# British Election Study 2015 Variables

#### Evan Odell

#### 2019-03-22

# Variable names in `bes_2015`

Due to the 92 variables included in the `bes_2015` 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_2015` 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_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
`con_ppc` | Conservative candidate name | factor
`con_ppcsex` | Conservative candidate sex | factor
`con_ppcrace` | Conservative candidate race | factor
`lab_ppc` | Labour Candidate name | factor
`lab_ppcsex` | Labour Candidate sex | factor
`lab_ppcrace` | Labour Candidate race | factor
`ldppc` | Liberal Democrat candidate name | factor
`ldppcsex` | Liberal Democrat candidate sex | factor
`ldppcrace` | Liberal Democrat candidate race | factor
`ukipppc` | UKIP candidate name | factor
`ukipppcsex` | UKIP candidate sex | factor
`ukipppcrace` | UKIP candidate race | factor
`snpppc` | SNP candidate name | factor
`snpppcsex` | SNP candidate sex | factor
`snpppcrace` | SNP candidate race | factor
`pcppc` | Plaid Cymru candidate name | factor
`pcppcsex` | Plaid Cymru candidate sex | factor
`pcppcrace` | Plaid Cymru candidate race | factor
`green_ppc` | Green Party candidate name | factor
`green_ppcsex` | Green Party candidate sex | factor
`green_ppcrace` | Green Party candidate race | factor
`con_long_spend_percent` | Conservative Candidate Long Campaign Spending as % of Long Limit | numeric
`con_short_spend_percent` | Conservative Candidate Short Campaign Spending as % of Short Limit | numeric
`lab_long_spend_percent` | Labour Candidate Long Campaign Spending as % of Long Limit | numeric
`lab_short_spend_percent` | Labour Candidate Short Campaign Spending as % of Short Limit | numeric
`ldlong_spend_percent` | Liberal Democrat Candidate Long Campaign Spending as % of Long Limit | numeric
`ldshort_spend_percent` | Liberal Democrat Candidate Short Campaign Spending as % of Short Limit | numeric
`snplong_spend_percent` | SNP Candidate Long Campaign Spending as % of Long Limit | numeric
`snpshort_spend_percent` | SNP Candidate Short Campaign Spending as % of Short Limit | numeric
`pclong_spend_percent` | Plaid Cymru Candidate Long Campaign Spending as % of Long Limit | numeric
`pcshort_spend_percent` | Plaid Cymru Candidate Short Campaign Spending as % of Short Limit | numeric
`ukiplong_spend_percent` | UKIP Candidate Long Campaign Spending as % of Long Limit | numeric
`ukipshort_spend_percent` | UKIP Candidate Short Campaign Spending as % of Short Limit | numeric
`green_long_spend_percent` | Green Party Candidate Long Campaign Spending as % of Long Limit | numeric
`green_short_spend_percent` | Green Party Candidate Short Campaign Spending as % of Short Limit | numeric