Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 2001; Cross-Section Survey

Variable Details

VariableBQ71N
LabelNot Voted-Which Other Reason
Question text Could you tell us in one or two sentences why you didn't vote in the general election that was held on June 7th?
Responses
ALL THE FOOT AND MOUTH I AM NOT HAPPY WITH LABOUR ALSO I WAS IN HOSPITAL WITH MY DAUGHTE 1
ALL THE PARTIES ARE TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH 1
AMRICAN CITIZEN 1
AS GERMAN CITIZEN CANNOT VOTE IN GENERAL ELECTION 1
AWAY 1
AWAY FROM HOME FAMILY COMMITMENTS 1
AWAY FROM WHERE I WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN WALES 1
BECAUSE I CANT VOTE IN THIS COUNTRY IM AMERICAN 1
BECAUSE I AM NOT A BRITISH CITIZEN AND CANT VOTE 1
BECAUSE I DID'NT RECEIVE MY POLLING CARD I WAS DENIED MY RIGHTS AND I'M CROSS ABOUT IT 1
BECAUSE I DIDN,T GET A POLLING CARD 1
BECAUSE I DIDNT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT 1
BECAUSE I WAS IN THE SEYCHELLES, ON HOLUDAY 1
BECAUSE IBDONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOT INTERESTEDIN IT AND I AM NOT ENGLISH I A FINNISH SO THATS 1
BECOUSE RECENTLY MOVED HOUSE 1
CANNOT 1
COULD NOT FIND OUT HOW TO GET A POSTAL VOTE OR TO BE PUT ON THE ELECTORAL REGISTER LIVE IN REMOTE A 1
COULDN'T GET TO THE POLLING STA.TION NO LIFT AVAILABLE 1
COULDNT GET THERE 1
DID NOT L IKE EITHER OF PARTIES 1
DID NOT GET A VOTING CARD 1
DID NOT GET VOTING CARD 1
DID NOT SAY WHAT THEY WOULD DO FOR ME /TOO BUSY CRITISING OTHER PARTIES 1
DIDNT FINISH WORK TILL 10 PM 1
DIDNT LIKE LABOUR CANDIDATE 1
DIDNT VOTE BECAUSE YOU DIDNT GET A CARD 1
DON'T UNDERSTAND POLITICS AT ALL, IT'S ALL CONFUSING. THEY ALL PROMISE THINGS BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW W 1
DONT UNDERSTAND ENOUGH ABOUT POLITICS AND DONT FEEL IT COMES ACROSS VERY CLEARLY 1
DONT BELIEVE IN VOTING 1
HAD JUST MOVED 1
I AM A CHRISTIAN GOD IS THE JIGHRR POWER AND ITS EHST GOD WANTS THAT COUNTS WE FONT 1
I DID NOT GET A VOTINGCARD 1
I WAS AWAY AND VTRIED TO GET A POSTAL VOTE BUT NEVER HOTN IT 1
I WAS DISHEARTENED WITH ALL THE PARTIES 1
I WAS TOOLATE 1
I CAN'T READ OR WRITE SO I DON'T LIKE TO DO IT 1
I COULD NOT GET OUT TO VOTE BECAUSE OF DISABILITY 1
I COULDNT CHOOSE A PARTY ON THEDAY 1
I DIDN'T RECEIVE A POLLING CARD 1
I DONT APPEAR TO BE ONELECTORIAL AT THIS ADDRESS.I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 3 YEARS 1
I DONT CARE THAT MUCH AND HAD BUSY DAY 1
I FELT LAZY AND COULDNT BE BOTHERED 1
I FORGOT 1
I HAD RECENTLY MOVED HOME AND MY NAME WAS NOT ON THE ELECTORAL REGISTER FO THIS AREA 1
I HAVE JUST MOVED HOUSE 1
I HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED ELECTORAL REGISTER DO NOT HAVE A VOTING CARD 1
I HAVE RECENTLY MOVED I HAVE GOT LOSTINTHE SYSTEMMUST HAVE GONE TO MY OLD ADDRESS 1
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TOGET ONTO THE ELECTORAL REG. SINCEMOVED 1
I WAS LIVING NIN US 1
I WAS AWAY ON HOLIDAY 1
I WAS EXPECTING A POSTAL VOTE THAT DID NOT TURN UP AND I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY 1
I WAS HOMELESS AT TIME SO COULDN'T VOTE 1
I WAS ILL BUTNOT CANVASSED 1
I WAS IN HOSPITAL 1
I WAS IN HOSPITL ILLHEALTH 1
I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY APPLIED FOR POSTAL VOTE BUT NO PAPERS RECEIVED 1
I WAS WORKING 1
I WAS'NT GIVEN A CHANCE TO VOTE I ASKED FOR AVOTING CARD BUT WAS NOT SENT ONE TO MY GREAT ANNOYANCE 1
I WASNT PICKED UP BY CAR AND I AM UNABLE TO WALK TO THE POLLING STATION 1
I WITHELD MY VOTE AS A PROTEST BECAUSE I AM TOTALLY DISILLUSIONED WITH ALL PARTIES AND POLITICS 1
I,M REGISTERED BLIND SHOULD HAVE ORGANISED A POSTAL VOTE. 1
IHAD JUST MOVED HOUSE 1
IM IN THE ROYAL MARINES 1
IN FRANCE 1
ITS A WASTE IF YIME ECAUSE NONE F HEM ARE ANY USE 1
LABOUR ALWAYS WIN IN THIS AREA, 1
MIX UP OVER ELECTORAL REGISTER - JUST MOVED 1
MOVING HOUSE AND ON HOLIDAY 1
MY POSTAL VOTE ARRIVED TOO LATE 1
NO CARD 1
NO ,POINT IN VOTING AS THRY ALL SAY THEY WILL DO THINGS AND TEN DON'T DO THEM 1
NO CANDIDATE APPEALLED TO ME 1
NO CARD CAME TOMY HOUSE 1
NO ONE CANE TO TAJE ME TO THE POLING STATION 1
NO VOTE AMERICAN CITIZEN 1
NO VOTING CARD WAS SENT NOT BEEN HERE LONG 1
NONE 1
NONE OF THE PARTIES SUITED ME. EACH OF THE PARTIES HAD POLICIES I DISAPPROVED OF. THIS IS THE FIRS 1
NOT A BRITISH CITESEN 1
NOT BEEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR 3 YEARS 1
NOT ELIGIBLE 1
NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE 2
NOT ENTITLED TO VOTE 1
NOT ON ELECTORAL REGISTER 1
NOT ON ELECTORAL REGISTER AT THIS ADDRESS 1
NOT ON THE REGISTER 3
NOT ON THE REGISTER - DISAPPOINTED 1
NOT ON VOTERS ROLL AND DID NOT KNOW UNTIL I WENT TO VOTE 1
NOT REGISTERED 1
NOT REGISTERED FOR VOTE 1
NOT WELL 1
NOT WELL ENOUGH AND NOBODY OFFERED ME A LIFT 1
ON HOLS 1
ON HOLIDAY 1
ON HOLIDAY 6
ON HOLIDAY ABROAD 1
ON HOLIDAY AT TIME OUT OF COUNTRY APPLIED FOR POSTAL VOTE BUT TOO LATE 1
POSTAL VOTES NIT TGROUGH IN TIE 1
SEE PREVIOUS PAGE 1
THE PARTY I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THE GREEN PARTY DID NOT STAND AND I DIDNT FAVOUR 1
THE FOOT AND MOUTH CRISIS WAS NOT BEING HANDLED WELL 1
THE GREEN PARTY DID NOT HAVEA CANDIDATE STANDING 1
THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS WHY I DON'T VOTE , AND NOW I HAVE BECOME APATHETIC 1
THEY ALL HAVE THEIR GOOD AND BAD POINTS AND THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PARTY THAT CAN GIVE ME WHAT I WAN 1
TOO ILL CANTV WALK 1
TOO ILL GET TO THE POLLING STATION AND NO ONE RRIED TO HELP 1
TOTAL APATHY 1
TOTLLY DISAPPONTED THE SYSTEM IS WRONG 1
UNABLE TOGET VOTING CARD FROM PREVIOUS ADDRESS 1
WAS ONHOLIDAY IN AMERICA 1
WAS ABROAD - 1
WAS NOT HERE 1
WAS ON THE LIST IN A DIFFERENT AREA 1
WAS WORKNG AWAY FROM HOME 1
WASNT ENTITLED TO BECAUSE IM NOT A CITIZEN IN THIS COUNTRY/EVEN THOUGH I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 7 YEARS 1
WASNT REGISTERED HERE THEN 1
WE MOVED IN NOVEMBER AND WE DID NOT GET A VOTING CARD THROUGH 1
WE WERE NOT ELEGIABLE BECAUSE NOT ON THE VOTERS ROLL IF HAD BEEN WOULD HAVE VOTED 1
WORKING NO TIME ON THAT DAY 1
cant vore 1
didnt get polling card 1
didnt know whereand didnt have tbevotingcard 1
didntdefi itelynotvoterefusedtosay 1
disenfranchised throuh failure to pay community charge 1
dont know enough about it\ i wouldnt know enough about the peole i was voting for 1
forgot 1
hadalotonmymindwifedoiednotlongbreforeandijustforgot 1
i am not registered to vote. i have lived here for 7 years, previously i lived in angola 1
i did not get a vote because i moved house i was not well not able not able to change the address or 1
i don't understand what is going on i have no interest so dont think i should vote 1
i just didnt want to 1
i was abroad on holiday on a last minute deal 1
it w\snt my countryso i didnt see the point 1
iwasntsentavotingcardsoidudntknowwheretogo 1
just didnt go 1
just disenchanted with the lot of them 1
justverybusy alsodontyhimk igotavcard 1
lady is 90 1
law and order not adressed by anyone 1
legs bandaged up and nobody came with a car to take me cant get shoes on but i would have gone in my 1
lived in uk 50 years is uk tax payer but not u.k. citizen able to vote 1
no confidence in any party 1
no party that represented my views 1
none of parties came up with anything i would believe in why tax me in a dozen ways why notmakethe 1
none of the parties addressed all the issues 1
not 18 then 1
not interested in votingball tell thesame lies 1
not on register yet 1
not on voting register 1
not registred 1
on holiday 4
othern:commitments 1
out of country 1
the party i wanted HAD NO CHANCE THE INDEPENDENTS8L B1 1
too ill 1
tried to vote but name not on register 1
voting cards did not arrive they foubd us for sensors 1
we were on holiday holidays booked and election date changed first election i have not voed in 1
work took me to pittsburgh , america on that day, 1
you cant believe any of them 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 2001; Cross-Section Survey
Interviewer InstructionsThis is an open-ended question. Record one or two sentences.
UniverseElectors in Great Britain during 2001.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample: for full details of sampling procedures, please see documentation.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study