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The British Election Study

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Britain’s oldest social survey. We provide non-partisan and independent data and research on elections in Britain.

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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 20/08/2026
📢 New Data 📢 We are pleased to announce the release of Wave 31 of the British Election Study Internet Panel. You can find out more information, including where to download the data, here: www.britishelectionstudy.com/uncategorize...
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Release note for Wave 31 of the British Election Study Internet Panel - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 19/08/2026
📣Blog #2 📣 Even in pro-Brexit and marginal seats, Labour had lost far more support to the Greens and Lib Dems than to Reform UK by May 2026. Read more from @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social, Ed Fieldhouse, and Stuart Perrett here, which showcases new BESIP (W31) data: tinyurl.com/ms3c8z8y
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How to lose friends and alienate voters: Labour support since 2024 - The British Election Study
James David Griffiths, Ed Fieldhouse, and Stuart Perrett
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 17/08/2026
📣BLOG📣 Ahead of Wave 31, Prof Ed Fieldhouse explores strategic voting in Britain’s fragmented political system. His new “strategic options” concept finds Labour is still the biggest potential beneficiary, but with a declining advantage as Reform and others gain ground. tinyurl.com/4dax93c3
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Who Could Benefit From Strategic Voting At The Next General Election? - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 24/06/2026
🚨 New Blog 10 years on from the referendum, and Brexit is still structuring British politics. In this new blog, BES director Ed Fieldhouse and research fellow @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social examine how the Brexit alignment looks in 2026. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Brexit is still shaping British politics | LSE British Politics
Brexit is no longer front of mind for voters, but the values and identities that they organised around in the run up to the referendum still shape how they vote.
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@britishelectionstudy.com Director Prof Ed Fieldhouse here explaining the Brexit realignment with insights from our new forthcoming book … please check it out! blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Brexit is still shaping British politics | LSE British Politics
Brexit is no longer front of mind for voters, but the values and identities that they organised around in the run up to the referendum still shape how they vote.
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 04/12/2025
🚨Data Update 🚨 We have released an updated version of our panel data. This version includes a correction to our p_ethnicity variables, which affected 7.8% of our respondents. There is also a very small correction to our geographic variables. More ⬇️ www.britishelectionstudy.com/uncategorize...
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Release Note: British Election Study Internet Panel v30.1 - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 30/10/2025
🚨Data Update 🚨 We are pleased to release an updated version of the 2024 BES Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey dataset (v1.0.1) that includes improved versions of two important survey weights (wt_demog and wt_vote) based on new estimates of the VEP. www.britishelectionstudy.com/2024-general...
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BES 2024 Random Probability Survey Release Note v1.0.1 - The British Election Study
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Featuring @britishelectionstudy.com data. And analysis by @martamiori.bsky.social, @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social and data story supported by me.
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 12/09/2025
BES Research Fellow @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social has spoken with The Economist about our Parliamentary Affairs paper on how British voters are volatile, but their choices are now structured by party blocs after the Brexit realignment. Read here: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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The new battle for Britain
Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 06/09/2025
🚨DATA RELEASE 🚨 The BES team are pleased to announce the release of Wave 30 of the British Election Study Internet Panel. Please follow the link below, and we look forward to seeing your research! www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-resource...
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Release Note: British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 30 - The British Election Study
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James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Interested in Labour's lost voters since the 2024 UK GE? Want to get a sneak peak at some of the results from wave 30 of the BESIP before it is released? Then we have a new blog for you! 👇👇
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The Brexit realignment is the essential starting point for understanding where Labour's vote is splintering. The largest group is still 'undecided': good news-ish for Labour, but potential for others too. This shows how large Labour's first year losses are relative to recent comparable governments:
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 03/09/2025
🚨New Research 🚨 Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE. Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters. 🧵⬇️ tinyurl.com/3m62exph
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Looking for Labour’s lost voters - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 01/09/2025
🚨NEW DATA 🚨 The BES team are pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Random Probability Survey Release v1.0.0 You can download the data here: www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/... You can find our release note here: www.britishelectionstudy.com/uncategorize...
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BES 2024 Random Probability Survey Release Note v1.0.0 - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 12/05/2025
New publication by the @britishelectionstudy.com team! @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social has summarised the main findings in this thread, but you can also find the paper here: academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
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The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election
Abstract. Brexit accelerated the long-term realignment of how demographic groups vote in Britain. However, Europe is no longer salient to voters, support f
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Scottish Election Study @scotvoting.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This year's Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture, delivered by our outstanding colleague and @britishelectionstudy.com Co-Director @profjanegreen.bsky.social, will take place a week on Monday in Edinburgh! 👩🏼‍🏫 Details and sign up below 🔽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-e...
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Scottish Election Study annual lecture 2025
We welcome Professor Jane Green to give the annual lecture for the Scottish Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 28/04/2025
If you're interested in what the local elections mean for the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, or the Greens, then @profjanegreen.bsky.social has a new explainer for you! You can read more about it here: tinyurl.com/2s48bbf4 Or you can watch here: youtu.be/T9pKpbECtKk?...
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Happy to say the third in this series is now on YouTube and @itvx.com. More soon….
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 24/04/2025
Are you interested in the local elections? Do you want to know more about what they mean for Reform UK? If so, you should watch these explainers by @profjanegreen.bsky.social Tips for interpreting the locals: tinyurl.com/28jwpbub What it means for Reform: tinyurl.com/2sxrzeva
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Do Local Elections Matter? - The British Election Study
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We made some pithy explainers for you! Please watch these short films: Four tips for interpreting these local elections: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DSb... Reform Revolution? Four hurdles Reform will still need to overcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6ZG...
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Reform will make big gains on 1 May. But what will that *MEAN*? Will it mean they're building momentum, or will these locals last fought in 2021 be mainly catching up with last year's GE? Will locals and a potential by-election win mean Reform are on track for a big Westminster breakthrough?
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
With massive thanks to @martamiori.bsky.social, Rosalie Falla, Sadia Islam. A joy to work with. And all at @itvnews.bsky.social @itvnewspolitics.bsky.social for their support. Data and analysis from @britishelectionstudy.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @nprcoxford.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 26/02/2025
The British Election Study team are happy to announce the release of our results file, which compiles 2024 election results, census data, candidate information, and other contextual data by constituency in Britain. You can download the results file here: www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/...
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2024 BES Constituency Results with Census and Candidate Data - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 05/12/2024
🚨New Data 🚨 The British Election Study team are happy to announce the release of the 2024 Expert Survey. We have also released the Trend File, which includes data from the 2014-2024 expert surveys. Thank you to those who completed the survey! Find the data here: tinyurl.com/BES-Expert-2...
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2014-24 BES Expert Survey Trendfile - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 08/11/2024
📣 Data update 📣 We have updated our Teaching Dataset to include our 2024 waves (26-29) These datasets (wide/long) have a condensed number of variables, which are designed for use by teaching professionals. Available here: www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-objects...
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Data Categories Panel study data - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 21/10/2024
📢Data Update 📢 We have released an updated version of the British Election Study Internet Panel, alongside waves 20, 27, and 29 with some minor fixes. This includes rectifying a small labelling issue with our selfPriorities variables. Find data here: britishelectionstudy.com/data/
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 02/10/2024
Reflections from our team on 60th Year Anniversary of the BES youtu.be/aRzpVQjrfVk?... @profjanegreen.bsky.social @universityofoxford.bsky.social @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social @caprosser.bsky.social @jack-bailey.co.uk @jonmellon.bsky.social @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social
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Reflections from the British Election Study Team on 60th Anniversary
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 19/09/2024
🚨New Research🚨 @profjanegreen.bsky.social and @mlsohnius.bsky.social have explored disillusionment among young voters, which was featured on @BBCr4today. You can read the blog here: disq.us/t/4qqlcl2 Or you can listen to Prof Green here (from 02:40:55): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 16/09/2024
📣 New Research 📣 We're excited to see your analyses of the new post-2024 GE BES data For now, @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social and Ed Fieldhouse have looked at what we know about Reform Watch: youtu.be/Z8s9hzTsruc?... Read: www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-impact/b...
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Back to the Future: Similarities of 2015 UKIP & 2024 Reform UK
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 12/09/2024
Happy #EPOP2024 everyone. We are pleased to announce the release of waves 27, 28, and 29 of the BES Internet Panel. You can find the panel, and the standalone files, on our website: www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/...
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British Election Study Combined Wave 1-29 Internet Panel - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 09/09/2024
We are here at the @britishacademy.bsky.social to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the British Election Study, with a presentation from Professor Ed Fieldhouse and discussion from @paulbrand.bsky.social Can't be here? Don't worry, we will publish our event on YouTube later!
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 05/09/2024
📢New blog In our first post-election analysis, @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social , @profjanegreen.bsky.social, and Ed Fieldhouse explore how tactical voting helped the Liberal Democrats when they were the anti-Conservative option Watch our summary: youtu.be/LSAdGa3bBnQ?... Read here: shorturl.at/iet8O
Image of switching between Liberal Democrats and Labour. Liberal Democrats gain most in places where they were the main competition to the Conservatives.
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 03/04/2024
🚨 New Datasets 🚨 We have published two new datasets: 1. A condensed version of the BES internet panel, designed for use by teaching professionals. 2. A supplementary dataset, which can link Wave 22 with the Scottish/Welsh Election Studies. 👇👇 www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-objects... polisky 🌐
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 25/01/2024
🌐📊🚨NEW DATA🚨📊🌐 We're pleased to announce that we have updated the 2019 BES random probability data to now include validated voting data and a host of other fixes. Click to download and scroll down for some important information. www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/...
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2019 British Election Study Post-Election Random Probability Survey - The British Election Study
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 14/12/2023
New research! The BES team explores Brexit's persistence and why the Conservatives are losing support. Brexit still guides vote in Britain, but the Conservatives face losses among pro/anti-Europe voters critical of their performance. polisky 🌐 www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-findings...
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New blog: Brexit continues to separate voters, but the Conservatives are losing support from both ...
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 14/12/2023
New research! The BES team explores Brexit's persistence and why the Conservatives are losing support. Brexit still guides vote in Britain, but the Conservatives face losses among pro/anti-Europe voters critical of their performance. www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-findings...
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New blog: Brexit continues to separate voters, but the Conservatives are losing support from both ...
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 13/11/2023
🌐📊 BES Internet Panel Wave 25 is live! 📈🌐 - Covers the May 2023 local elections - New questions on attitudes towards the economy, including new measures on nationalisation - Fixes to profiles data to ensure maximum completeness on demographics www.britishelectionstudy.com/uncategorize...
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