Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010

Variable Details

Variablepre_q43
LabelParty Really Preferred-Other Party
Question text You said you really prefer an 'other' party. Please say here which party this is.
Responses
- 1
. 2
... 1
1 1
? 2
A real Labour party, not the Tories in disguise. 1
At present I have NO preference 1
Cant remember the name, It is Kilroy Silks party. has good policies 1
Christian People's Alliance 1
Christian Socialists 1
Co-operative Party 1
Communist Party of Britain 1
Do not support any party in particular 1
Don't Know 1
Don't know 1
Don't know of any but the list given are all poor. 1
English Democrats 1
Have not chosen yet 1
I DO NOT FOLLOW A PARTICULAR PARTY NOR SUBSCRIBE TO ANY POLITICAL DOCTRINE.I VOTE TO MAINTAIN MY VALUES 1
I am a Unreconstructed Stalinist 1
I dislike all of them 1
I don't have a preference at the moment 1
I don't know 1
I don't prefer one party over another they have all got too similar 1
I don't think any of them is perfect, it's just a question of deciding which is least bad. 1
I don't think it exists at this present time, I don't have faith in any current party 1
I dont know at the moment 1
I dont prefer any party 1
I dont prefer any really 1
I dont really prefer any - I dislike them all 1
I have a healthy loathing of all the main parties as they currently stand 1
I have done this already 1
I have no faith in any of the current political parties 1
I really don't know. 1
I try to vote for people not parties. I have no specific party that I support. 1
I would prefer a mixture of all the parties. No one party has all the answers. 1
I would prefer a party which would govern less 1
I'd rather not say 1
I'm what they call a floating voter - as I haven't made up my mind yet 1
Im still looking 1
It hasn't been invented yet 1
It is socialism (labour) BUT it is no longer a working ideology. I wanted to make this plain. The way Labour is currently does not make me REALLY prefer them. 1
Just fed up with the present party system, no real representation 1
LIB OR LAB 1
Labour without the new 1
Monster Raving Looney Party 2
N/A 1
NO THANKS 1
National Front 1
No Party. I vote for the least worst 1
No one party has all the policys and the will that would suit me. 1
No party 1
No party. I do not believe in or vote for political parties 1
No preference - depends on the candidate's viewpoint 1
Non party political 1
None 6
None - politicians looks after their own interests, not mine. 1
None as they stand at present 1
None but Lib Dems are the only feasible choice compared to other two. 1
None of the above 1
None of them 1
None, ie true Independent 1
None. 1
Not sure yet 1
Old Labour 1
Old Labour. 1
Old labour as was! 1
One which yet has to be conceived 1
Pensioners Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1
RESPECT 1
Raving Monster Looney 1
Respect 6
SWP 1
Scottish Socialist Party 1
Senior Citizens Party 1
Socialist Party of Great Britain. 1
Socialist worker's party / communist party of GB 1
Sottish Socialist Party 1
The SPP - Single Parents Party 1
The Socialist Party 1
The most truthful 1
The party which is best equiped at the time. 1
There is no party that I would really vote for. 1
There is no party which enjoys my confidence 1
There is none, and that wasn't an option! 1
VERITAS 2
You had no option for a 'floating voter' who is willing to vote according to the situation prevalent at election time. 1
any with my views 1
can't decide with one party 1
christian alliance 1
d k 1
dk 1
don't know 5
don't know really 1
don't really want to vote for any of them 1
dont know 1
dont know they are probably all as bad as each other in differing areas 1
dont know yet 1
dont prefer any 1
dont prefer any party in particular 1
dont think it really exists maybe it should be called the honest party 1
green 1
grren 1
i do not know which i would vote for 1
i don't prefer any party 1
i'm really not sure any more. Each party seems to poo poo the others ideas 1
independent 1
kilroy silk 1
kilroy's new party 1
labour 1
monster raving looney party or any other than the usual 1
monster raving loony 1
n/a 1
na 2
no 3
no decision yet made 1
no particular preference 1
no party 1
no party - they all care too much about politics and not enough about people 1
no party- I am an anarchist, all parties just tinker with the system 1
no preference 1
no real preference 1
none 16
none - each is as bad as the other 1
none - i hate them all 1
none - it doesn't exist! 1
none all politicians are politicains and not necessarily looking out for the genreal welfare of honest citizens 1
none of them 2
none of them are much good at the moment but you have to vote someone in 1
none of them, if there is a local independent i may vote for her/him 1
none that are available 1
not made up my mind 1
not sure 2
old labour party 1
other 2
private 1
qqq 1
respect 2
scottish socialist 1
socialist 1
socialist alliance 1
socialist labour 1
some one who would fight for the normal working family and the english people 1
ssp 1
there is no party i prefer 1
they are not represented yet!! 1
undecided 1
unsure 2
unsure at this time 1
veritas 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005-2009.;National
SamplingQuota sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; The dataset contains six survey waves.