Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq87c_1
LabelAV Ballot-Scot-1st Choice
Question text In 2010 the House of Commons voted for a new style of ballot paper to be introduced soon if voters approve, which is shown below. Please tell me how you would fill in this Ballot Paper if you were voting in the general election held on May 6th, by ranking the parties in your order of preference. You may rank as many or as few choices as you wish. [IF FIRST ITEM IN POSTQ87C] So first of all which is your most preferred party? [IF NOT FIRST ITEM IN POSTQ87C] And which is your (second, third… etc) choice of party?
Responses
-2 Refused 20
-1 Don't Know 36
1 Liberal Democrat 74
2 UK Independence Party 10
3 Scottish Green Party 20
4 Labour Party 244
5 Scottish National Party 137
6 Scottish Socialist Party 5
7 Conservative 102
8 None of these 17
11 Not stated 0
Sysmiss 2847
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsHAND SCOTLAND AV BALLOT SHOWCARD TO RESPONDENT DP loop for 7 values:
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.