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, 1955-1992 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:3061</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Dorling, D.<br>University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Department of Geography<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Strang Studentship Award<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> August 1993 </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> Dorling, D., <i> British General Election Results, 1955-1992</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], August 1993. SN: 3061, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3061-1 </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'> 3061 . British General Election Results, 1955-1992<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Dorling, D. , University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Department of Geography</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Dorling, D. , University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Department of Geography</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Strang Studentship Award<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>To visualize and analyse the evolution of the post-ward British Electoral System and to provide a basis for projecting plausible future election results on the record of past precedent.</h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> The vote in each seat for each party at each election; which seats remained roughly constant over time.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> 1955 - 1992 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 1991 - 1993 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Parliamentary Constituencies <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 vote and electorate in each parliamentary constituency for each of the main parties for each election between 1955 and 1992 in the United Kingdom. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <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; both published and unpublished <br><i class='myclass'>Data Sources: </i> BBC/ITN (1983) <i>The BBC/ITN guide to the new parliamentary constituencies</i> (Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services)<br> Butler, D.E. and Kavanagh, D., <i>The British Election of February 1974</i> (London: Macmillan, 1974)<br> Curtice, J.,<i>UK general election results, 1955-1970 and associated information (computer file)</i> (Colchester: ESRC Data Archive Study SN:1799. 1983)<br> Latham, L.J., <i>British general elections, 1955-1979 (computer file)</i> (Colchester: ESRC Data Archive Study SN:1677. 1991)<br> Payne, C., <i>British general election results, October 1974 and May 1979 (computer file) </i> (Colchester: ESRC Data Archive Study SN:1601. 1983). </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='http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/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> 18 August 1993<br></h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>