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Title:
British General Election Results, 1955-1992

Subject Categories:
Election returns - Politics

Depositor(s):
Dorling, D., University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Department of Geography

Principal Investigator(s):
Dorling, D., University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Department of Geography

Sponsor(s):
University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Strang Studentship Award

Abstract:
To visualize and analyse the evolution of the post-ward British Electoral System and to provide a basis for projecting plausible future election results on the record of past precedent.
Main Topics:
The vote in each seat for each party at each election; which seats remained roughly constant over time.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1955-1992
Dates of Fieldwork: 1991-1993
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: Parliamentary Constituencies
Observation Units: Administrative units (geographical/political)

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:The vote and electorate in each parliamentary constituency for each of the main parties for each election between 1955 and 1992 in the United Kingdom.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material; both published and unpublished
Data Sources: BBC/ITN (1983) The BBC/ITN guide to the new parliamentary constituencies (Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services)
Butler, D.E. and Kavanagh, D., The British Election of February 1974 (London: Macmillan, 1974)
Curtice, J.,UK general election results, 1955-1970 and associated information (computer file) (Colchester: ESRC Data Archive Study SN:1799. 1983)
Latham, L.J., British general elections, 1955-1979 (computer file) (Colchester: ESRC Data Archive Study SN:1677. 1991)
Payne, C., British general election results, October 1974 and May 1979 (computer file) (Colchester: ESRC Data Archive Study SN:1601. 1983).

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
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Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
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Date of Release:
First Edition: 18 August 1993

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