Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage, British General Election, 2001

Variable Details

VariableACTOR1ST
LabelMain Actor
Responses
110 Labour Party 171
111 Conservative Party 80
112 Lib Dem Party 28
113 Scottish Nationalist Party 1
114 Plaid Cymru 1
115 Green Party 7
116 British National Party 3
117 UK Independence Party 1
118 SDLP - Social Democratic and Labour Party 3
119 UUP - Ulster Unionist Party 2
120 DUP - Democratic Unionist Party 1
121 Sinn Fein 1
122 The Government 9
123 The Cabinet 0
124 Government Department 0
125 The Opposition 0
126 Parliament/MPs (in general) 8
127 The European Union/European Commission 1
128 Millbank 0
129 Electoral Commission 4
130 Scottish Labour 0
131 Scottish Tories 2
197 Other Party - British Mainland 5
198 Other Party - Northern Ireland 0
199 Other Institution 11
210 Blair Tony 294
211 Hague William 138
212 Kennedy Charles 39
213 Adams Gerry (SF) 1
214 Hume John (SDLP) 0
215 Jones Ieuan Wyn (PC) 0
216 Swinney John (SNP) 1
217 Trimble David (UUP) 10
218 Nick Griffin (BNP) 0
299 Party Leader - Other 1
310 LAB: Blunkett David 12
311 LAB: Brown Gordon 51
312 LAB: Cook Robin 4
313 LAB: Milburn Alan 3
314 LAB: Prescott John 49
315 LAB: Smith Chris 3
316 LAB: Short Clare 0
317 LAB: Straw Jack 11
399 LAB: Other Senior Labour Politician 1
410 LAB: Baroness Jay of Paddington 1
411 LAB: Becket Margaret 1
412 LAB: Brown Nick 3
413 LAB: Byers Stephen 3
414 LAB: Campbell Alistair 5
415 LAB: Darling Alistair 0
416 LAB: Irvine Lord 0
417 LAB: Liddell Helen 0
418 LAB: Mandelson Peter 8
420 LAB: Mowlam Mo 2
421 LAB: McDonagh Margaret 4
422 LAB: Reid John 1
423 LAB: Smith Andrew 0
424 LAB: Taylor Ann 0
425 LAB: Vaz Keith 16
426 LAB: Woodward Shaun 20
427 LAB: Spokesperson or Unamed Party Source 2
428 LAB: Party Official 1
429 LAB: Activist 0
430 LAB: Councillor 0
431 LAB: MEP 0
498 LAB: Other MP/Candidate/Peer 31
499 LAB: Other inc. Supporter 11
510 CON: Fox Liam 1
511 CON: Jenkin Bernard 1
512 CON: Maude Francis 3
513 CON: May Theresa 0
514 CON: Norman Archie 0
515 CON: Portillo Michael 18
516 CON: Widdecombe Ann 5
517 CON: Yeo Tim 1
599 CON: Other Senior Politician 0
610 CON: Ainsworth Peter 1
611 CON: Ancram Michael 1
612 CON: Arbuthnot James 0
613 CON: Browning Angela 0
614 CON: Duncan-Smith Iain 2
615 CON: Garnier Edward 0
616 CON: Heathcote Amory David 0
617 CON: Heseltine Michael 0
618 CON: Johnson Boris 0
619 CON: Lansley Andrew 0
620 CON: Letwin Oliver 9
621 CON: McKay Andrew 0
622 CON: Platell Amanda 0
623 CON: Rifkind Malcolm 1
624 CON: Streeter Gary 0
625 CON: The Lord Henley 0
626 CON: The Lord Strathclyde 0
627 CON: Willett David 3
628 CON: Spokesperson or Unamed Party Source 0
629 CON: Party Official 0
630 CON: Activist 0
631 CON: Councillor 0
632 CON: MEP 0
633 CON: Clarke Kenneth 3
634 CON: Pickles Eric 0
698 CON: Other MP/Candidate/Peer 21
699 CON: Other inc. Supporter 6
710 LIB: Beith Alan 0
711 LIB: Campbell Menzies 0
712 LIB: Foster Don 0
713 LIB: Hughes Simon 0
714 LIB: Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank 0
715 LIB: Taylor Matthew 0
716 LIB: Tonge Jenny 0
717 LIB: Wallace Jim 0
799 LIB: Other Senior Politician 2
810 LIB: Breed Colin 0
811 LIB: Cable Vincent 0
812 LIB: Harver Nick 1
813 LIB: Livsey Richard 0
814 LIB: Maclennan Robert 1
815 LIB: Moore Michael 1
816 LIB: Tyler Paul 0
817 LIB: Webb Steve 0
818 LIB: Willis Phil 0
819 LIB: Spokesperson or Unamed Party Source 0
820 LIB: Party Official 0
821 LIB: Activist 0
822 LIB: Councillor 0
823 LIB: MEP 0
824 LIB: Other MP/Candidate/Peer 4
899 LIB: Other inc. Supporter 0
910 Ashdown Paddy 2
911 Bell Martin 8
912 Benn Tony 1
914 Hattersley Roy 0
915 Heath Ted 10
916 Kinnock Neil 0
917 Livingstone Ken 2
918 Major John 4
919 Nellist Dave (Socialist Alliance) 0
920 Scargill Arthur (Socialist Labour Party) 0
921 Taylor Dr. Richard (Kidderminster Independent) 0
922 Thatcher Magaret 19
923 Titford Jeffrey (UK Independence Party) 0
924 Hinduja Brothers 1
999 Other Individual 8
1010 David Ervine (Progressive Unionist Party) 0
1011 Henry McLeish (Scottish Parliament First Minister) 0
1012 Gary McMichael (Ulster Democratic Party) 0
1013 Rhodri Morgan (Welsh Assembly First Minister) 0
1014 Sean Neeson (Alliance Party) 0
1015 Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist) 1
1016 SNP: MP/Candidate/Spokesperson/Supporter/etc 2
1017 PC: MP/Candidate/Spokesperson/Supporter/etc 1
1018 Green: MP/Candidate/Spokesperson/Supporter/etc 1
1019 NI Party: MP/Candidate/Spokesperson/Supporter/etc 6
1020 Other Party: MP/Candidate/Spokesperson/Supporter/etc 3
1099 Other Party/Politician 0
2010 LAB: Cherie Blair 7
2011 LAB: Euan Blair 0
2012 LAB: Leo Blair 0
2013 LAB: Anthony Booth 1
2014 LAB: Lauren Booth 0
2015 CON: Ffion Hague 3
2016 LIB: Sarah Gurling 0
2017 CON: Nigel Hague (Father) 3
2099 Other Relative 1
3010 Agriculture Representative 1
3011 Business/City Representative 8
3012 Business Organisation eg. CBI, Institute of Directors 6
3013 Civil Servant 0
3014 Celebrity (state whom) 14
3015 Economist 0
3016 European Leader/Politician (state whom) 6
3017 EU Representative 0
3018 Farmer/Rural worker 2
3019 Film/Documentary Maker 0
3020 Heckler/Demonstrator 4
3021 Media Commentator/Journalist/Author 8
3022 The Media 18
3023 Police/Security 4
3024 Pressure Group 0
3025 Prisoner 1
3026 Professional Individual 7
3027 Pollster/Bookmaker 5
3028 Pensioners 0
3029 Religious Spokesperson 2
3030 Royalty 1
3031 Scientist/Scientific Expert 1
3032 Social Service Representative 0
3033 Trade Union/Representative/Member 4
3034 Unamed Source - Non-Party 1
3035 University Academic 1
3036 Voter/Citizen/Person in Street 27
3037 World Leader/Politician (not European)(state whom) 0
3038 Geri Halliwell 11
3039 Craig Evans - egg thrower 13
3040 BBC 3
3041 ITV 2
3042 Think Tank 4
3099 Other 51
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContent Analysis of Newspaper Coverage, British General Election, 2001