Welcome to the British Election Studies Information System

About the British Election Studies Information System (BESIS)

The first edition of BESIS was deposited with the UK Data Archive in 1996 on CD-ROM. The current edition BESIS consists of:

the complete post-election, British Election surveys from 1964 to 2010
national elections turnout and voting results by party and by consituency, including interactive constituency maps

The election surveys

Analyse the responses to over 5,000 survey questions with results shown in time-series tables and charts. There are three pathways to search for questions. Questions may be found by:

drop-down content lists of topics
full-text searches of the question wording
browsing the survey-by-survey listings

General election turnout and voting statistics

View general-election statistics for:

national voting turnout and seats won by party since 1945
national party candidates and votes won since 1966
election results by constituency since 1983 with interactive maps

Centre for Comparative European Survey Data (CCESD)

The British Election Studies Information System is one of the on-line facilities created and maintained by CCESD. Our sister web-sites include:

	–	British Social Attitudes Information System
	–	CCESD Information System for comparative European surveys (including British surveys)

For details of the Centre's other services, including customised data hosting for academic researchers, click here to send an e-mail.

Registration and site customisation

Registration is straightforward and provides immediate access. Users may choose between:

standard access designed to meet the needs of most site visitors, or
advanced access which allows users to customise the facilities they need to best suit their research.

To register now, click here. Registered users may customise their account options through the my account link in the top menu bar.

Our users

Our site is designed to meet the needs of:

charities, NGOs and media researchers
independent research centres and think tanks
central and local government departments
academic researchers

General election 2010 — voting by party

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This is one of the facilities developed and maintained by the Centre for Comparative European Survey Data (CCESD). For further details of CCESD facilities and services, click here to send an e-mail.