ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> British General Election Results, October 1974 and May 1979 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:1601</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Payne, C.<br>University of Oxford. Computing and Research Support Unit<br>Butler, D.<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Payne, C. and Butler, D., <i> British General Election Results, October 1974 and May 1979</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], 1981. SN: 1601, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1601-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 1601 . British General Election Results, October 1974 and May 1979<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Payne, C. , University of Oxford. Computing and Research Support Unit</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Payne, C. , University of Oxford. Computing and Research Support Unit</h5> <h5>Butler, D.</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> Variables<br> Votes for major parties (Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Plaid Cymru, Scottish National Party) and other parties (aggregated); identification of constituencies (name and press association number) and regional code constituency electorates.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> October 1974 and May 1979 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Great Britain <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Administrative units (geographical/political) </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> The British General Elections of October 1974 and May 1979 </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study<br> data covers two elections <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> No sampling (total universe) <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Compilation or synthesis of existing material <br><i class='myclass'>Data Sources: </i> Published source material; Newspapers </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 1981<br></h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>19 December 2011</h5> </body></html>