# 2019 General Election Variables

#### Evan Odell

#### 2020-01-12

# Variable names in `bes_2019`

Due to the 98 variables included in the `bes_2019` dataset, including information on each variable in the `parlitools` reference manual is very lengthy and not very user friendly. The ‘Name’ column refers to the variable name used in the `bes_2019` dataset and the ‘Label’ is the description of the variable.

Name | Label
--- | ---
`pano` | Press Association Constituency ID
`ons_const_id` | ONS Constituency ID
`ons_region_id` | ONS Region ID
`constituency_name` | Constituency Name
`county` | County name
`region` | Region
`country` | Country
`constituency_type` | County or Borough Constituency
`seat_change_1719` | 2019 winning party gain from 2017 winning party
`winner_19` | 2019 Winning party
`electorate_19` | 2019 Size of electorate
`total_vote_19` | 2019 Total number of votes cast
`rejected_vote_19` | 2019 Number of rejected ballots
`majority_19` | 2019 Majority
`con_vote_19` | 2019 Conservative number of votes
`lab_vote_19` | 2019 Labour number of votes
`ld_vote_19` | 2019 Liberal Democrat number of votes
`brexit_vote_19` | 2019 Brexit Party number of votes
`green_vote_19` | 2019 Green Party number of votes
`snp_vote_19` | 2019 Scottish National Party (SNP) number of votes
`pc_vote_19` | 2019 Plaid Cymru number of votes
`dup_vote_19` | NA
`sf_vote_19` | NA
`sdlp_vote_19` | NA
`uup_vote_19` | NA
`alliance_vote_19` | NA
`other_vote_19` | NA
`speaker_vote_19` | NA
`turnout_19` | 2019 Turnout
`con_19` | 2019 Conservative vote share
`lab_19` | 2019 Labour vote share
`ld_19` | 2019 Liberal Democrat vote share
`brexit_19` | 2019 Brexit Party vote share
`green_19` | 2019 Green Party vote share
`snp_19` | 2019 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share
`pc_19` | 2019 Plaid Cymru vote share
`dup_19` | NA
`sf_19` | NA
`sdlp_19` | NA
`uup_19` | NA
`alliance_19` | NA
`other_19` | 2019 Combined other vote share
`speaker_19` | NA
`con_1719` | 2017-19 Conservative vote share change
`lab_1719` | 2017-19 Labour vote share change
`ld_1719` | 2017-19 Liberal Democrat vote share change
`green_1719` | 2017-19 Green vote share change
`snp_1719` | 2017-19 SNP vote share change
`pc_1719` | 2017-19 Plaid Cymru vote share change
`winner_17` | 2017 Winning party
`con_17` | 2017 Conservative vote share
`lab_17` | 2017 Labour vote share
`ld_17` | 2017 Liberal Democrat vote share
`snp_17` | 2017 Scottish National Party (SNP) vote share
`pc_17` | 2017 Plaid Cymru vote share
`ukip_17` | 2017 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) vote share
`green_17` | 2017 Green Party vote share
`other_17` | 2017 Combined other vote share
`majority_17` | 2017 Majority
`turnout_17` | 2017 Turnout
`con_vote_17` | 2017 Conservative number of votes
`lab_vote_17` | 2017 Labour number of votes
`ld_vote_17` | 2017 Liberal Democrat number of votes
`snp_vote_17` | 2017 Scottish National Party (SNP) number of votes
`pc_vote_17` | 2017 Plaid Cymru number of votes
`ukip_vote_17` | 2017 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) number of votes
`green_vote_17` | 2017 Green Party number of votes
`total_vote_17` | 2017 Total number of votes cast
`rejected_vote_17` | 2017 Number of rejected ballots
`electorate_17` | 2017 Size of electorate
`green_ppc_19` | Green Party 2019 candidate name
`ld_ppc_19` | Liberal Democrat 2019 candidate name
`lab_ppc_19` | Labour 2019 candidate name
`ukip_ppc_19` | NA
`pc_ppc_19` | Plaid Cymru 2019 candidate name
`con_ppc_19` | Conservative 2019 candidate name
`speaker_ppc_19` | NA
`sdlp_ppc_19` | NA
`snp_ppc_19` | SNP 2019 candidate name
`dup_ppc_19` | NA
`brexit_ppc_19` | Brexit Party 2019 candidate name
`alliance_ppc_19` | NA
`uup_ppc_19` | NA
`green_ppc_sex_19` | Green Party 2019 candidate sex
`ld_ppc_sex_19` | Liberal Democrat 2019 candidate sex
`lab_ppc_sex_19` | Labour 2017 candidate sex
`ukip_ppc_sex_19` | NA
`pc_ppc_sex_19` | Plaid Cymru 2019 candidate sex
`con_ppc_sex_19` | Conservative 2019 candidate sex
`speaker_ppc_sex_19` | NA
`sdlp_ppc_sex_19` | NA
`snp_ppc_sex_19` | SNP 2019 candidate sex
`dup_ppc_sex_19` | NA
`brexit_ppc_sex_19` | Brexit Party 2019 candidate sex
`alliance_ppc_sex_19` | NA
`uup_ppc_sex_19` | NA
`leave_hanretty` | Hanretty (2017) Estimate of EU Referendum Leave %
`remain_hanretty` | Hanretty (2017) Estimate of EU Referendum Remain %