Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Panel Study, 2001: Waves 1-2

Variable Details

VariableBQ71N
LabelNot Voted-Which Other Reason
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 Election Panel Study, 2001: Waves 1-2