Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to provide a database for investigating the impact of demographic and socio-economic milieux on party support and turnout in parliamentary constituencies. The dataset has been designed as a reference file for researchers. It contains basic electoral information (total votes cast, votes for each party, structure of party contest, whether a by-election won/held) in raw numeric form such that the secondary user can construct his or her own indices for each constituency. In addition, a selection of electorally relevant social and demographic variables drawn from the 1966 Sample Census is provided for the pre-1971 constituencies (053, 206 and 661).

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Variables Age, social class, employment, housing, immigrants, migration, unemployment. Structure of contest and voting patterns for elections in 1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970 and 1974 (February and October).

No sampling (total universe)

Compilation or synthesis of existing material