../docs/vignettes/bes-2017.Rmd
bes-2017.Rmdbes_2017
Due to the 123 variables included in the bes_2017
dataset, including information on each variable in the
parlitools reference manual is very lengthy and not very
user friendly. This vignette reproduces the table including with the
British Election Study data, available here.
The ‘Name’ column refers to the variable name used in the
bes_2017 dataset, the ‘Label’ is the description of the
variable, and the ‘Data Type’ column refers to the R data type.
| Name | Label | Data Type |
|---|---|---|
pano |
Press Association Constituency ID | numeric |
ons_const_id |
ONS Constituency ID | character |
constituency_name |
Constituency Name | factor |
country |
Country | factor |
region |
Region | factor |
constituency_type |
County or Borough Constituency | factor |
winner_17 |
2017 Winning party | factor |
con_17 |
2017 Conservative vote share | numeric |
lab_17 |
2017 Labour vote share | numeric |
ld_17 |
2017 Liberal Democrat vote share | numeric |
snp_17 |
2017 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share | numeric |
pc_17 |
2017 Plaid Cymru vote share | numeric |
ukip_17 |
2017 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) vote share | numeric |
green_17 |
2017 Green Party vote share | numeric |
other_17 |
2017 Combined other vote share | numeric |
majority_17 |
2017 Majority | numeric |
turnout_17 |
2017 Turnout | numeric |
con_vote_17 |
2017 Conservative number of votes | numeric |
lab_vote_17 |
2017 Labour number of votes | numeric |
ld_vote_17 |
2017 Liberal Democrat number of votes | numeric |
snp_vote_17 |
2017 Scottish National Party (SNP) number of votes | numeric |
pc_vote_17 |
2017 Plaid Cymru number of votes | numeric |
ukip_vote_17 |
2017 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) number of votes | numeric |
green_vote_17 |
2017 Green Party number of votes | numeric |
total_vote_17 |
2017 Total number of votes cast | numeric |
rejected_vote_17 |
2017 Number of rejected ballots | numeric |
electorate_17 |
2017 Size of electorate | numeric |
seat_change_1517 |
2017 winning party gain from 2015 winning party | factor |
con_1517 |
2015-17 Conservative vote share change | numeric |
lab_1517 |
2015-17 Labour vote share change | numeric |
ld_1517 |
2015-17 Liberal Democrat vote share change | numeric |
snp_1517 |
2015-17 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share change | numeric |
pc_1517 |
2015-17 Plaid Cymru vote share change | numeric |
ukip_1517 |
2015-17 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) vote share change | numeric |
green_1517 |
2015-17 Green Party vote share change | numeric |
winner_15 |
2015 Winning party | factor |
con_15 |
2015 Conservative vote share | numeric |
lab_15 |
2015 Labour vote share | numeric |
ld_15 |
2015 Liberal Democrat vote share | numeric |
snp_15 |
2015 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share | numeric |
pc_15 |
2015 Plaid Cymru vote share | numeric |
ukip_15 |
2015 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) vote share | numeric |
green_15 |
2015 Green Party vote share | numeric |
other_15 |
2015 Combined other vote share | numeric |
majority_15 |
2015 Majority | numeric |
turnout_15 |
2015 Turnout | numeric |
con_vote_15 |
2015 Conservative number of votes | numeric |
lab_vote_15 |
2015 Labour number of votes | numeric |
ld_vote_15 |
2015 Liberal Democrat number of votes | numeric |
snp_vote_15 |
2015 Scottish National Party (SNP) number of votes | numeric |
pc_vote_15 |
2015 Plaid Cymru number of votes | numeric |
ukip_vote_15 |
2015 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) number of votes | numeric |
green_vote_15 |
2015 Green Party number of votes | numeric |
bnp_vote_15 |
2015 British National Party (BNP) number of votes | numeric |
total_vote_15 |
2015 Total number of votes cast | numeric |
rejected_vote_15 |
2015 Number of rejected ballots | numeric |
electorate_15 |
2015 Size of electorate | numeric |
seat_change_1015 |
2015 winning party gain from 2010 winning party | factor |
con_1015 |
2010-15 Conservative vote share change | numeric |
lab_1015 |
2010-15 Labour vote share change | numeric |
ld_1015 |
2010-15 Liberal Democrat vote share change | numeric |
snp_1015 |
2010-15 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share change | numeric |
pc_1015 |
2010-15 Plaid Cymru vote share change | numeric |
ukip_1015 |
2010-15 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) vote share change | numeric |
green_1015 |
2010-15 Green Party vote share change | numeric |
winner_10 |
2010 Winning party | factor |
con_10 |
2010 Conservative vote share | numeric |
lab_10 |
2010 Labour vote share | numeric |
ld_10 |
2010 Liberal Democrat vote share | numeric |
snp_10 |
2010 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share | numeric |
pc_10 |
2010 Plaid Cymru vote share | numeric |
ukip_10 |
2010 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) vote share | numeric |
green_10 |
2010 Green Party vote share | numeric |
bnp_10 |
2010 British National Party (BNP) vote share | numeric |
majority_10 |
2010 Majority | numeric |
turn_10 |
2010 Turnout | numeric |
con_vote_10 |
2010 Conservative number of votes | numeric |
lab_vote_10 |
2010 Labour number of votes | numeric |
ld_vote_10 |
2010 Liberal Democrat number of votes | numeric |
snp_vote_10 |
2010 Scottish National Party (SNP) number of votes | numeric |
pc_vote_10 |
2010 Plaid Cymru number of votes | numeric |
ukip_vote_10 |
2010 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) number of votes | numeric |
green_vote_10 |
2010 Green Party number of votes | numeric |
bnp_vote_10 |
2010 British National Party (BNP) number of votes | numeric |
total_vote_10 |
2010 Total number of votes cast | numeric |
electorate_10 |
2010 Size of electorate | numeric |
leave_hanretty |
Hanretty (2017) Estimate of EU Referendum Leave % | numeric |
remain_hanretty |
Hanretty (2017) Estimate of EU Referendum Remain % | numeric |
con_ppc_17 |
Conservative 2017 candidate name | character |
con_ppc_sex_17 |
Conservative 2017 candidate sex | factor |
lab_ppc_17 |
Labour 2017 candidate name | character |
lab_ppc_sex_17 |
Labour 2017 candidate sex | factor |
ld_ppc_17 |
Liberal Democrat 2017 candidate name | character |
ld_ppc_sex_17 |
Liberal Democrat 2017 candidate sex | factor |
snp_ppc_17 |
SNP 2017 candidate name | character |
snp_ppc_sex_17 |
SNP 2017 candidate sex | factor |
pc_ppc_17 |
Plaid Cymru 2017 candidate name | character |
pc_ppc_sex_17 |
Plaid Cymru 2017 candidate sex | factor |
ukip_ppc_17 |
UKIP 2017 candidate name | character |
ukip_ppc_sex_17 |
UKIP 2017 candidate sex | factor |
green_ppc_17 |
Green Party 2017 candidate name | character |
green_ppc_sex_17 |
Green Party 2017 candidate sex | factor |
con_ppc_15 |
Conservative 2015 candidate name | character |
con_ppc_sex_15 |
Conservative 2015 candidate sex | factor |
con_ppc_race_15 |
Conservative 2015 candidate race | factor |
lab_ppc_15 |
Labour 2015 candidate name | character |
lab_ppc_sex_15 |
Labour 2015 candidate sex | factor |
lab_ppc_race_15 |
Labour 2015 candidate race | factor |
ld_ppc_15 |
Liberal Democrat 2015 candidate name | character |
ld_ppc_sex_15 |
Liberal Democrat 2015 candidate sex | factor |
ld_ppc_race_15 |
Liberal Democrat 2015 candidate race | factor |
snp_ppc_15 |
SNP 2015 candidate name | character |
snp_ppc_sex_15 |
SNP 2015 candidate sex | factor |
snp_ppc_race_15 |
SNP 2015 candidate race | factor |
pc_ppc_15 |
Plaid Cymru 2015 candidate name | character |
pc_ppc_sex_15 |
Plaid Cymru 2015 candidate sex | factor |
pc_ppc_race_15 |
Plaid Cymru 2015 candidate race | factor |
ukip_ppc_15 |
UKIP 2015 candidate name | character |
ukip_ppc_sex_15 |
UKIP 2015 candidate sex | factor |
ukip_ppc_race_15 |
UKIP 2015 candidate race | factor |
green_ppc_15 |
Green Party 2015 candidate name | character |
green_ppc_sex_15 |
Green Party 2015 candidate sex | factor |
green_ppc_race_15 |
Green Party 2015 candidate race | factor |