British General Election Studies (BGES)

Constitutes the longest academic series of nationally representative probability sample surveys in the country. Explores the changing determinants of electoral behavior in contemporary Britain. The surveys have taken place immediately after every general election since 1964. There have also been 2 non-election year surveys (in 1963 and 1969), Scottish and Welsh booster studies at some elections, an ethnic minority booster sample in 1997, several campaign studies and a number of panel surveys. The link above is to the surveys from 1969 through 1997. ICPSR also holds the earlier surveys starting in 1963. Datasets for more recent surveys are available at The British Election Study homepage. Also, users may register at British Election Studies Information Site to gather data by individual variable, from the introduction of the variable through the 2010 study.