers +ve 0
174 Con.pensioners +ve 0
175 Con.young people +ve 0
176 Con.pple here +ve 0
177 Con.heterosexual +ve 0
178 Con.Ethnic,black,asian +ve 0
179 Con.pub.sect.wrkrs +ve 0
180 Con.other party politics 0
181 Always been Con 21
182 Pro-Con,always liked 0
183 Family,wrkmates Con 8
184 R lks,active Local Con 0
185 Con.btr not switch parties 0
186 Con.vote for winner 0
187 Tactical vte for Con 0
188 Con no ch,vote anyway 0
189 Want Con more seats 0
190 Con.fought good campaign 0
196 Pro-Con,insuff.probing 0
197 Pro-Con,unreadable 0
198 Con.other vague irrelevant 1
200 Named Con pple -ve 1
201 Con.general -ve 8
202 Mrs Thatcher -ve 103
203 Local Con pple -ve 0
210 Con.other -ve party images 5
211 Con.competence -ve 11
212 Con.can't keep promises 9
213 Con.weak indecisive 1
214 Con.divided party -ve 1
215 Con.uncaring,callous,cruel 19
216 Con.divides nation -ve 9
217 Con.party extreme -ve 9
220 Con.other -ve philosophies 0
221 Con.general dislike -ve 40
222 Con.free priv.ent.profit -ve 11
223 Con.too mch for indiv.-ve 2
224 Con.social Welfare -ve 3
225 Con.inequality -ve 2
226 Con.trad.patriotic -ve 0
227 Con.are to right,-ve 7
228 Con.no new ideas -ve 1
230 Con.other -ve Foreign policy 1
231 Con.foreign pol -ve 0
232 Con.defence -ve 8
233 Con.nuc.defence -ve 10
234 Con.Falklands -ve 0
235 Con.stand on EEC -ve 0
239 Con.gen.domestic -ve 2
240 Con.other domestic -ve 0
241 Con.budget economy -ve 5
242 Con.unemployment -ve 21
243 Con.prices -ve 5
244 Con.taxes -ve 1
245 Con.poll tax rates -ve 12
246 Con.privatisation -ve 17
247 Con.share ownership -ve 0
248 Con.NHS -ve 16
249 Con.housing policy -ve 3
250 Con.state educ -ve 10
251 Con.state pensions -ve 2
252 Con.private health -ve 1
253 Con.crime,law+order -ve 0
254 Con.strikes,ind.rel. -ve 0
255 Con.Trade Unions -ve 3
256 Con.immigration -ve 0
257 Con.gay,lesbian -ve 0
258 Con.women,wom's iss. -ve 0
259 Con.environment,green -ve 0
260 Con.other groups -ve 1
261 Con.me worse off -ve 22
262 Con.all people worse off -ve 1
263 Con.wrkrs,poor -ve 73
264 Con.middle class -ve 101
265 Con.TU members -ve 0
266 Con.the unemployed -ve 5
267 Con.pple running ind. -ve 2
268 Con.pple in City -ve 0
269 Con.self-emp -ve 1
270 Con.home owners -ve 0
271 Con.cncl tenants,homeless -ve 0
272 Con.shareowners -ve 0
273 Con.taxpayers -ve 0
274 Con.pensioners,old -ve 7
275 Con.young pple -ve 3
276 Con.pple here -ve 6
277 Con.gay,lesbians -ve 0
278 Con.ethnic ,black,asian -ve 0
279 Con.wrkrs in pub.sect. -ve 1
280 Con.other party pol -ve 1
281 Used to be Con -ve 0
282 Hated,dislk Con -ve 12
283 Family,wrkmate dislk Con -ve 4
284 Dislk local Con.pty 1
285 Time for a change<anti-Con> 4
286 Con win anyway 1
287 Tactical vte ag.Con 0
288 Knew Con no chance 0
289 Con fewer seats 0
290 Con bad campaign 1
295 Not vte Con,nvr thought 5
296 Anti-Con,bad probing 0
297 Anti-Con,unreadable 0
298 Anti-Con notcodable -ve 5
300 Other named Lab +ve 0
301 General pro-Lab +ve 0
302 Neil Kinnock +ve 2
303 Local Lab pple +ve 0
310 Lab.other +ve general 2
311 Lab.competence,record +ve 0
312 Lab.keeps promises +ve 0
313 Lab.strong,decisive +ve 0
314 Lab.united party +ve 0
315 Lab.caring,concerned +ve 0
316 Lab.unites nation +ve 0
317 Lab.centre,moderate +ve 0
320 Lab.other phil,+ve 0
321 Lab.beliefs +ve 2
322 Lab.for socialism +ve 1
323 Lab.for fairness +ve 0
324 Lab.social welfare +ve 0
325 Lab.equality +ve 0
326 Lab.trad.patriotic +ve 0
327 Lab.are to left +ve 0
328 Lab.fresh new ideas 0
329 Lab.militant +ve 0
330 Lab.other foreign +ve 0
331 Lab.foreign pol,+ve 0
332 Lab.defence +ve 0
333 Lab.nuc.defence +ve 0
334 Lab.Falklands +ve 0
335 Lab.pol on EEC +ve 0
339 Lab.domestic pol,+ve 0
340 Lab.other domestic iss.+ve 0
341 Lab.budget +ve 0
342 Lab.unemployment +ve 0
343 Lab.prices inflat.+ve 0
344 Lab.taxes +ve 0
345 Lab.polltax +ve 0
346 Lab.nationalise +ve 0
347 Lab.shares,ownership +ve 0
348 Lab.NHS +ve 0
349 Lab.housing pol +ve 0
350 Lab.state educ +ve 0
351 Lab.state pensions +ve 0
352 Lab.private health +ve 0
353 Lab.crime,law+order +ve 0
354 Lab.strikes,ind.rel. +ve 0
355 Lab.Trade Unions +ve 0
356 Lab.immig,ethnic min +ve 0
357 Lab.gay,lesbian iss.+ve 0
358 Lab.women,won's iss.+ve 0
359 Lab.envir.green iss+ve 0
360 Lab.other groups +ve 0
361 Lab.me better off +ve 1
362 Lab.all pple better +ve 0
363 Lab.wrkrs,poor +ve 2
364 Lab.middle class +ve 0
365 Lab.TU members +ve 0
366 Lab.the unemployed +ve 1
367 Lab.wrk in ind. +ve 0
368 Lab.wrk in City +ve 0
369 Lab.self-emp +ve 0
370 Lab.home owners +ve 0
371 Lab.cncl tenants,homeless +ve 0
372 Lab.shareowners +ve 0
373 Lab.taxpayers +ve 0
374 Lab.pensioners +ve 0
375 Lab.young people +ve 0
376 Lab.pple here +ve 0
377 Lab.gays,lesbians +ve 0
378 Lab.ethnic,blacks,asian +ve 0
379 Lab.pub.sect.wrkrs +ve 0
380 Lab.other party politics 0
381 Always been Labour 47
382 Pro-Lab,always liked 0
383 Family,wrkmates Labour 9
384 R lks,active Labour party 0
385 Time for a change<Lab> 1
386 Vote for winner<Lab> 1
387 Tactical vt for Labour 0
388 Lab no chance,vote anyway 0
389 Lab more seats 0
390 Lab.fought good campaign 1
396 Pro-Lab,bad probing 0
397 Pro-Lab,unreadable 0
398 Pro-Lab,Other answer 0
400 Other named Lab -ve 2
401 General Anti-Lab 21
402 Neil Kinnock -ve 61
403 Local Lab pple -ve 0
410 Lab.other -ve Party image 2
411 Lab.competence,record -ve 42
412 Lab.not keep promises -ve 14
413 Lab.weak,indecisive -ve 11
414 Lab.divided party -ve 34
415 Lab.uncaring,callus,cruel 0
416 Lab.divides nation -ve 0
417 Lab.extreme,hardline -ve 16
420 Lab.other -ve phil. 0
421 Lab.general dislike -ve 87
422 Lab.for socialism -ve 13
423 Lab-ve freedom to choose 6
424 Lab.social welfare -ve 5
425 Lab.equality,red.income -ve 8
426 Lab.against tradition -ve 2
427 Lab.are to left -ve 90
428 Lab.no new ideas -ve 4
429 Lab.Militant -ve 20
430 Lab.oth foreign pol.-ve 0
431 Lab.foreign policy -ve 2
432 Lab.defence -ve 64
433 Lab.nuc.defence -ve 56
434 Lab.Falklands -ve 0
435 Lab.EEC policy -ve 0
439 Lab.gen policy domestic -ve 1
440 Lab.oth domestic iss. -ve 0
441 Lab.budget,economy -ve 25
442 Lab.unemployment pol.-ve 2
443 Lab.prices,inflation -ve 0
444 Lab.taxes,cuts,lower -ve 6
445 Lab.polltax,rates -ve 0
446 Lab.Nationalisation -ve 16
447 Lab.shares,ownership -ve 0
448 Lab.NHS -ve Lab 2
449 Lab.housing policy -ve 1
450 Lab.state educ -ve 7
451 Lab.state pensions -ve 0
452 Lab.private health care -ve 1
453 Lab.crime,law+order -ve 2
454 Lab.strikes,ind.rel. -ve 9
455 Lab.trade unions -ve 61
456 Lab.immig,ethnic min -ve 6
457 Lab.gay,lesbian issues -ve 0
458 Lab.women,wom's iss. -ve 0
459 Lab.envir,green -ve 0
460 Lab.other groups -ve 0
461 Lab.me worse off -ve 9
462 Lab.all people -ve 1
463 Lab.wrkrs,poor -ve Lab 4
464 Lab.middle class -ve 3
465 Lab.TU members -ve 1
466 Lab.the unemployed -ve 2
467 Lab.wrk in indust.-ve 1
468 Lab.wrk in City -ve 0
469 Lab.self-employed -ve 2
470 Lab.homeowners -ve 1
471 Lab.cncl tenants,homeless -ve 0
472 Lab.shareowners -ve 0
473 Lab.taxpayers -ve 0
474 Lab.pensioners,old -ve 0
475 Lab.young people -ve 0
476 Lab.pple here -ve 2
477 Lab.gays,lesbians -ve 0
478 Lab.ethnic,black,asians -ve 0
479 Lab.pub.sect.wrkrs -ve 0
480 Lab.other party pol.-ve 0
481 Used to be Labour 2
482 Hated,dislkd Labour 11
483 Family,wrkmates hate Labour 1
484 Dislikes local Labour party 0
485 Time for a change<Lab> 0
486 Lab win anyway 0
487 Tactical vt against Labour 0
488 Lab no chance,nt vt for 2
489 Lab fewer seats 0
490 Labour bad campaign 2
494 Lab nt look aft wrkrs 0
495 Not vt Lab,nvr thought 0
496 Anti-Lab,bad probing 0
497 Anti-Labour,unreadable 0
498 Anti-Lab,not codeable 7
500 Other named SDP +ve 0
501 General Alliance +ve 0
502 David Owen +ve 4
503 Local All pple +ve 0
504 Lkd 2 leaders +ve 0
510 Other +ve All.images 0
511 All.Competence +ve 0
512 All.keeps promises +ve 0
513 All.strong,decisive +ve 0
514 All.united party +ve 0
515 All.caring,concerned +ve 0
516 All.unites nation +ve 0
517 All.party is centre 2
518 Alliance lk Con+ve 1
519 Alliance lk Labour+ve 0
520 Oth +ve phil. All 0
521 All.general philosophy +ve 3
522 All.for free ent,profit +ve 0
523 All.for individual +ve 0
524 All.social welfare +ve 0
525 All.equality,red.inc +ve 0
526 All.trad.patriotic +ve 0
527 All.are to right +ve 0
528 All.fresh new ideas +ve 0
529 All.neither left nor right 0
530 Foreign pol. +ve All 0
531 All.foreign pol +ve 0
532 All.defence +ve 0
533 All.nuc.defence keep +ve 0
534 Falklands +ve All 0
535 EEC Policy All 0
539 All.gen.domestic pol +ve 0
540 All.oth domestic +ve 0
541 All.budget,record +ve 0
542 All.unemployment +ve 0
543 All.prices,inflation +ve 0
544 All.taxes,cut,lower +ve 0
545 All.polltax,rates +ve 0
546 All.privatisation +ve 0
547 All.stand on shareownership 0
548 All.NHS +ve 0
549 All.housing policy +ve 0
550 All.state educ +ve 0
551 All.state pensins +ve 0
552 All.stand private hlth care+ve 0
553 All.crime,law+order +ve 0
554 All.strikes,ind.rel. +ve 0
555 All.trade unions +ve 0
556 All.stand immig +ve 0
557 All.stand fr/ag gays,lesbians +ve 0
558 All.women,wom's iss.+ve 0
559 All.envir.,green All.+ve 0
560 All.other groups +ve 0
561 All.me better off +ve 0
562 All.pple better off+ve 0
563 All.ARE fr wrkrs,poor 0
564 All.are FOR middle class 0
565 All.TU members +ve 0
566 The unemployed All +ve 0
567 All.wrkr in ind. +ve 0
568 All.wrkr in City +ve 0
569 All.self-employed +ve 0
570 All.homeowners +ve 0
571 All.cncl tenants,homeless +ve 0
572 All.shareowners +ve 0
573 All.taxpayers +ve 0
574 All.pensioners,old +ve 0
575 All.young people +ve 0
576 All.pple here +ve 0
577 All.gays,lesbians +ve 0
578 All.ethnic min.+ve 0
579 All.pub.sect.+ve 0
580 Oth party politics 0
581 Always been Alliance 6
583 Family wrkmates All 1
584 Lks,active local All 0
585 Time for a change<All> 1
586 Vt for winner<All> 0
587 Tactical vt for All 0
588 All.no chance,vt anyway 0
589 All.more seats 0
590 All.fought good campaign 0
591 Lks SDP 0
593 Lkd 2 party coalition 0
596 Pro-All,bad probing 0
597 Pro-All,unreadable 0
598 Pro-All,uncodeable 1
600 Named SDP pple -ve 1
601 General anti All 15
602 David Owen -ve 6
603 Local All.pple -ve 0
604 Dislk 2 leaders -ve 47
610 All.oth -ve image party 8
611 All.incompetence,record -ve 20
612 All.nt keep promises -ve 3
613 All.weak,indecisive -ve 63
614 All.divided party -ve 49
615 All.uncaring,callus,cruel 1
616 All.divides nation -ve 0
617 All.too centre,wishywashy -ve 34
618 All.too mch lk Con 14
619 All.too mch lk Lab 6
620 All.oth -ve phil 0
621 All.gen -ve phil 25
622 All.fr too mch free,priv.ent 1
623 All.too mch for individ.opp 0
624 All.social welfare -ve 0
625 Equality -ve All 0
626 All.agnst tradition 0
627 All.are to right -ve 1
628 All.no new ideas -ve 87
629 All.-ve neither left nor right 0
630 All.foreign pol.-ve 0
631 Foreign pol -ve All 0
632 All.defence -ve 3
633 -ve All for Nuc.weap. 1
634 Falklands -ve All 0
635 EEC Pol. -ve All. 0
636 All split on Nuc,defence 3
639 Gen.domestic pol All.-ve 0
640 All.oth.domestic iss.-ve 0
641 All.budget,economy -ve 0
642 All.unemployment -ve 0
643 All.prices,inflation -ve 0
644 All.taxes,cut,lower -ve 0
645 All.polltax rates -ve 0
646 All.privatisation -ve 0
647 All.stand shareownership -ve 0
648 NHS -ve All. 0
649 Housing Pol -ve All. 0
650 State educ -ve All. 0
651 State pensions -ve All. 0
652 All.on private hlth care 0
653 All.crime,law+order -ve 1
654 Strikes,ind.rel.-ve All. 0
655 Trade unions -ve All. 0
656 All. on immig,ethnic -ve 1
657 All. on gays,lesbians -ve 0
658 All.women,wom's iss.-ve 0
659 All.envir,green iss -ve 0
660 Oth.group -ve All. 0
661 Me worse off -ve All. 1
662 All pple worse -ve All. 0
663 All.nt for wrkclass,poor 5
664 All.too mch fr Middle class 2
665 TU members -ve All. 0
666 The unemployed -ve All. 0
667 Wrkr in ind. -ve All. 0
668 Wrk in City -ve All. 0
669 Self-employed -ve All. 0
670 Homeowners -ve All. 0
671 All.cncl tenants,homeless -ve 0
672 Shareowners -ve All. 0
673 Taxpayers -ve All. 0
674 Pensioners,old -ve All. 0
675 Young pple -ve All. 0
676 Pple here -ve All. 1
677 Gays,lesbians -ve All. 0
678 Ethnic,black,asian -ve All. 0
679 Pub.Sect.wrkrs -ve All. 0
680 All.oth party politics 4
681 Used to be All. 0
682 Hated All(lib) 3
683 Family,wrkmates hate All 1
684 Dislk local sdp/lib pty 0
685 Time for a change<All.> 0
686 All win anyway 0
687 Tactical vt ag.All. 0
688 All no chance,nt vt 31
689 All.fewer seats 3
690 All.bad,weak,dirty campaign 3
691 Dislike SDP 3
693 All.merge 2 parties 4
695 Nt vt All.,nvr thought 23
696 Anti-All,bad probing 2
697 anti-All,unreadable 0
698 anti-All,uncodeable 8
700 Other named Lib +ve 0
702 David Steel +ve 1
722 Lib.for socialism +ve 0
723 Lib.for fairness,justice +ve 0
727 Lib.are to left +ve 0
733 All.nuc.defence rid of +ve 0
746 All.nationalise +ve 0
791 Lks Liberals 1
800 Named Liberal pple -ve 0
802 David Steel -ve 2
822 All.fr too mch socialism 1
823 All.too mch concrn fairness 0
827 All.Are to left -ve 0
833 -ve All ag.Nuc.weap 1
846 All.nationalisation -ve 0
863 All.too mch for wrkr,poor 0
864 All against Middle class 0
891 Dislike Liberals 1
901 Pro-SNP,nationalist 0
902 Pro-SNP,oth reason 0
903 Anti-SNP any reason 0
921 Pro-Plaid Cymru nation. 1
922 Pro-PC any oth reason 0
923 Anti Plaid Cymru 0
941 +ve support any oth party 0
942 -ve mention any oth party 0
996 Uncodeable,bad probing 0
997 Uncodeable,unreadable 0
998 Vague,irrelevent answer 30
999 Not Answered 19
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Panel Study, 1987-1992