European Parliamentary Elections Research 1999

European Voting Intention - Unprompted with showcard
  • Base: 1,930 British adults aged 18+
  • Interviews conducted in 163 Enumeration District Sampling Points nationwide
  • Fieldwork dates: 22-25 January 1999
  • Data weighted to the known population profile
  • All figures are in % unless otherwise stated
  • An asterisk (*) represents a value of less than one half of one per cent, but not zero
  • Totals may not add up to 100%, due to multiple answers or computer rounding
  • The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote, are undecided or refuse to name a party.

European Voting Intention - Unprompted with showcard

Q1 How do you intend to vote at the European Parliamentary Elections on 10 June 1999? (If undecided or refused at Q1) Q2 Which party are you most inclined to support?Base = Version 1 Sample (963) - 84 sampling points
  %
Conservative 23
Labour 56
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem) 14
Scottish National Party 3
Plaid Cymru 1
Green Party 2
Referendum Party/UKIP/Democratic Party *
Other *
Will not/do not intend to vote 25
Undecided 17
Refused *

 

European Voting Intention - Prompted

Q3 How do you intend to vote at the European Parliamentary Elections on 10 June 1999? (If undecided or refused at Q1) Q4 Which party are you most inclined to support?Base = Version 2 Sample (967) - 83 sampling points
  %
Conservative 26
Labour 54
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem) 14
Scottish National Party 3
Plaid Cymru 1
Green Party 2
Referendum Party/UKIP/Democratic Party 1
Other 0
Will not/do not intend to vote 18
Undecided 13
Refused 1

 

Q5 From this card, can you tell me how likely you are to get along to vote in the European Parliamentary Elections in June?Base = Both Versions (1,930)
  %
Certain not to vote 15
Not very likely to vote 15
Quite likely to vote 22
Very likely to vote 17
Certain to vote 27
Don't know 4
Certain/likely to vote 66
Very/quite likely to vote 39
Certain not to/not very likely to vote 30

 

Q6 If you thought that the Green Party could win seats in the European Parliamentary elections in June, what effect, if any, would it have on your vote?Base = Both Versions (1,044) - Randomly selected Q6 or Q7
  %
It would not change my vote 59
It would make me more inclined to vote Conservative 1
It would make me more inclined to vote Labour 3
It would make me more inclined to vote Liberal Democrat 1
It would make me more inclined to vote Green 16
It would make me more inclined to vote SNP/Plaid Cymru *
It would make me more inclined to vote for some other party 2
Will not/do not intend to vote 13
Other *
Don't know 5

 

Q7 As you may be aware, the European Parliamentary elections will use a system of Proportional Representation this year in which voters will vote for parties rather than individual candidates. This system will mean that some of the smaller parties will have a greater chance than before of winning seats. What effect, if any, will this have on your vote?Base = Both Versions (868) - Randomly selected Q6 or Q7
  %
It will not change my vote 61
It will make me more inclined to vote Conservative 3
It will make me more inclined to vote Labour 4
It will make me more inclined to vote Liberal Democrat 5
It will make me more inclined to vote Green 3
It will make me more inclined to vote SNP/Plaid Cymru *
It will make me more inclined to vote for some other party 2
It will make me less inclined to vote *
Will not vote/do not intend to vote 13
Other 1
Don't know 6

 

Q8-11 I am going to read out some of the political parties who will be putting up candidates at the European Parliamentary elections in June. As I read out the name of each party, please tell me, how favourable or unfavourable your overall opinions and impressions are of it.Base = Both Versions (1,930)
  Con Lab Lib Dem Green Party
  % % % %
Very favourable 7 16 6 6
Mainly favourable 20 39 32 23
Neither nor 19 18 32 31
Mainly unfavourable 27 16 16 18
Very unfavourable 21 7 6 11
Never heard of * 0 * 1
No opinion 6 4 8 10
Favourable 27 55 38 29
Unfavourable 48 23 22 29
Net favourable -21 +32 +16 0

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