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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaq42
LabelVote 2007 Scot Parl-Constituency MSP
Question text Thinking back to the election for the Scottish Parliament in May 2007, there were two ballots on a single piece of paper. The ballot on the left-hand side of the paper was a brownish colour. This ballot was for an individual Member of the Scottish Parliament - or MSP - for your constituency. Thinking of your vote for an individual MSP for your constituency, which party's candidate did you vote for - or perhaps you didn't vote in that election?
Responses
-2 Refused 4
-1 Don't know 46
1 Did not vote 87
2 Labour 57
3 Conservative 14
4 Liberal Democrat 11
5 Scottish National Party 53
6 Scottish Socialist Party 1
7 Green Party 3
8 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) 2
9 British National Party (BNP) 1
10 Other (WRITE IN) 2
11 Not eligible/too young to vote 7
Sysmiss 3224
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsIF 'YES': Which party was that? DO NOT PROMPT
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.
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