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UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Panel Study, 2001: Waves 1-2

Variable Details

VariableAQ8AUX
LabelReason For Vote-Other
Responses
.TRADITION 1
.habit 1
A VHNGE 1
AHAVE ALWAYS SUPORTED THEM SINCE 1955 1
ALL TERRIB;E 1
ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW 1
ALWAS VOTED FOR THEM BUT IF ANOTHER PARTY OFFERED DIFFERENT MGHT CANGE 1
ALWAYS VITED 1
ALWAYS BEEN CONSERVATIVE 1
ALWAYS BEENWORKING CLASS LABOUR 1
ALWAYS DONE IT 1
ALWAYS VOTE LABOUR 2
ALWAYS VOTED CONS 1
ALWAYS VOTED CONSERVATIE 1
ALWAYS VOTED FOR THEM 2
ALWAYS VOTED LABOUR 1
ALWAYS VOTED LABOUR SO ALWAYS VOTE THAT WAY 1
ALWAYS VOTED LABOUR/ PARENTS VOTED LABOUR 1
ALWAYS VOTED TORY 1
ALWAYS VOTEDLABOUR 1
AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND 1
AN OPPOSITION PARTY MUST BE BETER 1
ANTI PARTY 1
AT THE MOMENT THERE IS NO PARTY THATHAS REALLY AYTHING TOOFFER 1
BASED ON FACT THAT FATHER SUFERRED BADLY UNDER CONSERVATIVE POLICIES 1
BEC . THELABOUR PARTY IS TRADITIONALLY KNOWN FOR HIGHER TAXATION 1
BEC WE ARE WORKING CLASS 1
BECAUSE I HAVEALWAYS VOTED LABOUR AND I AM NOT CHANGING NOW 1
BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS POLITICIANS 1
BECAUSE SNP IS FOR SCOTLAND 1
BECAUSE THATS WHAT MY MOM AND DAD ALWAYS VOTED 1
BECAUSE THEY ARE WELSH 1
BECAUSES MY HUSBAND VOTED SNP 1
BEST FOR SCOTLAND/INDEPENDENCE 1
BEST OF A BAD BUNCH 1
BEST OF GETTING WHAT I WANT 1
BEST PARTY 1
BOTH 2
BOTH 1 AND 2 2
BROUGHT UP AS LABOUR VOTER 1
BROUGHT UP TO IT 1
BROUGHT UP WITH THEM 1
CANDIDATE IS A FRIEND AND THINKS IN THE WAY I THINK 1
CANT TELL YOU ANY THINF ABOUT TAT 1
CANT STAND TONY BLAIR OTHERWISE WOULD VOTE LABOUR 1
CAUSE TO CONTACT LOCAL MP 1
CHANGE OF PARTY MIGHT BRING FRESH IDES 1
COMBINATION OF 1 AND 2 1
CONFIDENCEIN LABOUR 1
CONS AND LABOUR ARE JUST AS BAD AS EACH OTHER 1
CONS ARE ELITE 1
CONSERVATIVE GOVT WAS RUBBISH 1
D/K 2
DEPENDS ON CANDIDATE 1
DK 19
DO MORE ON ASYLAM SEKERS PROBLEM 1
DO NOT KNOW 1
DO NOT TRUST LABOUR 1
DON'T BELIEVE IN THE POLICIES OF THE PARTY I SUPPORT 1
DON'T KNOW 4
DON'T KNOW AT MOMENT 1
DON'T LIKE LABOUR 1
DON'T WANT CONVERSATIVES BACK 1
DON'TKNOW 1
DONT KNOW 2
DONT KNOW 10
DONT LIKE LEADER OF OTHER PARTY 1
DONT LIKE PRESENT LEADE,INCOPETENT 1
DONT LIKE THE OTHERS 1
DONT WANT TOGIVE VOTE TO LAB OR CON 1
DONTKNOW 1
EITHER 1 OR 2 ,50/50 1
EUROPE /SOVERENTY 1
FAMILIES HAVE ALWAYS VOTED LABOUR 1
FAMILY HISTORY OFVOTING 1
FAMILY ARE LABOUR SUPPORTERS 1
FAMILY HISTORY 1
FAMILY INFLUENCE 1
FOR A CHANGE 1
FOR INDEPENDNCE FOR SCOTLAND 1
GIVE ANOTHER PARTY A CHANCE 1
GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE 1
GOV NOT BEEN OPEN STEALTH TAXES 1
GROWN UP IN A FAMILY OF SNP 1
HABIT 3
HABIT. 1
HANDED THROUGH THE GENERATIONS OF MY OWN FAMILY 1
HAS DONE MORE FOR PENSIONERS AND CHILDREN 1
HATE CONSERVATIVES MORE THAN LABOUR 1
HES STARTED TO MAKE CHANGES AND TO STOP HIM MIDSTREAM WOULD BE CHAOTIC 1
HOPE THEY WILL DO BETTER 1
HUSBAND VOTES FORVTHEM 1
I DONT LIKE LABOUR PARTY THEY ARE TOO PRO EUROPEAN 1
I ILLL DECIDE NEARER THEDATEONCEVTHE POLCIES HAVE BBE CLARIFIED 1
I ALWAYS VOTE FOR THE SAME PARTY REGARDLESS 1
I ALWAYS VOTE FOR THEM 1
I ALWAYS VOTE LABOUR 1
I CANT BRING MYSELF TO VOTE SOCIALIST 1
I DID BETTER UNDER CONS THAN I DO NOW 1
I DO NOT VOTE 1
I DONT GO FOR THE PARTY BUT FOR THE INDIIDUAL CANDIDATE 1
I DONT THINK THE OTHER 2 PARTIES ARE WORTH VOTING FOR 1
I DONT WANT TO GIVE LABOUR MY VOTE AND I WOULDNT VOTE CONSERVATIVE 1
I HOPE THEY MIGHT HELP ME/ NO 1
I LIKE SHERIDAN;S APROACH 1
I LIKE THE MAJORITY OF HOW ITS DONE SO FAR 1
I STILL REMEMBER THE TORIES/UNEMPLOYMENT/HIGH MORTGAGE RATES 1
I THINK HE HAS DONE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE WHO WILL G ET IN 1
I WANT LABOUR OUT 1
I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO SOME OF TE GOVERNMENTS POLIIES 1
I WOULD NOT VOTE CON 1
I WOULD PREFER THRM TO GET IN BUT THEVE GOT NO HOPE 1
I WOULDN'T VOTE LABOUR 1
I'M SCOTTISH 1
I'VE ALWAYS PREFERRED TORIES 1
I'VE ALWAYS VOTED TORY 1
IALWAYS VOTEVTHEM 1
IF THE COUNTRY KEEPS SWAPPING PARTIES I THINK IT WILL GET WORSE 1
ILIKETHELOCALCANDIDATE 1
IM JUST NOT INTERESTED 1
IM LIKELY TO VOTE ONA SINGLE ISSUE, PARTY IS AGAINST BEING IN EUROPE 1
INDEPENDENCE FOR SCOTLAND 1
INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN PARTY 1
IR 35 1
JUST THAT THERE IS NOCHANCE OF A REPEAT POLICY 1
JUT NOT HAPPY WITH LABOUR 1
KEEP LABOUR ON ITS TOES 1
LABOUR AND CONS ARE TOO ALIKE 1
LABOUR HAS HAD ENOUGH OF A CHANCE 1
LABOUR HAS HANDLED A FEW ISSUES VERY BADLY 1
LABOUR HAS SLIGHT EDGE 1
LABOUR MAKES ME THI NK OF GIVING BIRTH 1
LABOUR RELARES MORE TO ME 1
LEASE WORSE 1
LEAST WORST OPTION 1
LESS FITH IN OTHER PARTIES TO DO THE JOB 1
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS INTHIS AREA ARE VERY STRONG, AND ISSUE REGULAR NEWSLETTERS. 1
LOYALTY 1
MAINLY BECAUSE LABOUR CAN'T BE TRUSTED 1
MINE IS ANANTI VOE AGAINST THE CONSERVATIVES INCREASING VAT 1
MISTRUST NONE OF THEM 1
MORE FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE 1
MORE FOR SECPND CLASS PEOPLE 1
MORE OR LESS THE SAME 1
MOTHER SAID TO VOTE LABOUR 1
MY PARNTS BEFORE ME WERE LABOUR 1
N.A. 1
N/A 1
NEED A CGANGE 1
NEED A CHANCE 1
NEITHER 2
NEITHER - ALWAYS VOTED CONSERVATIVE 1
NEITHER OFF THE OTHERS HAVE GOVERNED WELL 1
NEVER CHANGED OVER THE YEARS 1
NO ALTERNATIVE 1
NO ALTERNATIVE AT PRESENT 1
NO BETTER PARTY IN MY OPINION BEST OF BAD BUNCH 1
NO ONE ELSE TO VOTE FOR 1
NO OPINION 1
NO REASON 1
NONE 2
NONE OF THESE 1
NONE OF THOSE . I HAVE ALWAYS VOTED LABOUR 1
NOT SURE ANY PARTY CAN O BETTER THAN ANOTHER 1
NOT APPL[ACABLE 1
NOT INTERESTED 1
NOT MADE HER MIND UP 1
NOT SURE 1
NOT SURE WHAT 1
NOTHING 1
ONLY ONE ABLE TO GOVERN 1
OPPOSITION NEEDED 1
OUR FAMILY HAS AKWAYS BEEN CONSERVATIVE 1
PARENTS 1
PARENTS ALWAYS VOTED 1
PARENTS ALWAYS VOTED LABOUR 1
PARENTS VOTED FOR CONSERVATIVES 1
PARTY MOST LIKELY TO GET INDEPENDENCE FOR SCOTLAND 1
PARTY THAT IWOULD VOTE FOR NOT FIT 1
PAST LEADER GOOD NOTBSO SURE NOW 1
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSERVATIVE MP,S HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING THINGS 1
PERSONAL REASONS UNHAPPY WITH LACK OF SECURE HOME SINGLE MOTHER 1
PERSONAL VOTE FOR PERSON RATHER THAN PARTY 1
POLICIES 1
PREFER 3RD STRONG PARTY 1
PROTEST AGAINST CURRENT GOVERMENT 1
PROTEST VOTE 1
PUT OUT FLYER / NOOTHER PATY BOTHERED 1
RATHER THAN BLAIR 1
REF 1
REFUSED 2
SATISFYING TORY VOTERS 1
SCOTTISH PARTY EXCLUSIVELY 1
SHOULD BE GIVEN CHANCE TO DO AS MUCH FOR SCOTLAND AS CAN 1
SUPPORT THE UNDERDOG 1
TEIR PAST RECORD 1
TH BEST OF A BAD BUNCH 1
THAT MY FAMILYIS CONVERSATIVE 1
THE LESSER OF 3 EVILS 1
THE ACTUAL MP TO REPRESENT THE CONSTITUENCY 1
THE BEST OF A POOR BUNCH 1
THE CANDIDATE,WE KNOW HIM AND THE POLICIES 1
THE LOCAL CANDIDATE 1
THE PARTY MOST LIKELY TO IMPLEMENT THEIR MANIFESTO 1
THE PARTY THAT MOST REPRESENNTS NY LOCAL COMMUNITY 1
THE PARTY THAT WILL DO THE MOST FOR ME 1
THE PERSONALITY OF THE CANDITATE. 1
THEY ARE SLIGHTLY BETTER FOR N.H.S AND EDUCATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT THAN OTHER PARTIES 1
THEY ARE BETTER GEARED TO MY ATTITUDE 1
THEY HAVE DONE FAURLY WELL SO FAR . I DON'T SEE ANY NEED FOR CHANGE 1
THEY MIGHT DO BETTER 1
THIS AREA IS A LABOUR STRONGHOLD SO I GO WITH THAT 1
TIME FOR A CHANGE 1
TO GET ME OUT OF VOTING FOR THE OTHER TWO EVEN THU I ADMIRE CERTAINTHINGS IN LABORI COULD NO VOT 1
TO GIVE THEM A LONGER CHANCE TO PROVE THEMSELVES 1
TO KEEP HAIGH OUT 1
TORIES ARE UNELECTABLE 1
TRACK RECORDS 1
TRADITION 2
TRADITIONAL 1
TRYING HARD. THEY ARE CONCERNED. 1
UNDECIDED 2
VOTE FOR THE PARTY I FEL COMFORTABLE WITH AND DO MOST FOR ME 1
WAIT TILL I SEE THE MANIFESTOS 1
WANT TO GIVE THEN THEIR CHANCE 1
WAY I HAVE BEEN BROUGHY UP 1
WEVE HAD CON WE HAD LABOUR SEE IF LIB CAN DO SOMETHING WITH IT 1
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE NHS 1
WHATS BEST TO HELP ME 1
WIFE PRESSURE 1
WORKING CLASS 1
a protest vote they are all feathering there nests 1
all of those things 1
always have voted labour 1
always voted tory 1
bcausemumdoes 1
because i am not happy with labours running f government as a protst 1
because they are better than conservatives 1
becuase i don't want the others in 1
best chance of keeping the tories out 1
best of three evils 1
both 1
brainwashed 1
changefrom present parties 1
continuity-of-the-goverment 1
d/l 1
damage limitations protest vote to limit the damage 1
disillusionment with the others 1
dk 6
dk refused 1
do not know 1
don't like tony blair very much 1
don't support labour 1
dont know 2
dont really know i just wont vote labour 1
father brought me up as labour 1
for the localperson, the mp 1
for the working class 1
get rjd of cons 1
give anotherparty a chance 1
good constiuence m p 1
have always votedlabour 1
i don't agree with thr other 2 main parties 1
i dont like other parties 1
i feel labour has too big a majority so myvoting istactical 1
i just take it out of hat no gov worrieied about me here in aberdeen 1
i thimk living in a labour ward it would be a protest vote 1
i want some stability 1
i'm against the eu 1
i'm scottish so i vote snp 1
its habit i always have 1
its what ive grown up with 1
iustdontlikeotheds 1
ive always been labour 1
ive always voted for them 1
ive always voted that way 1
just feel scots looking aftervscotland is best idea 1
just giving them a try 1
just go with the flow 1
just wolndf vote kabour 1
l vote because i like nick harvey 1
labour is for the working class 1
labour not lived up to promises fed up with cons 1
lesser of twp evils 1
like conservative policies/they would set currentprogress back 1
liked paddy ashdown so might still vote lib dem 1
locsl issues 1
longer in office more likely they are toget ideas up and running 1
member of the party 1
my ex-husband's choice 1
neither labour have not done what they said they would 1
no idea 1
no point in voting because even if every body in scot voted the same it wouldnt count 1
no preference they are all the same at theend of the day. 1
no reason 2
none 11
not a reasonable opposition 1
not decided 1
not extreme in any way could make a good deal with labour 1
not liking blair is doing 1
party with long term strong strategies and opinions 1
party for working class 1
poss on policies but other parties are no good 1
present government done very badly and feel liberalsnot strongenough 1
so i can have my say 1
status quo 1
tactical vote to keep outthe tories 1
the leaders of the other parties are not up to the job of leading 1
the one least likely to win 1
the only party for me 1
the present government hasnt lived up to expectations 1
they are scottish 1
they areworking peoples party 1
they,ve never had a chance let them have a go 1
think weshould have our own representative for wales 1
to give them a chance 1
wantvav3vparty system 1
we are a labour area 1
would not vote 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Panel Study, 2001: Waves 1-2