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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq46_1
LabelVote in May 2005 General Election
Question text Thinking back to the last general election held on 5th May 2005, do you remember which party you voted for then - or perhaps you didn't vote?
Responses
-2 Refused 39
-1 Don't Know 60
1 Did not vote 338
2 Labour 502
3 Conservative 310
4 Liberal Democrat 143
5 Scottish National Party 73
6 Plaid Cymru 8
7 Green Party 14
8 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) 10
9 British National Party (BNP) 7
10 Not eligible/too young to vote 62
11 Other 11
14 Not stated 0
Sysmiss 1935
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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