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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableVoteSWC
LabelIf there had been an election to the Scottish parliament on 7th of May, which party would you have voted ?
Question text Thinking now of elections to the Scottish parliament. In those elections, you have two votes. The first is for an individual member of the parliament for your constituency. If there had been an election to the Scottish parliament on the 7th of May, which political party do you think you would have voted for on the first vote, or would you not have voted?
Responses
1 Would not have voted in Scottish parliament election/ Not el 142
2 Conservative 127
3 Labour 232
4 Liberal Democrat 64
5 Scottish National Party 547
6 Green Party 27
7 Other party (WRITE IN) 5
8 Scottish Socialist Party (SSP)/ Trade Unionist and Socialist 5
9 UK Independence Party (UKIP) 9
10 Refused to disclose voting 23
98 Don't know 107
99 Refusal 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsDO NOT PROMPT. 1 Would not have voted in Scottish parliament election/Not eligible
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.
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