This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variablecq14_2
LabelElections Voters Express But Not Change
Question text Please indicate how you feel about general elections in Britain – not a particular election but elections in general. Please cross one box on each line to show how much you agree or disagree with each of these statements. Elections help to keep politicians accountable. Elections allow voters to express their opinions but don’t really change anything. Elections give voters an opportunity to tell politicians what they think is really important. All things considered, most elections are just a big waste of time and money. The electoral system in Britain is unfair because only Labour or the Conservatives can ever win an election. In elections, the political parties give people real choices. PLEASE CROSS ONE BOX ON EACH LINE
Responses
-3 Not stated 48
1 Agree strongly 212
2 Agree 837
3 Neither agree nor disagree 307
4 Disagree 418
5 Disagree strongly 21
Sysmiss 1669
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Electors resident in Great Britain during 2005.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study; The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.