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Collection of voting results at by-elections. Each constituency where by-elections have occurred also has the voting results for that constituency at the preceding general election and, where possible, at the subsequent general election

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Variables Votes received by Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Plaid Cymru and Scottish Nationalist candidates; total votes cast for all candidates; number of candidates, electorate, turnout for by-election and general elections before and after by-election. SPSS set-up deck calculates Steed, Butler and Gudgen swings between by-election and preceeding general election and between by-election and subsequent general election. No 1983 general election results are given for by-elections occuring between the 1979 General Election and December 1982.

No sampling (total universe)

Compilation or synthesis of existing material