British Electoral Data, 1885-1949

UKDA study number:5673

Principal Investigator

Field, W.
Georgian Court University (Lakewood, New Jersey). Department of Social Work, Gerontology and Political Science

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

November 2007

Bibliographic Citation

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Field, W., British Electoral Data, 1885-1949 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], November 2007. SN: 5673, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5673-1.

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Copyright:
Politicos Bookstore (Copyright in the original printed source.) Note History Data Service has acquired from Mr Dale, a perpetual non-exclusive license to disseminate these data. Mr Dale has also given History Data Service permission in the same license to enhance these data with the personal names of the candidates at some stage in the future.

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5673 . British Electoral Data, 1885-1949

Depositor:

Woollard, M. , University of Essex. UK Data Archive

Principal Investigator:

Field, W. , Georgian Court University (Lakewood, New Jersey). Department of Social Work, Gerontology and Political Science

Other Acknowledgements:

F.W.S. Craig original compiler and organiser of the published volumes

Abstract:

This data were originally compiled by F.W.S. Craig and published in British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918 and British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949. Dr William Field created a digital version of this data which forms the basis of this study. However, History Data Service has made enhancements to the original digital files. Enhancements consist of the provision of a documentation guide explaining this data in more detail and flagging some potential errors and omissions that the first digital version of this data had in relation to the original printed sources. Note that these data files only refer to general elections.

Main Topics:

These data contain vote counts for each parliamentary constituency in Great Britain for each general election between 1885 and 1949. These files contain data for single and multiple seat constituencies. The variables found in the data files are: id - an identifier based on Craig's Sources (see the 'Data Sources' section below), seats - the number of seats in the constituency, name - the name of the constituency, the number of votes cast for the various parties in each general election, votes - the total number of votes cast, and turnout - the turnout figures for particular constituencies. Please note that this latter variable is not present in all data files.


Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1885 - 1949
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: Electoral Wards/Divisions (UK); Parliamentary constituencies
Observation Units: Administrative units (geographical/political); Vote counts
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Alpha/numeric data

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Vote counts for general elections in each parliamentary constituency for the period 1885 to 1949

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources:
Craig, F. W. S. (ed.) (1974) British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918, London: Macmillan.

Craig, F. W. S. (ed.) (1977) British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949, London: Macmillan.
Weighting: no weighting conducted

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk

Date of First Release:

12 November 2007

Copyright:

Politicos Bookstore (Copyright in the original printed source.) Note History Data Service has acquired from Mr Dale, a perpetual non-exclusive license to disseminate these data. Mr Dale has also given History Data Service permission in the same license to enhance these data with the personal names of the candidates at some stage in the future.

File last updated:

31 October 2011